A footnote from Sami Timimi's Searching for Normal : There is a habit of referring to oligarchs as the super-rich in countries we don't like, but not to extend a similar label to such a stratum in…

Nate Anderson: I’ve recently developed a daily habit—perhaps one I should cut back on—of visiting several subreddits to keep up on things like audio production and the Russian…

Chris Nixon posted bodycam video to Facebook showing him getting attacked by deputies with the Lyon County (Nevada) Sheriff’s Office. It showed a brutal attack by a heavily-tattooed and aggressive…

Salt Lake Tribune: Under intense pressure from Republican leaders, including Gov. Spencer Cox, Justice Diana Hagen resigned from the Utah Supreme Court on Friday. Cox, along with House Speaker Mike…

Caleb Groves for AJC: Despite President Donald Trump’s continued focus on the outcome of the 2020 election and his musings earlier this year that Republicans should “nationalize” elections in select…

anarch0possum:if i had a time machine, first thing id do is obviously kill hitler. even if germanys fascism was caused by complex socioeconomic factors itd still be worth doing for the bit. then id…

The Happy Bulimia Meal, comes with a themed barf bag.

Found on Facebook, so I reflexly have doubts. But I have doubts re American conventional media and I suspect the Trump administration will not reveal any info about the war that they deem to be…

I was listening to the Ezra Klein podcast the other day and I think he read out one of the credits as "Executive Producer of Opinion Shows". That's a thing, I thought, maybe I'll…

Why more North Sea, more LNG and new nuclear each fail the test of the unfolding 'release' phase

Yes, the portions you created yourself are protectable by copyright. Something that was half you, half AI, you still created the “I DID THAT” half. Copyright rules are changing, but your…

There's no time for dooming.

Sometimes I do not feel like I'm part of this country. Now is one of those times. The state of politics in this country just makes me want to spend the next thousand years in cryosleep. It feels like…

I am writing this for the times it feels like the only possible collective future is one where things inevitably get a lot worse. We live in the age of one-in-a-lifetime crises occurring 1 every few…

The year was 1998. Titanic was still pulling people into theaters. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were chasing Roger Maris’s home run record. And the Dow Jones Industrial Average had punched…

And the wreck of science Confidence in scientists, which slipped in this country during the Covid-19 pandemic, is reported to be climbing once again, but you have to wonder why. Not because […]

I don't know if anyone really wants to be a woman. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to be a woman, and I'm even prouder to be a trans woman, but when people talk about transitioning they talk about it as…

The First Minister of Wales has lost her seat in the Senedd and resigned as Welsh Labour leader as the party loses control in the country for the first time amid mounting pressure on Sir Keir…

You know Kevin Stitt – the Oklahoma governor who uses his power and influence to steer government contracts, appointments, and state-government goodies to friends, donors, and political allies? Well,…

Binders and binders of the Epstein files have been printed, cataloged and are now displayed at Mriya Gallery on Reade through May 21.

Seb Gorka's attack on Europe for not defending what he calls freedom of speech, appearing in a counterterrorism policy that refuses to defend against terrorists whose ideology he shares, is a demand…

AI can be overhyped AND be underhyped at the same time. Both things can be true. In the USA, there’s plenty of hype and Texas-size snake oil fields gushing black, tarry slop 24/7. There’s…

The doomer, burn-it-all-down subculture on this pathetic blog feels smug today with the latest jobs numbers. They suck. “So far, 2026 is a year to forget for the Canadian labour market,” say the…

🎨 Impressions I came across Mike Monteiro about ten years ago, when a talk of his on design principles made the rounds. At the time, what he said was pure gold for me at my company. He ran a digital…

FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2026 Three medical experts agree: This is no country for rational discourse. We've complimented Adam Kirsch for announcing that rarely acknowledged fact. He recently did so in The…

Peter Joseph Williams, the former L3 Trenchant executive recently convicted of stealing zero-day exploits from his employer and selling them to a Russian broker, has been ordered to pay $10 million…

Most of the votes still remain to be counted in yesterday’s local and regional elections in the United Kingdom. But the upstart, right-leaning U.K. Reform party is already the clear winner. In…

Supreme court's Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ “They had to fudge how they’re calculating the turnout rate to get there, and they’re not even taking into…

Regardless of how long US President Donald Trump’s ill-advised war and today’s stagflationary conditions last, the long-run consequences will be profound. Fancying himself an absolute monarch, Trump…

Among the many stories that populate America’s long fascination with UFOs, few are as enduring as the claim that President Dwight D. Eisenhower secretly met with extraterrestrial beings during the…

Pearls and Irritations is digging deeper into issues and, thanks to new partnerships, bringing you perspectives from leading thinkers both in our daily feed and in curated series about important…

Mr. Blurrycam strikes again: war.gov/UFO I was hoping for some laughs on aliens.gov, but no joy. Via: ZeroHedge: On Friday, the Trump administration released the first official tranche of…

Neil Young - Tanderup Farm, Neligh, Nebraska, September 27, 2014Neil Young’s performance at the Harvest The Hope anti-pipeline benefit in September 2014 has come up on two consecutive All One…

In Australia, suicidal men who contact helplines for support are now automatically assumed to be perpetrators of domestic violence. It's a shocking manifestation of a feminist establishment, says…

Carney’s Liberals are pondering privatizing airports. What would that do for us? Notice the slickness of Finance Minister François‑Philippe Champagne saying “it’s about…

In Praise of Crazy Visionaries by Jeffrey Blehar Ted Turner passed away today, at the age of 87. He had been out of the public eye for several years now, first retiring from corporate responsibility…

According to Cole Allen's motion to disqualify Jeanine Pirro as prosecutor in his case, she had made six sometimes wildly emotional comments about his alleged attack. The post Cole Allen Catalogs…

Understanding and navigating federal data can be tricky– for both novices and experts! But there is now a resource to help you understand this complex ecosystem. Through support from the UC…

The Department of War (DOW) has posted new information on UFOs, at the request of U.S. President Donald Trump. Never-before-seen files on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) are part of the…

Having failed to beat Sam Altman in the race to dominate AI, Elon cuts a deal to become Dario Amodei's landlord.

I haven't been blogging much about the unfolding catastrophe that is the destruction of American democracy. Mostly because the new house has captured most of my attention, but also because it is so…

Accelerationists believe that things have to get worse before they get better and that the faster things get worse, the sooner people will wake up and demand radical change. I've always been…

My interview on TRT World about ongoing tensions between Iran and the US and Israel’s desire for endless war. The post TRT World interview on US/Iran/Israeli tensions appeared first on Antony…

Recent federal court decisions have apparently helped the VOA and Radio Free Asia Chinese language websites make a slow, gradual comeback. Albeit not all the way back yet. How far they come back will…

In the Newsletter this weekAnalysis: EU rail ticketing reform proposal is out next week: this is what to look out forBullshit Meter, retrospective: Berlin-Warszawa with FlixtrainGood week: Record PKP…

Before you get too excited, NO, I’m not giving away any financial advice. However, whatever the global markets are doing right now doesn’t match the physical reality of the Iran war.…

Doctorow Provides a Solid Record of the Ukraine-Russia Conflict Initiated by Washington’s Neoconservatives Paul Craig Roberts The publication of my […]

Putin’s Never-Ending, Ever-Widening War Is Widening Out of Control Russia is paying a high price for Putin’s strategic blunder.…

C’è una specie di convitato di pietra, nel dibattito furibondo sul caso di Delitto di Garlasco, ed è curioso che quasi nessuno sembri volerlo nominare apertamente. Il confronto pubblico procede ormai…

The average cost of a gallon of regular unleaded is now about $4.50 – so up about 30 cents per gallon since the last War Tax Report, which was published on April 28 – about one week ago.…