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The Biggest Tell That Something Was Written By AI

'I felt like an outsider my whole life - everything changed when I won the Booker Prize'

Douglas Stuart’s novels are exercises in loving, despite all the hard knocks life throws at his characters. In his works, Stuart fleshes out the love story beyond sickly sweet narratives that verge on fantasy, instead his stories throw their arms around characters often forgotten in literature - the working class, the rural, the queer. In his critically acclaimed debut Shuggie Bain, Stuart chronicles the relationship between a gay son and his mother Agnes, who is suffering with addiction.

Those who championed free speech in the UK and US now wage war on it. And here’s why: Palestine | Mehdi Hasan

It was once an article of faith that even those who speak words we disagree with deserve protection. As regards Palestine, that’s now not trueRemember the Satanic Verses controversy? Remember “Je suis Charlie”?

Age verification for social media, the beginning of the end for a free internet?

Age verification for social media – the beginning of the end for a free internet? So-called age verification for social media is spreading across the world, framed as an effort to create a safer internet for children. In reality, age verification lays the foundation for a fully government controlled internet.

Trump’s library team claims they can’t find a single Twitter DM despite president’s 25,000 tweets during his first term

Trump’s library team claims they can’t find a single Twitter DM despite president’s 25,000 tweets during his first term Court records show Twitter identified at least 32 Twitter DMs sent or received by the president before January 6 - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments Donald Trump’s newly launched presidential library says it cannot find a single direct message sent by the president from his Twitter account despite the prolific poster firing off thousands of tweets during his first...

Inside Google’s AI training for teachers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Sitting in an atrium on Google’s campus, a group of K-12 educators imagined the worst response they could receive when they tried to persuade their colleagues to use artificial intelligence. They pictured a veteran English teacher who was still upset that cursive is no longer taught.

The new bibliomaniacs

The new bibliomaniacs - May 28, 2026 - Kristine Roome Rare book collecting is booming as young people raised in the digital age seek tangible connections to the past. In 1947, booksellers from five countries – Denmark, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Sweden – gathered in Amsterdam ‘with the aim of establishing new hope for international peace through open markets, to foster friendship and understanding, and to counteract the animosity and suspicion engendered by the Second World...