The Guardian Media Bias

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Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin discharged from hospital

Bills safety released from Buffalo hospital on WednesdayHamlin had been admitted to Buffalo General Medical CenterBills safety Damar Hamlin was released from a Buffalo hospital on Wednesday, more than a week after he went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated during a game at Cincinnati, after his doctors said they completed a series of tests.A news release from the Bills quoted Dr Jamie Nadler as saying: “We have completed a series of tests and evaluation and in consultation with the team physicians, we are confident that Damar can be safely discharged.” Nadler said Hamlin will continue his rehabilitation with the Bills.
The Guardian     Jan 12, 2023

Medvedev aims to arrest mini-slump with strong Australian Open showing

Russian has dropped from world No 1 to No 8 but is determined to rediscover his best form in Melbourne this monthJust under a year ago, having experienced one of the most crushing defeats of his career, Daniil Medvedev arrived in the post-match debrief with a message. He had led Rafael Nadal by two sets in the Australian Open final, only to see his lead crumble, a raucous crowd cheering his opponent and deliberately attempting to disrupt him.Medvedev opened his press conference with a long, detailed monologue, explaining the passion he had in his career, but how certain moments like that one, his five hours on-court before a hostile crowd, had chipped away at his hope until ...
The Guardian     Jan 12, 2023

An early fan of East German feminist writing | Letter

Tim Bradford on how his flatmate eschewed the pub night after night to diligently translate Brigitte Reimann’s work It was fascinating to read about the English translation of Brigitte Reimann’s novel, Die Geschwister, or Siblings (East German feminist author gets English debut, 50 years after death). It made me wonder whether I am partly responsible for the slow progress that her writing has made towards reaching a larger readership in this country.The article took me back to the impoverished streets of Walthamstow, east London, in the late 1980s. We were four East Midlands lads who’d recently moved to London, with the normal range of interests – beer, girls, gigs and (for one of us) the nightly practice ...
The Guardian     Jan 12, 2023

How have I changed in 2023? I have become an avid pothole activist | Adrian Chiles

A whopper on the A4118 tipped me over the edge from merely tutting to reporting the offending cavity to the council. My dog was not impressedA member of parliament once told me there wasn’t a friend or foe in the House of Commons who hadn’t at some stage been pictured in a local newspaper looking anxiously at a pothole. I thought about curating a montage of all 650 such photographs and entering this work of art for the Turner Prize. But I couldn’t be bothered with doing the legwork to find them all. A quick search now yields a bizarre example of the genre, featuring a happy-looking Theresa May – wearing Converse! – on the Berkshire Live ...
The Guardian     Jan 12, 2023

Northvolt v Britishvolt: clarity v confusion in the great electric car battery race | Nils Pratley

Fast action in global gigafactory race is happening outside UK, as Swedish pacesetter showsIn a fantasy world, the would-be rescuer of Britishvolt would be a consortium that included a car manufacturer or two. The ailing startup would instantly get what it needs most after six months of crisis: endorsement for a battery product that is still in development, plus some , future customers.At that point, the big political claims made about Britishvolt, its planned gigafactory in Northumberland and “the UK’s place at the helm of the global green industrial revolution”, as the former prime minister Boris Johnson put it a year ago, would start to sound more credible.
The Guardian     Jan 12, 2023

Better Call Saul was robbed! The snubs and shocks of the Golden Globes

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House of the Dragon and the schlocky Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story won awards they didn’t deserve, while one of TV’s greatest shows got nothing – againAfter a year in the wilderness invoked by an ethics and voting scandal, the Golden Globes returned last night. With its return came a new rigour, an unspoken promise that the nominated movies and shows would be judged solely on their merit and celebrated accordingly. Which was nonsense, obviously, because Better Call Saul didn’t win anything – again.Of all the reasons to miss Better Call Saul – and there are so very many reasons – one of them involves basic convenience.
The Guardian     Jan 12, 2023

Would you call your child Maverick or Thor? The improbable rise of baby name maximalism

Parents are increasingly naming their children after the lead characters in popular films and TV shows such as Top Gun, Wednesday, Killing Eve and … DahmerName: Main character energyAge: The phrase is a 2021 TikTok coinage but the concept was first explored in the 2006 film The Holiday, with Kate Winslet’s character urged to “be the leading lady” of her own life.
The Guardian     Jan 12, 2023

Latex, severed legs and fake erections: why is a whole new generation obsessed with DVD menus?

Games, gags, hidden treasures, extra films and clips of the director cooking aloo gobi … is it any wonder the hashtag #DVDmenu has 15m views? We look back on an explosively creative eraIt’s likely that you’ve seen Thomas Fletcher’s work, but it’s also likely that you’ve never thought twice about it. Twenty or so years ago, the designer’s job required him to shove his screaming face through a sheet of latex, create 3D models of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, motion-capture a dancer seductively sauntering across a room and play around with props from the Harry Potter films. But none of this creative and “very, very fun” work ever appeared during the two-hour runtime of a single blockbuster ...
The Guardian     Jan 12, 2023

Ukraine war pushes civilian casualties from explosive weapons to four-year high

Reported casualties in Ukraine were eight times more than Afghanistan – and real figure likely to be much higherRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesCivilian casualties from the use of explosive weapons soared by 83% last year because of the war in Ukraine, according to a monitoring organisation that counts the number of deaths caused by conflict and war.Action on Armed Violence (AOVA) said the total number reported killed and injured in 2022 was 20,776, the highest level since 2018, with 10,381 casualties in Ukraine alone, based on reports from English language media.
The Guardian     Jan 12, 2023

Russian conscript sentenced to years in prison after rebelling against superiors

It is the first known ruling against a soldier who criticised Kremlin’s unpopular mobilisationRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesA Russian conscript has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison after getting into an altercation with his superiors over poor training conditions, in the first known ruling against a soldier who criticised the Kremlin’s unpopular mobilisation.In a widely shared video filmed on 13 November, draftee Alexander Leshkov is seen shouting profanities and shoving Lt Col Denis Mazanov at a training ground outside Moscow.
The Guardian     Jan 12, 2023

Ukraine military denies Russian forces have captured Soledar

Claims by Wagner mercenary group come as Poland announces transfer of German-made Leopard 2 tanksRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesUkraine’s military has denied that Russian forces have encircled and captured Soledar after claims by the head of the Wagner mercenary group that the eastern city had fallen.The claims about the status of the fighting on the eastern Donbas front were made by Yevgeny Prigozhin as Poland announced that it planned to transfer 10 German-made Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine, in a move with wide significance.
The Guardian     Jan 12, 2023

Uranium was embedded in metal bars seized at Heathrow

Officials say there is no threat to public but it is unclear whether radioactive element was deliberately concealedA discovery of metal bars embedded with uranium at Heathrow in late December has triggered an urgent counter-terrorism investigation, in an attempt to establish why it was concealed in an aeroplane shipment.Scotland Yard said on Tuesday night the amount of contaminated material was “extremely small” and posed “no threat to the public” although some reports had suggested, incorrectly, that several kilograms of uranium itself were discovered.
The Guardian     Jan 12, 2023