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Новости за 17.12.2024

Study finds legalese language a "magic spell" of authority

Boing Boing 

Researchers at MIT set out to study the origins of impenetrable legal language, especially complex sentences that mix definitions with directives—a hallmark of "legalese." Expecting to find that such language results from legislators or officials adding to and editing earlier, plainer versions of the text as the need and opportunity arises, they instead found that they were like that from the outset. — Read the rest

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China's vast intelligence network

The Week 

Cyber capabilities and old-fashioned human intelligence operate in 'fundamentally different way from those in the West—in nature, scope, and scale'

Ex-First Minister Humza Yousaf to step down as MSP at next election - BBC.com

Sports - Google News (uk) 

  1. Ex-First Minister Humza Yousaf to step down as MSP at next election  BBC.com
  2. Humza Yousaf to stand down and warns over Elon Musk’s UK election threat  The Guardian
  3. Former first minister Humza Yousaf to step down as MSP in 2026  Sky News
  4. Humza Yousaf to quit frontline politics  LBC
  5. Humza Yousaf to step down as MSP to take up role ‘on global stage’  The Telegraph

LEGEND kicks off the New Year with thrilling round of premieres

Paper Blog 

LEGEND kicks off the New Year with thrilling round of premieres

From cult classics like Roy Ward Baker’s LEGEND OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN VAMPIRES tolegendary directorWalter Hill’s BULLET TO THE HEAD and Sacha Bennett’s WE STILL STEAL THE OLD WAY, LEGEND has scheduled eleven Channel premieres in January to kick off the New Year in thrilling fashion.

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The End and Beginning of the Lina Khan Era

Real Clear Politics 

The FTC chair lost her job on the same day she added another legal victory. The neo-Brandeisian efforts to convince judges to revive antitrust could have staying power.