Fake-fictions

Idolatry and iconoclasm are evil twins. They need each other, feed on each other. It is said that the idol requires human sacrifices. The iconoclast responds by sacrificing the idolaters, or (more likely) by exterminating them…

For a completely sustainable alternative Christmas tree (True or False: Which Christmas tree is more durable ?, December 4), we are looking for a small twig branch - easy to find this time of year, especially after a storm - and hang lights…

WASHINGTON (AP) - Minority parliamentary leader Kevin McCarthy appears to have adopted a strategy to deal with a handful of Republican lawmakers who have sparked outrage with violent, racist and sometimes Islamophobic comments.If you!-->…

Hackers stole at least $150 million from cryptocurrency exchange BitMart in what the company described Monday as a "large-scale security breach."The BitMart team wrote in a declaration posted on its website that the hackers involved…

Former President Trump addresses the North Carolina Republican Party convention on June 5The media focused on former President Trump's past this week. But it is his future that fixes his opponents as well as his supporters.There has been a…

JThe most anticipated, discussed and accessorized novel of the year was Sally Rooney Beautiful world, where are you (Faber), launched on a tide of tote bags and bucket hats. It's a book about the accommodations of adulthood, playing with…

In 1981, Alice Sebold was brutally raped while in her first year at university. The man she accused, Anthony Broadwater, served 16 years in prison. She wrote about the crime and conviction, based on her identification of Broadwater, in…

| Fresh Monkey Fiction continues to add to its collection of Christmas-themed Naughty or Nice 1:12 scale figures. The collection consists of several versions of Santa Claus, Elves and Nutcrackers that are full of details and…

Sandy Island was first recorded by the whaling ship Velocity in 1876.…

An etching by Rani Padmini (also known as Padmavati) circa 1765, in the…

Social networks have often enlightened us on the mysterious paths of nature. Whether it's rocks, forests or clouds, Mother Nature has always captivated us with her creations. Lately, an image of Mount Fuji in Japan with multi-layered…

| Fresh Monkey Fiction isn't slowing down with its crowdfunding campaign as the Naughty, or Nice Collection arrives. This line features special Christmas-themed 6-inch-scale figures that are packed with detail, accessories, and three…

Amitava Kumar A time outside of this time reads less like a novel and more like a validation of all the fears, anger and disbelief with which we have lived in recent years, in the face of the worrying rise of global right-wing…

Our time often reminds me of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams, when Big Daddy said: "What is the smell in this room?" Don't you notice it, Brick? Don't you notice a powerful and odious smell of lies in this room? "These…

Which, I guess, just goes to show that you shouldn't jump to conclusions about what people want to say, at least not without a more in-depth conversation. On the other hand, maybe she was just trying to spare my feelings.What touches you…

Award-winning campus reporter and author of 101 Fake News on EndSARS, Dahiru M. Lawal, among other Nigerians, exposed what they see as inconsistencies in a report submitted by Judge Doris Okowubi, President of the Judicial Commission of…

101 fake news about EndSARS 101 Fake News author on EndSARS exposes inconsistencies in panel report Award-winning campus reporter and "101 Fake News on EndSARS" author Dahiru M. Lawal, among other Nigerians, exposed!-->!-->…

Maybe it's the rats. Or the smell. Or the bad reputation of vets, animal lovers and newspapers. Whatever the reason, it seems more and more New York dog owners no longer think the city's public dog parks are a good place for their…

The story of Thanksgiving that has been taught in elementary school classes for years is not exactly historically accurate. Contrary to the false account of Native Americans welcoming "friendly" European pilgrims to the New World, the real…

The proposed recognition of indigenous lands drew personal attacks at a city council meeting. Gladstone's proposal to read an acknowledgment of Indigenous lands ahead of city council meetings this month has led to!-->…

The proposed recognition of indigenous lands drew personal attacks at a city council meeting. Gladstone's proposal to read an acknowledgment of Indigenous lands ahead of city council meetings this month has led to!-->…

The story of Thanksgiving that has been taught in elementary school classes for years is not exactly historically accurate. Contrary to the false account of Native Americans welcoming "friendly" European pilgrims to the New World, the real…

Fa while ago, the Chippendales were unmissable. Polished and polished to perfection, strutting around in nothing but bow ties and cuffs like the unwitting victims of the world's smartest tuxedo thieves, the cast of male strippers seemed…

In the compound of Swarts, where words don't seem to work properly, nonsense proliferates like the chaotic vocabulary of apartheid, inflated by the hot air of fake racial science and stubbornly clinging to illusions about who owns it. what,…

Kaiser, who is widely respected for his first-rate work on this topic, has tested eight false claims about Covid. Almost 80% of Americans polled said they had heard of at least one of the lies and believed it or did not know if it was…

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese military uses scale models of a US aircraft carrier in a weapons test field in a remote Western desert, new satellite images show, indicating that the People's Liberation Army is focusing on the…

LONDON - Kazuo Ishiguro, Rachel Cusk and Richard Powers are among the literary heavyweights vying for the 2021 Booker Prize, it was announced here on Tuesday.Ishiguro, who won the British Literary Prize in 1989 for 'The Leftovers of the…

CHANDIGARH: Haryana police claimed on Wednesday that they succeeded in arresting two Bihar defendants for issuing false birth and death certificates by hacking the official website. Haryana Police spokesman informed that the arrested…

A novel becomes an archive of the present moment, says Amitava Kumar, whose latest book, A Time Outside This Time, is on the stands Fake news, post-truth, new alternatives, infodemic and, most importantly, the Orwellian hand of the…

Three of Belfast-born writer Brian Moore's novels, all decades out of print, were reissued by Turnpike Press for its centenary in August. We…

An open letter to my fellow Irish Americans of truth: It should be a time of great celebration for us. It has now been over two years since Donald Trump created the social media app we now use, Truth Social. Once and for…

Using a smoking gun, Goldstone remarks in the closing lines of his book that although the preserved heart of a child long believed to be Louis-Charles has been "tested for DNA against that of Mary -Antoinette and found a match "in 2000 -…

we didn't want to go, we didn't want to kill them, but his lingering silence and outstretched arms horrified and comforted us at the same time ...These words, posted on a forum in 2009, were accompanied by a black-and-white image of…

Pune: Bund Garden police are investigating an offer by some men to transfer Rs25 lakh from the BJ Medical College account at a nationalized bank to another account by presenting a fake check between October 6 and 11. In fact, the fraudsters…

HYDERABAD: A transformed photo of Finance Minister T Harish Rao appealing to the BJP in Huzurabad was circulating on social media. Reacting quickly, the TRS lodged a complaint with the electoral authorities. Likewise, the office of BJP…

While passing through a park in Manhattan recently, I spotted a plaque with a poem on it, "Poem of nature ”, by Tommy Pico. It includes these lines: When nature squeezes my neck, I can't tell if it's a romantic comedy or horror movie I…

Representative imageAHMEDABAD: In a joint operation of the Ahmedabad and Rajkot divisions of the Goods and Services Tax Department (SGST), Mitesh Sejpal, who was involved in a bogus billing scam involving tax evasion worth 11.17 crore…

Maybe, maybe not. You and your coworkers have a lot more evidence of what kind of person she is, and you might have reason to believe that she is basically honest, with one exception. Honesty has many different dimensions; a body of…

Strange stories of vampirism in Eastern Europe began to reach Western Europe at the end of the 17th century. Those who died and were buried returned to their villages, and even to their own families, to suck blood. Such stories…

American Horror Story loves using urban legends. Its latest is a long-standing myth about Stanley Kubrick and the lunar landing in Double Feature.…

Hillary Clinton and "State of Terror", the new book she wrote with Louise Penny. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Monica Schipper / Getty Images, Amazon)WASHINGTON - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have both been writing fiction…

Hillary Clinton and "State of Terror", the new book she wrote with Louise Penny. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Monica Schipper / Getty Images, Amazon)WASHINGTON - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have both been writing fiction…

'Penny Dreadful' Seasons 1-3 (September 16)Tony-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Logan created this ingenious Showtime series, mixing a savory stew of Victorian-era monsters, mythology and literary flourishes. Eva…

RD.COM Culture & Leisure Books Best Books and Must-Read ReadingsWhether you're in the mood for a gritty thriller, a light romantic comedy, or a thoughtful examination of the human condition, there's a book for you in 2021. Check out…

This article contains spoilers for the Netflix Squid Game seriesSouth Korean survival drama Squid Game seems like the one thing everyone's talking about, having reached No.1 on Netflix in 90 countries and become the subject of endless memes…

Vice President Kamala Harris is being widely mocked on social media for her bizarre space exploration video, after it was revealed the children were shown as 'students' in the clip - produced by a company called…

Sally Rooney is everywhere right now as her highly anticipated third novel is out on September 7th. In Beautiful World, Where Are You, the young Irish author reflects on Catholicism, Generation Y and the literary market.…

President Biden is widely mocked on social media for running a 'Truman Show presidency' after being photographed speaking from a fake White House set that shows a digital view of the rose garden in full bloom from a…

On the bookshelf A time outside of this time By Amitava KumarKnopf: 272 pages, $ 27If you purchase related books from our site, The Times may earn a commission of Librairie.org, whose…

Last week, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones lost by default judgment two libel lawsuits brought in by parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, after he did not respond to a judge's request for…

HARD LIKE WATER By Yan Lianke Translated by Carlos RojasIs there really something that distinguishes an extramarital affair from a revolution? Both involve a disregard for stilted traditions, an ability to lie convincingly about your…

SEOUL - President Moon Jae-in and his Democratic Party in South Korea have spent months dedicated to eliminating what they called fake news in the media. But lawmakers had to postpone voting on a new bill this week when they encountered a…

Namely, the more common use of "discrimination" has narrowed semantically - in usage - regardless of what the facelessness of dictionary definitions, often written eons ago, might indicate.This is also true of “cultural appropriation”. I…

In the difficult times of the past, many mystery enthusiasts sought comfort more than obscurity - Agatha Christie's biggest sales, for example, began during World War II. It's an understandable urge: as readers, sometimes we want our…

Three inmates for submitting false certificates for the EDV program (Image for representation) KATMANDU: It was revealed that some of those who went through visa processes after receiving an EDV-2021 submitted…

Like a dying sitcom jumping the proverbial shark, the culture's cancellation movement plunges into a humiliating depth of inanity. Over the weekend, a video emerged of a person called Frederick Joseph, a regular…

Author Joshua Ferris.Peter AaronAbout a third of Joshua Ferris' most autobiographical new novel "A call for Charlie Barnes", The narrator addresses the reader regarding the eponymous subject of the book:" I hate to think that you might lose…

BBeing asked to compile a list of the 10 best novels of the 1930s is a bit like being asked to tap dance on the back of a crocodile: impossible to do and even harder to fake. But there. Below is my list, but there are several omissions…

Editorial cartoon The imposition of martial law by Ferdinand Marcos in September 1972 is a dark memory that has plagued some Filipinos for 49 years. September 23 was actually when they woke up to an eerily dark silence – no radio or…

If you even have a toe in the door of fandom (any fandom, really), you've probably come across the term "comfort character". The term is everywhere: in BuzzFeed Quiz, Twitter conceiveddozen Spotify Playlists and Instagram fan posts. As…

NAVI MUMBAI: 40-year-old businessman from Kamothe was duped for Rs 5.93 lakh by five fraudsters posing as employees of a life insurance company, on the pretext of revoking his insurance policy -life for non-payment of premiums. The crooks…

Exposes the half-truths contained in the company's proxy materials ensuring that shareholders have the right information to inform their voting decisionsEncourages Shareholders to Learn the Facts, Ignore the Fictions, and Vote the BLUE Card…

As we leave our homes in September to go back to school, to go back to work, to go back on a trip, we could stop for a moment to look back at this house, this particular room of privacy which, of a somehow we couldn't get out for a…

I never planned to tamper with my data. My project was to interview customers visiting a game store in central London and then analyze the distance they had traveled. Arrived on the scene with a clipboard, I realized that I did not have…

Last month, Apple announced the introduction of new child safety features in three areas, developed in collaboration with child safety experts. After the backlash from various industry experts, including whistleblower Edward Snowden,…

The excellent chemistry between the cast of The vampire diary forces fans to root for a variety of different couples. Several of the more popular relationships have gone canon, while others, like Damon and Bonnie, have never been…

Lincoln believed that all men were equal; Hitler was a failed artist; andThe good old days were good. These are just a few of the widely held beliefs that British author and journalist Otto English (the pen name of Andrew Scott)…

David Granger, executive producerWe were casting for another show, Young, Dumb and Living Off Mum, and we continued to meet people in their late teens and early twenties who weren't cut out for it but were charismatic. , funny and led…

Lincoln believed that all men were equal; Hitler was a failed artist; andThe good old days were good. These are just a few of the widely held beliefs that British author and journalist Otto English (the pen name of Andrew Scott)…

Get better AudibleThe Fake Paralympians BBC World Service | BBC SoundsHorrific Stories Podcast BBC SoundsWinston Churchill's "relaxation" with his prostate isn't what you'd expect to appear, so to speak, in the opening minutes of an…

Eiko Fried, professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology and at Leiden University, has published a new paper arguing for a paradigm shift in mental health research practices. His approach to the study of mental disorders as complex…

MUMBAI: Could the fake vaccine scam that erupted in the city earlier this year have impacted more people? The Kandivali Police indictment shows that key defendant Mahendra Singh provided vials to a drug company Malad in April for their…

Maxwell's first novel, "Bright Center of Heaven", which he refused to reprint during his lifetime (it is found in the first volume of the Library of America edition published in 2008), is set in an estate in Meadowland , Wis. serves as a…

AAt Beth Torah Temple in Holliston, Mass., Devotee Misha Defonseca unveiled her soul on Holocaust Remembrance Day in 1989, or possibly 1990. As with most aspects of the episode that she had set off that morning in January, the details are…

Three Australian artists reveal the obsession and deep fascination with the hyperreal by using the human body as a lens to understand our relationships with each other, time and our environments. Sam Jinks, Still Life…

This turn of phrase is appropriate here. Sympathy can be largely on the Internet, but it is very busy with the body, its fragility and porosity. Alice's grandmother is dying of cancer; Alice becomes pregnant and later has a miscarriage;…

Are you going to a chalet? Staying home for the long weekend? Or are you just looking for a bedtime story to keep you up to date with the latter part of our second pandemic summer? Allison Hall-Murphy, librarian and English adult novel…

Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro and Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Powers are among 13 authors short of the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. Briton Ishiguro, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017, is on the shortlist announced…

Through PTI LONDON: British author of Indian origin Sunjeev Sahota is one of 13 authors short of the prestigious Booker Prize 2021 for his novel "China Room", alongside Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro and…

Through PTI LONDON: British Indian-born author Sunjeev Sahota is one of 13 authors vying for the prestigious Booker Prize 2021 for his novel "China Room", alongside Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro and Pulitzer…

AN ETERNAL SONGBy Ha JinHa Jin's new novel begins with its Chinese protagonist making the quintessentially American mistake of putting money before country. Yao Tian, ​​a prominent Peking Opera singer, catches a last-minute gig while…

A new documentary on Anthony Bourdain has sparked debate over his use of artificial intelligence to put together quotes voiced by the late celebrity chef and breathe life into his voice.Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, directed by…

Necessary fictionsDebi Cornwall(Books Radius, 2020) US troops appear likely to be withdrawn from Afghanistan before the September 11 deadline set earlier this year by President Biden, ending a…

If Adam Serwer is right and the cruelty was the point for Trump's Republican Party from 2016 to 2020, and then after 2020, it's possible the lie has become the point. Incubating, amplifying and polishing lies is now the…

Although Fleming's operations were at times successful, much of his charm and good taste were remembered, qualities which at times seemed rather heinous in the midst of war. (During a field visit to France, he complained that cognac was…

CANNES, France - The thing that comes up regularly about the Velvet Underground is Brian Eno's joke that the band didn't sell many records, but everyone who made one created a band. You won't hear that line in Todd Haynes' tale "The Velvet…

Kids will always find clever ways to get out of school, and the last trick is to simulate a positive Covid-19 lateral flow test (LFT) using soft drinks. So how do fruit juices, cola and sneaky kids fool the tests, and is there a way to…

This article on Anne Boleyn is republished here with permission from The conversation. This content is shared here as the topic may be of interest to Snopes readers; however, it does not represent the work of fact-checkers or Snopes…

DOUBLE BLINDBy Edward St. AubynMore than most novelists, Edward St. Aubyn seems chained to his biography. His aptly celebrated Patrick Melrose novels alchimized the gruesome experience - the repeated rape of St. Aubyn by his sadistic…

2020 has been filled with screens. We watched TV shows endlessly, even the bad ones (could I remind you Too hot to handle it and King tiger?) We sat in front of our computers, hastily sending emails and messages to our colleagues. We've…

It's 2045 and an eccentric billionaire has revealed an incredible new invention to the world. This is called the “experience machine” and it is a fully immersive virtual reality device. It delivers multisensory stimulation with such…

"While the real world is far from perfect, today's technological developments have made possible the existence of a virtual UTOPIA." Can you imagine buying land that you can only access via a computer? A computer serving as a…

Rachel cusk The “Outline” novel trilogy paved the way for what might be considered the anti-confessional mode. Although centered around a writer named Faye, the chapters of these books are occupied by the stories of his acquaintances.…

CIB officials discuss "Operation Charlatan" with a journalist. (Photo: CIB) KATMANDU: The Nepalese Police Central Bureau of Investigation (CIB) arrested seven doctors allegedly involved in obtaining false education certificates to…

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Photo: Courtesy of Chelsea Hodson / Atelier MORS TUA VITA MEA Giancarlo DiTrapano, founder,…

Some of the reproduced images that you will find in the book "ELADATL: A History of the East Los Angeles Dirigible Air Transport Line" are out of focus and low resolution, and that is by design. “When you are dealing with historical…

At the end of the 19th century, Wilmington was North Carolina most populous city, and as one of its most successful maritime transport hubs. It was an unusual place: predominantly…

Dominion Voting Systems, one of the largest manufacturers of electoral materials in the United States and subject to false conspiracy theories by conservative figures, Fox News continued for $ 1.6 billion.The lawsuit highlights the number…

Express news service CHENNAI: The elections are still a month away, but guerrilla marketing tactics have already started to take their toll on the public. Phone calls with recorded messages from political leaders,…

Director Catherine Hughes said the foundation was "not really a media company"."For this to happen at a time when we are literally on the verge of rolling out COVID vaccination, it almost seems like Facebook is having an impact on our COVID…

The claim: Nancy Pelosi moved billions from social insurance to cover impeachment costsShortly after the The Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump for the second time, a story went viral claiming that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,…

We're putting together some of our literary highlights for the next 12 months, from radical romance to sunny escapeJanuary 25, 2021 While the start of 2021 hasn't been very promising, there is still light on the horizon. On the one!-->…

Fan fiction has come a long way. In the 18th century, there were tales of literary classics and folk tales. In the 1960s, they became popular thanks to Star trek fanzine. And in the 90s, fan fiction became mainstream thanks to the…

(Presidential office website) SEOUL - A presidential petition calling for harsh punishment for those who create fanfictions called 'true slash' or RPS, sexualizing underage male idols began to garner support on Wednesday, prompting…

The essay published by Timothy Snyder in the New York Times Magazine on January 9 has a beautiful title, even if it is not very original1. Reading the text, however, was a little disappointing for me. Snyder writes:…

They thought they were heroes; it's obvious. Animal furs and war paint, utility banners and vests, slogan out and wall escalation: Wednesday's attack on the U.S. Capitol looked like fiction to watch, and no doubt many pro-Trump insurgents…

Agnes Denes, Isometric systems in isotropic space - Cartographic projections: the snail, 1978, ink on rag paper with printed Mylar overlay, 24x30…

A new explanation for the dream suggests that it does something much deeper than reinforcing learning while we sleep. It might even…

Marcus Stallworth, one of the founders of the social worker group who taught an elective course called 'Social Media: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' at the University of Bridgeport, saw how media affected students. “Social media - anyone…