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Oct 12, 2024 | 
thespectator.com | James Ball |Sergey Radchenko |Frank Lawton |Ryan M. Spaeder
Yuval Noah Harari has sold more than forty-five million books in sixty-five languages. He is a professor with a PhD from the University of Oxford, has spoken at TED and the World Economic Forum in Davos, and his latest book, Nexus, is considered “erudite, provocative and entertaining” by Rory Stewart and “thought-provoking and so very well reasoned” by Stephen Fry.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
businessgreen.com | James Ball
Featuring all-electric systems, water reuse and innovative solar power, these buildings improve 'the health and resilience of economies, cultures, and people'Established by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) in 2006, the Living Building Challenge (LBC), the preeminent certification program for "regenerative" buildings, covers seven building performance... To continue reading this article...
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
cjr.org | James Ball
James Ball is a journalist, author, and fellow of the UK-based think tank Demos. His latest book is The Other Pandemic: How QAnon Conquered The World.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
businessgreen.com | James Ball
Regenerative hospitality has the potential to unlock the broader systemic changes we need to limit climate change and protect ecosystemsSustainable tourism's mission is to lower the negative social and environmental impacts of travel and vacations. That was only a small part of the discussions at the IMPACT Sustainability Travel and Tourism... To continue reading this article...
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
inews.co.uk | James Ball
“This is the trouble, you don’t know what to believe, is it the truth or not the truth?”With Britain is just months away from a general election, new research suggests worrying levels of public mistrust in the process. It includes comments such as the one above, gathered in a focus group, and new polling data suggesting a significant section of the population believe our elections are “manipulated or rigged”.
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Jan 13, 2024 | 
thetimes.co.uk | James Ball
Elon Musk is the richest man in the world — and one of the most powerful. He has an empire that spans the globe and beyond into space. With a commercial empire that includes Twitter/X, Tesla, Starlink and SpaceX, he controls the largest car manufacturer by value, is the world’s biggest custodian of space launches, controls a majority of satellites, and one of the world’s largest social networks, all at once. He arguably owns the future. But are the cracks in Musk’s imperium beginning to show?
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Oct 21, 2023 | 
theguardian.com | James Ball
Show captionSir David Barclay (left) and his twin brother, Sir Frederick, after receiving their knighthoods at Buckingham Palace, 2000. Photograph: Michael Stephens/PABook of the dayA meticulously reported story of power, politics and feuding at the heart of a British media empireEndless column inches have been filled with comparisons between the recently concluded HBO series Succession and the real-life dynastic struggles of the Murdoch clan.
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Jul 19, 2023 | 
newscientist.com | James Ball
Comment and Society Millions of people, from all walks of life, have come to believe aspects of the QAnon conspiracy theory. Prevention is our only hope, says James Ball By James Ball WHEN we think about a conspiracy theory – assuming it is one we don’t ourselves believe – it is easy to be dismissive. Why should we care if a few misguided people think the world is flat or the government is covering up evidence of aliens?
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Jul 7, 2023 | 
radiohc.cu | James Ball
Washington is pressuring journalists to help build its case against Julian Assange
ROLLING STONE magazine / July 5, 2023 **** By James Ball
Assange is facing extradition to the United States from the U.K., where he is currently in Belmarsh prison in south London, over charges related to dissemination of material leaked by Chelsea Manning and published by WikiLeaks and a coalition of five newspapers through 2010 and 2011.
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Jul 5, 2023 | 
msn.com | James Ball
The Department of Justice and FBI are pressuring multiple British journalists to cooperate with the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, using vague threats and pressure tactics in the process. I know because I am one of the British journalists being pressured to cooperate in the case against him, as someone who used to (briefly) work and live with him, and who went on to blow the whistle on WikiLeaks’ own ethical lapses.
