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New reality

Michele Paolini Paoletti (Macerata): There Could be a Light That Never Goes Out: The Metaphysical Possibility of Disembodied Existence. From Konkret Media, an interview with Domenico Losurdo on anti-colonialism, US foreign policy and Hegel. How Peter Thiel and the Stanford Review built a Silicon Valley empire. It’s war, and the Washington Post knows it: In the Trump era, pacifism is not an option. Terrell Jermaine Starr interviews Jayda Fransen, Donald Trump’s new favorite British xenophobe. After an attack that killed more than 300 people gathered for prayers, Egyptians are grappling with their new reality as the army, ISIS, and other radicals battle in the Sinai Peninsula.

North Korea’s latest missile test went more than 10 times higher than the space station. New missile test shows North Korea capable of hitting all of US mainland. Heather Hulburt on 7 big questions about North Korea’s latest — and longest — missile test. 8 million people could die in a nuclear war with North Korea.