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Republican Congressman Don Bacon's emails hacked by Chinese spies, compromising personal and campaign messages. FBI warns of cyber espionage

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SOMETIME IN JANUARY 2016, the Instagram profile known as “@whos＿＿who” went live. Who is who? A big question, in general. Anonymous and prolific, the account places apparently similar images, usually of artworks, in comparative assemblies published as single posts. At minimum, these posts feature two artworks, but often three, four, or more crowd the frame. Offered without explanation by their anonymous comparer, the resulting combos of artworks are blank screens for their beholders’ p...

SOMETIME IN JANUARY 2016, the Instagram profile known as “@whos＿＿who” went live. Who is who? A big question, in general. Anonymous and prolific, the account places apparently similar images, usually of artworks, in comparative assemblies published as single posts. At minimum, these posts feature two artworks, but often three, four, or more crowd the frame. Offered without explanation by their anonymous comparer, the resulting combos of artworks are blank screens for their beholders’ p...

Jürgen Habermas Named Sheikh Zayed Award Cultural Personality The 15th iteration of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award gives its career achievement honor, Cultural Personality of the Year, to the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas. Jürgen Habermas at the Munich School of Philosophy, 2008. Image: Wolfram Huke, CC by SA 3.0 ‘A Pioneer of Critical Theory’ Capping its announcements of 2021 winners, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in Abu Dhabi has named German philosopher Jürgen Habermas its Cultural P...