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Received — 18 October 2026 ⏭ El País - English

Foucault, the pyrotechnician who stood by trans people

18 October 2026 at 05:00

Recently, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who leads the world’s most powerful military, declared that he will be restricting who can join the ranks: “No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals. Just warriors.” And, not long before that, Trump proclaimed that there are only “two sexes, male and female. These sexes are not changeable.”

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The French philosopher Michel Foucault in his Paris home, 1978.
Received — 17 October 2026 ⏭ El País - English

The story of Billy Childish, a tormented British punk icon: ‘Professional art kills art’

17 October 2026 at 05:00

He has a noose tattooed on his left arm. He paints pictures of gallows. He named his publishing house and record label “Hangman.” And he has songs titled One Day You Die (2007) and You Make Me Die (1986). But there’s nothing macabre about him. In fact, he laughs at everything… and at everyone.

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Billy Childish, with The Musicians Of The British Empire, performs at the Blues Kitchen during the opening day of The Camden Crawl on May 1, 2010, in London.
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