Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Bruno’s betrayal? ‘Toxic’ Fernandes is symptom of United’s culture of entitlement
“Toxic”: this is the damning characterisation of Bruno Fernandes from one highly placed Manchester United source after the captain’s incendiary betrayal of Michael Carrick.There has surely never been a greater anti-leadership act in…
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Trump ordered to answer questions under oath in BBC lawsuit
A US judge has ordered President Donald Trump to answer questions under oath in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by 11 December. Trump is suing the BBC over an episode of Panorama that edited together two different sections of a speech he…
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Andy Cohen Makes Rare Comment About Boyfriend Kevin Sobieski
Andy Cohen is thrilled to introduce boyfriend Kevin Sobieski to the world of reality TV. “I got him to watch Traitors, which was a great start,” Cohen, 58, said on the Thursday, October 22, episode of the…
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The race to fix huge PHP code flaw at the heart of the internet – The Latest
Websites around the world have been taken offline as governments and businesses scramble to fix a flaw in the computer language PHP. There are fears that hackers could exploit the vulnerability to steal data, take control of web servers and…
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Race to update services’ computer systems after cyber-security flaw found
PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.It’s a programming language which runs on a web server, behind the scenes of a website, and effectively lets you see the sites you visit.When you go to a site, PHP is the code which collects data and…
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‘Rahul Gandhi should become PM’: Revanth Reddy’s appeal in Telangana
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Thursday called for Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, to become prime minister, saying his leadership was necessary to secure justice for backward classes and steer the country…
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Quest Diagnostics Reports Unauthorized Access of Patient Records
Medical testing giant Quest Diagnostics discovered “unauthorized access” to its systems on Wednesday, according to an SEC filing Thursday. The company believes attackers accessed patient records but has not disclosed the…
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Upper caste activists gherao HP Secretariat; demand UGC notification rollback, Swaran Aayog
Hundreds of Swaran (upper caste) community activists demanding the rollback of the UGC notification in January and the enactment of a Swaran Aayog gheraoed the Himachal Pradesh Secretariat on Thursday, prompting the police to resort to mild use…
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We will make the net-zero transition work for Britain – approving the Jackdaw gasfield is part of the plan
On Wednesday, the energy secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, gave the go-ahead for gas production to begin at the Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea. This has been the subject of fierce debate for many years, with strong views on both sides. I want to…
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‘The Dropout’: Don’t Get the Wrong Idea After ‘You Can See Everything’
[Editor’s note: The following article contains spoilers for “You Can See Everything.”] Among the snippets of “The Dropout” shown in “You Can See Everything,” Amanda Seyfried dancing to “I’m in a Hurry (And Don’t Know…
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