Man, I've become way more of a bookworm lately. Finished reading Animal Farm (George Orwell) as well as The Great Divide (C. S. Lewis), and I'm near completion on Think Again (Adam Grant).
I honestly keep forgetting how amazing books are, and how important it is to deep-dive into specific subjects like books allow you to do.
BBC News | Unfair dismissal claims face five-year delay as tribunal backlog grows
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Unfairâdismissal cases in England and Wales are now facing unprecedented delays, with tribunals backlogâed by nearly 72,000 claims and many claimants waiting up to five years for a full hearing. The article follows CatrionaâŻBall, whose husband Lewis died in 2024 after quitting a stressful job; she filed a constructive unfairâdismissal claim in FebruaryâŻ2025, but the case will not be heard until 2029, leaving her in legal limbo and forcing her to sell the family home to fund the dispute. Lawyers warn that such protracted delays cripple both workersâwho often lack income and legal aidâand employers, and they call for radical reform, including more judges, AIâassisted triage, and a new disputeâresolution body to separate simple claims from complex ones. The Ministry of Justice says it is working to reduce the backlog through virtual hearings, additional judges and digital systems, but for claimants like Ball the personal and financial toll remains severe.
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'Lewis takes up a debate with several Black feminists who have, at various times, questioned the idea of family abolition, whose central argument has been that, very often, Black families have been sites of resistance against racism. Similarly, we could point to many experiences of class struggle in which sectors of working families have played a key role against the attacks of capital: supporting strikes, establishing relations of solidarity between factories and neighborhoods, staging rent strikes, maintaining soup kitchens, creating movements in defense of public services, and many other forms of resistance. The tradition of âwomenâs commissionsâ in strikes, for example, has allowed the working class to articulate fighting forces far beyond the workplace.
'To this criticism Lewis responds that, even so, we should not cease working for the abolition of the family, since we would not need its âprotective shieldâ if we managed to build a society without racism. The argument contains a grain of truth, but it stops halfway. It fails to contemplate the role that the family relations within sectors of the working class and oppressed can play in moments of heightened class struggle. On another level, it doesnât account for the fact that capitalism, while it needs such a âsocial cellâ for its own reproduction, constantly undermines working familiesâ very conditions of existence. Marx and Engels remarked on this in the mid-19th century, pointing to the length of the working day, the lack of decent housing, and the general precariousness of working class life.'
Josefina L. MartĂnez : https://www.leftvoice.org/love-and-care-beyond-capitalism/
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Agi: Champions, l'Arsenal batte 1-0 l'Atletico Madrid e va in finale
AGI - L'Arsenal ha battuto 1-0 l'Atletico Madrid con un gol di Saka e si qualifica per la finale di Champions League. A vent'anni esatti dalla prima volta, l'Arsenal festeggia la qualificazione alla seconda finale di Champions League della sua storia.
Ă una rete di Saka allo scadere del primo tempo a mettere la firma sull'1-0 casalingo dei Gunners inflitto all'Atletico Madrid, dopo l'1-1 dell'andata.
Il primo tempo equilibrato
Il primo guizzo Ăš spagnolo e arriva all'11'. Griezmann mette in mezzo dalla destra, Raya si allunga e Simeone giunge per primo sul pallone, ma la sua conclusione viene respinta. La partita Ăš molto equilibrata e priva di particolari emozioni.
Il gol decisivo di Saka
Il risultato si sblocca improvvisamente al 45'. Trossard entra in area, sembra perdere l'attimo buono per il tiro ma poi conclude ugualmente con il destro trovando la pronta reazione di Oblak, ma il portiere sloveno non puĂČ nulla sul tap-in vincente a porta vuota di Saka. Ă la rete dell'1-0 che manda le due squadre negli spogliatoi.
Le occasioni nella ripresa
Al 6' della ripresa Lewis-Skelly sbaglia un retropassaggio di testa sul quale si avventa Simeone, il quale prova a saltare Raya ma subisce il ritorno di Gabriel poco prima di concludere, con il difensore brasiliano che salva in corner in scivolata.
Raya decisivo e chance sprecata
Cinque minuti dopo, Raya deve distendersi in tuffo sulla sua sinistra per fermare un destro di Griezmann. Gli uomini di Arteta hanno la chance del raddoppio al 21', quando Gyokeres spara alto di prima intenzione vanificando un perfetto assist dalla sinistra del neo entrato Hincapie'.
La gestione finale e la qualificazione
Nel finale, i padroni di casa gestiscono senza particolari affanni le ultime sfuriate offensive dei colchoneros e portano a casa una vittoria che vale il biglietto per la finalissima di Budapest del 30 maggio.
L'attesa per l'avversaria
Nell'atto conclusivo della competizione, l'Arsenal attende una tra Bayern Monaco e Paris Saint Germain, che si affronteranno domani in Germania dopo il 5-4 dell'andata in favore dei francesi.
Champions, Arsenal beat 1-0 Atletico Madrid and goes to the final.
Arsenal beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 with a goal by Saka and qualifies for the Champions League final. Exactly 20 years since their first time, Arsenal celebrates qualification for their second Champions League final in their history.
It was Sakaâs goal at the end of the first half that secured the 1-0 home win for Arsenal against Atletico Madrid, after the 1-1 draw in the first leg.
The balanced first half
The first Spanish spark came at the 11â. Griezmann puts in from the right, Raya stretches and Simeone arrives first on the ball, but his shot is repelled. The game is very balanced and lacks particular emotions.
The decisive goal by Saka
The score opens suddenly at 45â. Trossard enters the area, seems to lose the good moment for the shot but then concludes equally with his right foot finding the ready reaction of Oblak, but the Slovenian goalkeeper cannot do anything about the winning tap-in into an empty net by Saka. Itâs the 1-0 goal that sends the two teams to the dressing room.
The opportunities in the second half
At the 6â of the second half, Lewis-Skelly makes a wrong header pass on which Simeone attacks, who tries to jump Raya but suffers the return of Gabriel just before concluding, with the Brazilian defender saving in corner with a slide.
Raya decisive and wasted chance
Five minutes later, Raya must dive into his left to stop a right-foot shot by Griezmann. Artetaâs men have the chance to double the score at 21', when Gyokeres shoots high with a first-time shot, wasting a perfect assist from the left of the new entrant Hincapie.
The final management and qualification
In the end, the hosts manage without particular difficulties the last offensive outbursts of the colchoneros and bring home a victory that is worth the ticket to the final in Budapest on May 30th.
The wait for the opponent
In the final act of the competition, Arsenal awaits one between Bayern Munich and Paris Saint Germain, who will face each other tomorrow in Germany after the 5-4 first leg in favor of the French.
#AtleticoMadrid #Arsenal #theChampionsLeague #first #second #Spanish #Griezmann #Simeone #Trossard #Oblak #Slovenian #Lewis-Skelly #Gabriel #Brazilian #Arteta #Hincapie #Budapest #BayernMunich #Paris #SaintGermain #Germany #French
https://www.agi.it/sport/news/2026-05-05/arsenal-finale-champions-36908900/
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I didn't know I had a favourite musical director. Barrington Pheloung was the musical director and composer for #InspectorMorse #Endeavour and #Lewis.
He also contributed to many films and tv shows
A wonderful movie about the du Pré sisters, Hilary and Jackie was incredibly scored.
The interweaving of #music and #opera with the dramatic themes of Morse is unmatched.
Pheloung was only 65 when he died in 2019.
The opening theme of Inspector Morse is simple but brilliant. Morse code for M.O.R.S.E.
Dated and maudlin at times, it is still classic #TV made better by the music and Morse's relationship to it.
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