Anti-Israel Berkeley bakery Nabolom closes after 50 years, with its owners blaming political backlash among a host of other problems. Continue reading Woke Berkeley Bakery Nabolom Can’t Stick to One…

Yesterday I was able to vote early at my local town hall. I had to go there to pay my property tax. The process could not have been easier or...

Edited by Azizi Powell This pancocojams post showcases some YouTube videos of some Black students from North Carolina Universities* who marched 45 minutes to cast their ballots in the 2024 United…

Like hundreds of millions of Americans, I am preparing to go to the polls to cast my vote in the most consequential election of my lifetime, perhaps of this nation’s lifetime. And while I will enter…

Two panels at Women's Health Advocates in Chicago shared personal stories of breast cancer, maternal health, and fighting to be heard, plus a reminder to vote with women's health in mind.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2026 ...of 125 different genders: Yes, these things actually happened. We'll start with some of the president's new claims concerning matters of gender. We'll be remembering, as…

The con artists at ASH are at it again. The state-funded prohibitionist pressure group Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has published a report claiming that “the UK’s illicit tobacco market is now…

I’ve got a bit of a loaded question for everyone today: should the U.S. military get involved in Yemen? Prefer to read the transcript? Click here https://youtu.be/wrdx5RsbmOY Transcript Hey,…

The U.S. consolidated press once again demonstrates its dedication to lazy "CEO said a thing!" pseudo-journalism.

France has been in a long decline. Money is constantly shifted the rich and to pay for it austerity is pushed. Most recently the French government wanted to, again, increase the pension age. This…

we all have wishes, granted. But who has wishes granted?

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Earlier this year, I started formulating a taxonomy or conceptual framework for state level approaches to digital sovereignty. The idea was that different approaches had significantly different…

Angry and better researched than you’d expect from a comedian. I feel bad for D.L. Hughley. He wrote this with Doug Moe after the 2020 election, and near the end he says, “By the time you read this…

Amidst all the wailing and gnashing of teeth among pro-Ukraine bloggers and Substackers (Full disclosure. I am one.) my spidey sense this week came to a startling conclusion. What if all Trump’s…

French President Emmanuel Macron posed a question to the French people: “Looking at these images, we have all asked ourselves: What was going through their minds? How can French people do this to…

Andy Burnham will take that improvement but do not mistake that metric for being popular as we can see with Nigel Farage’s ratings. TSE

In the New York Times , E.J. Dionne asks , "Could Mississippi Elect Its First Black Senator Since Reconstruction?" While Scott Colom, the candidate in question, is not a minister, the piece notes…

James Carville finally admitted it.

I admit it was not with great joy that I read this story from Zdopravy that states that no contract has yet been signed between Leo Express and Die Länderbahn for the operation of Praha -…

Air Force One has garnered some interesting publicity in recent years. The Boeing 747s that presidents have used since 1990 are over 35 years old. A new fleet is currently under construction while…

I THINK THAT I CAN HELP YOU WITH A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR COUNTRY… I COULD SEE THAT THERE ARE, POOR IN YOUR COUNTRY? WE MUST BOTH ADMIT THAT THIS IS GOING ON, UNLESS…

[[{“value”:”My wife and I had nothing scheduled yesterday, so we took the opportunity to vote early. On election day, everyone votes in their voting district. For early voting, the…

My wife and I had nothing scheduled yesterday, so we took the opportunity to vote early. On election day, everyone votes in their voting district. For early voting, the entire town votes in one…

Riots Are Easy. Ballots Are Harder

The New Democrats Are More Interested In Changing the US Than Changing Russia and Iran Nima and I discuss whether […]

Segments de cinq minutes, grille fermée, pondération par chaîne, seuils et audit : la mécanique derrière les statistiques de SIGNAL, avec ses angles morts.

Quote of the Day On my way to the office this morning, I passed a group of young people protesting, a Palestinian flag draped over their shoulders. And I asked myself a question I can’t shake:…

The French Protests Are Being Misunderstood Paul Craig Roberts The French protests that are spreading over Europe are not receiving […]

Ireland has a vital chance to end its reputation as Europe’s puppy farming capital. Here is why new legislation must include an absolute cap of 30 breeding dogs per facility and unannounced…

It is a troublesome wait-a-minute moment in space. Satellite watcher Marco Langbroek in Leiden, the Netherlands, reports that there are worrisome approach maneuvers by Russia’s Cosmos 2612 and a US…

It's not AI that will destroy mankind, it's capitalism's insatiable greed. It's the billionaire class that always wants more.

The stunningly ugly events in France, says a writer for the left wing Guardian, clear the way for Marine Le Pen’s victory in the next presidential elections. Indeed, all of the polls show her with a…

I'm old enough to remember darker times. When rock-ribbed Republicans would shudder upon hearing a restaurant patron requesting Russian dressing. When Senator McCarthy and his acolytes would hound…

so if the PQ-led Quebec government can shirk its constitutional obligations under the pretext Quebec never ratified patriation of the Constitution in 82, i should be able to refuse any of my…

Join over 900k others (goal is 1m!) in signing Open Doors Canada’s Arise Africa petition for the United Nations by November 2nd Hi friends, I hope the title of this blog/newsletter grabbed your…

English | Deutsch Isabella Weber hat ein neues Buch. Der Guardian hat es am 16. Oktober vorgestellt: Anti-Fascist Economics: In Defence of Affordability, Dignity and Democracy (Allen Lane). Das…

The Russians are masters of Maskirovka, the art of distraction, disinformation and misdirection. After sabotaging the transatlantic economy, the next stage is to destabilise Europe and break its…

Reporting checked on 20 October 2026. A classroom without enough teachers, a rental contract about to expire, a household budget stretched beyond its limits: these are everyday problems with…

The city is divided on State Street. The car-free vs pro-car debate and following referrendums has left the city fatigued. But everyone I have spoken to in the city is united on a few fronts. They…

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What started as a quasi-complaint about the state of French schools has gained momentum, and is now almost a full blown 'French Revolution'. Over last weekend, HALF A MILLION people took to the…

We're in election season. It's both exciting and boring, because the main way to save the world is through lots of industrious organizing, fundraising, campaigning for electoral democracy…

With Texas early voting starting, here are a ton of links I’ve collected demonstrating why James Talarico is completely unfit to be a U.S. senator. “Talarico Linked Capitalism to ‘White…

Sullivan boasted to Alaskans last Thursday that he “led the effort” to get the Russia sanctions bill approved by Congress, a bill he has promoted for more than a year-and-a-half as the secret to…

Four Supreme Court justices sat out the music publishers’ petition over “Double Shot,” leaving the Fifth Circuit’s worldwide-termination ruling in place by default. The post BMG v. Vetter: Recusals…

Thanks to kottke.org for pointing me to a recent Ta-Nehisi Coates essay called "Donald the Great" ( archive link of the whole thing here ). Kottke's excerpts are here , under the headline "Ta-Nehisi…

David Wilkerson was deeply affected emotionally by what he was shown about the future of the United States. For months afterward, he “tried to shake it off”, but he couldn’t do it.…

I’ve just landed in Buenos Aires. Yesterday I was in Cambridge for Ethereum workshops on post-quantum cryptography, formal verification and fast finality. Today I came home to a milestone eighteen…