(Matador) Better known as a formidable free jazz saxophonist, these thrashing songs about the artist’s Tennessee childhood home share a similar genre-pushing intensity On opening track OCD, Zoh Amba stops a twinkling, rootsy guitar melody and starts over, searching for the right way to tell the story of a boy diagnosed with “dreamin’ all the time”. Amba lands on a queasy combination of empathy and...
(Matador) Better known as a formidable free jazz saxophonist, these thrashing songs about the artist’s Tennessee childhood home share a similar genre-pushing intensity On opening track OCD, Zoh Amba stops a twinkling, rootsy guitar melody and starts over, searching for the right way to tell the story of a boy diagnosed with “dreamin’ all the time”. Amba lands on a queasy combination of empathy and conspiracy (“said that mind needs fixin’ / gunna end up like everybody”), churned up by thrashing, violent strumming – the kind that causes blisters and wrecked strings. These cryptic postcards from Amba’s home town of Kingsport, Tennessee describe childhood memories with fresh eyes: they left at 17 and returned only recently, now in their mid-20s. Blending gruff reality with poetic licence, Eyes Full is a rugged, experimental country rock record that feels deeply lived in, despite representing an abrupt change in sound: Amba is best known as a prodigious free jazz saxophonist. Continue reading...
UN report says global meat supply has risen fourfold in last 60 years and is expected to keep rising Analysis: Ingredients in place for shift to plant-based diets but meat still dominates The average person eats about six times as much chicken and twice as much pork as their grandparents’ generation did, data from a UN report suggests, with global meat supply having risen fourfold in the last 60 y...
UN report says global meat supply has risen fourfold in last 60 years and is expected to keep rising Analysis: Ingredients in place for shift to plant-based diets but meat still dominates The average person eats about six times as much chicken and twice as much pork as their grandparents’ generation did, data from a UN report suggests, with global meat supply having risen fourfold in the last 60 years and expected to keep rising. The supply of poultry rose from below 3kg a person in 1961 to 17kg in 2022, according to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Pork supply doubled to 15kg a person over the same period, while beef, the most polluting food, stayed steady at 9kg. Continue reading...
The latest Pixar is a gloriously cute eco-tale packed with neat gags, robotic beavers and shark assassins named Diane … plus, Frances McDormand is astonishing in the Oscar-winning drama that is an instant classic “We’re all in this together.” It may seem an obvious eco message to be pushing at the kids who will flock to watch the latest Pixar animation. But when it’s done as charmingly as in Danie...
The latest Pixar is a gloriously cute eco-tale packed with neat gags, robotic beavers and shark assassins named Diane … plus, Frances McDormand is astonishing in the Oscar-winning drama that is an instant classic “We’re all in this together.” It may seem an obvious eco message to be pushing at the kids who will flock to watch the latest Pixar animation. But when it’s done as charmingly as in Daniel Chong’s sci-fi comedy adventure, you’d be hard-pressed not to cheer along with the film’s endangered animals. Mabel (voiced by Piper Curda) is our teenage human guide to a biodiverse nook of woods and water near Beaverton. But when a proposed freeway causes the wildlife to scatter, she “hops” her mind into a robotic beaver (invented by her biology teacher) so she can track them down and save their glade. Crammed with neat gags, relatable villains and a shark assassin named Diane, it’s cute propaganda. Out now, Disney+ Continue reading...
Despite health risks and environmental damage, the meat industry is working hard to safeguard its dominance Average person eats six times more chicken than in 1961, UN report finds Should I tuck into a juicy steak or stick a tofu patty in a bun and call it a burger? Twenty years ago, that question was largely seen as a moral dilemma influenced by grim conditions in factory farms and slaughterhouse...
Despite health risks and environmental damage, the meat industry is working hard to safeguard its dominance Average person eats six times more chicken than in 1961, UN report finds Should I tuck into a juicy steak or stick a tofu patty in a bun and call it a burger? Twenty years ago, that question was largely seen as a moral dilemma influenced by grim conditions in factory farms and slaughterhouses. Back then, animal rights activists were the loudest campaigners arguing for people to abstain from meat. They had limited success because vegetarians and vegans made up less than 5% of the population in rich countries – and the best fake meats were bland replicas of real flesh. The word flexitarian had not yet made it into the dictionary. The debate has shifted sharply. The pollution from animal agriculture, which makes up 12-20% of planet-heating gas, is now part of public discourse around eating meat . A dramatic rise in rates of obesity and diseases linked to red meat have made health concerns part of individual decisions to eat less of it. Meanwhile, some plant-based alternatives have improved in texture and taste to the point where even meat lovers struggle to tell that they did not come from an animal. Continue reading...
In what has become one of the most chaotic primaries in recent years, elections in California are delivering a string of upsets. Elsewhere, establishment Democrats performed well and a Trump pick failed to make the cut. Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Guardian’s Sam Levin about the big takeaways from the single busiest primary day of the year so far Continue reading...
In what has become one of the most chaotic primaries in recent years, elections in California are delivering a string of upsets. Elsewhere, establishment Democrats performed well and a Trump pick failed to make the cut. Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Guardian’s Sam Levin about the big takeaways from the single busiest primary day of the year so far Continue reading...
Draft treaty claims sexual and reproductive health and rights are an existential threat to the African family An African treaty that rejects longstanding international human rights obligations moved a step closer to becoming policy this week as governments across the continent met in Ghana. The draft African charter on family, sovereignty and values, seen by the Guardian, asserts that African valu...
Draft treaty claims sexual and reproductive health and rights are an existential threat to the African family An African treaty that rejects longstanding international human rights obligations moved a step closer to becoming policy this week as governments across the continent met in Ghana. The draft African charter on family, sovereignty and values, seen by the Guardian, asserts that African values and culture are under attack from “foreign ideologies” and urges states to withdraw from any agreements that do not align with the principles of the charter, including the 2003 Maputo protocol , which promotes gender equality and protects the reproductive and health rights of women and girls. Continue reading...
(RTTNews) - Raspberry Pi Holdings plc (RPI.L) said on Friday it expects first-half profitability to be materially ahead of a year earlier and raised its fiscal 2026 outlook, as strong sales and cheaper memory stock boosted results.
(RTTNews) - Raspberry Pi Holdings plc (RPI.L) said on Friday it expects first-half profitability to be materially ahead of a year earlier and raised its fiscal 2026 outlook, as strong sales and cheaper memory stock boosted results.
Today’s episode, which was recorded at our recent live show at New York’s City Winery, follows up on a conversation we had with Iain Dunning, head of AI at Hudson River Trading. Last year, we talked about how his firm uses AI. Now, some seven months later, we follow up on how one of the biggest market makers around is deploying this technology. We talk about the price of memory, bottlenecks in com...
Today’s episode, which was recorded at our recent live show at New York’s City Winery, follows up on a conversation we had with Iain Dunning, head of AI at Hudson River Trading. Last year, we talked about how his firm uses AI. Now, some seven months later, we follow up on how one of the biggest market makers around is deploying this technology. We talk about the price of memory, bottlenecks in compute, how much HRT employees are actually spending on tokens, why the firm might develop its own chi
Global food prices remained near the highest level in more than three years, after a drop in the cost of palm and soy oils countered disruptions to key agricultural input flows from the Iran war. The United Nations’ gauge of global food-commodity costs fell 0.2% in May, as increases in the price of grains and sugar were offset by declines in vegetable oils and dairy products, according to the Food...
Global food prices remained near the highest level in more than three years, after a drop in the cost of palm and soy oils countered disruptions to key agricultural input flows from the Iran war. The United Nations’ gauge of global food-commodity costs fell 0.2% in May, as increases in the price of grains and sugar were offset by declines in vegetable oils and dairy products, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. The Iran war has choked flows of fuels and fertilizers through the Strait of Hormuz, sending prices of key farm inputs soaring. That’s pushed up the cost of growing corn, rice and other foodstuffs, while some of the world’s top growers are already warning of lower yields and production . After rising for five consecutive months, international palm oil prices declined, reflecting expectations of weaker global import demand and uncertainty in crude oil markets. The FAO index tracks internationally traded food commodities, meaning that it may take longer for the prices to filter through to grocery shelves. Read More: How Iran War Is Shaking Up Food Supply Chains: Explainer