The Deform UK party's latest deformation plan would throw hundreds of thousands of children into destitution, and many disabled people too.

Sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln say there is a grave shortage of food; some have lost 30 pounds. The water is not fit to drink. Relatives excoriate the bullshitter for denying these facts, but…

This is a reprint of a column originally appearing on in the web periodical EveryJoe on 11 November 2014, edited and revised. The Windrose of Political Heresy The traditional Left-to-Right and…

After California closed a previous regulatory loophole regarding autonomous vehicles and began allowing autonomous trucks to be tested on public … More

“Apple has some ugly labour issues in the Asian supply chain, and they treat their developers like shit. But I don’t think they’re directly damaging society as a whole.” Apple Liberals…

In his memoir Palace Gate, WWII and Vietnam pilot Richard Brown reveals a gut-wrenching truth about post-war Vietnam: When he returned a decade after the war, the corrupt monarchy hadn’t been…

He has a way with words View on Threads ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Asheville Sign Guy signs archived at avl_sign_guy.

From The Lancet: USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show…

The Demon in Democracy, as Marxism and Liberal Democracy Merge. Posted by Ed Folsom, August 23, 2026. Why did Eastern Europe’s communist apparatchiks transition so smoothly into the West’s liberal…

Trump has managed to alienate Canada from the U.S., for no discernible reason. It’s like he just enjoys pissing people off. The trade talks–  over a policy that Trump initiated in…

The Mohamed Jama case in Minnesota -- one of almost 40 that have fallen apart -- provides evidence that Customs and Border Patrol agents conspired to do precisely what the MN-15 are accused of:…

This widely shared Australian take on the recent breakdown in Canada/US trade talks is indeed very entertaining, but it’s wrong on one thing: Trump won’t lose the midterms. He’ll…

The main purpose of this ongoing blog will be to track planetary extreme, or record temperatures related to climate change. Any reports I see of ETs will be listed below the main topic of the day.…

There are a few things wrong with the UK so I hear, and dear old Andy Burnham is trying hard to fix some of them. Fair enough. As a partial solution he's created a No10 in the North to go with the…

Here's a piece from the Washington Spectator the describes in detail how the Trump mafia establishes permanent…

A dangerous virus is destroying our U.S. military capacity. It is doing this by attacking our most senior and trusted military officers, the very individuals who have the proven talent and decades of…

In many ways, despite their background against mass carnage on enormous scales the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki constituted something entirely new. The earlier fire bombing of Tokyo had…

Paramount and Netflix continue to fight over control of Warner Brothers, with California’s state government continuing to oppose the Paramount bid, the sticking point reportedly being…

” I Enjoyed It Immensely” Says Former Governor Osborn After Bear Choking – 1921 With the passage of time there are news stories that do not age well. Contemporary attitudes towards…

Something changed this week when US Treasury Secretary Bessent took a step towards yield curve control. The money printing is coming...it is mechanical and inevitable...and the market suddenly…

Accepting a bully's framing won't save you a beating. Why solidarity is the best way out.

I like listening to Sarah Longwell's Bulwark podcasts about focus groups, because I like to hear what the people in the focus group are saying. You don't get everything, obviously, but you do get to…

“Can you put a flag up?’ So I did. On the front fence with black zip ties. And Dorothy was happy to see an extra red maple leaf festooned on a street with copious visitors from Ohio. NY, Michigan and…

“China’s Chang’e-7 launch will not proceed in planned window this year” – that’s the word from China Central Television. While not cancelled, the Moon probe atop a…

A measured and reasoned critique of the shit-show that is Omarchy. Classic security engineer snark met with some Shakespearean levels of verbosity. This isn’t necessarily firing shots at the…

Go figure, this is a problem?Our federal debt is approaching $40 trillion and will cross that threshold soon. It has grown by roughly $3 trillion in the past year, even though the…

An access authorization gap — not a stolen credential, not a bypassed firewall — is what let two seconded employees look up the Australian Prime Minister’s personal banking records. Two staff…

There were two big themes this week, by far the biggest being Canada vs US / Carney vs Trump. The week evolved from discussion of punitive tariffs to Trump forcing Carney to drink American liquor. As…

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Paramount ran its PR engine into the trade press on Friday to accuse Mark Ruffalo of “antisemitic tropes”. Why? Ruffalo had shared a video of Oracle executive Safra Catz describing…

Racist disinformation 101 time. A new poisonous “freedom” letter demonstrates that its drafters constructed a description of a racist case with the racial dimension removed, addressed to…

Infographic: Why do we need economic growth No, really, we have. We’ve promised ourselves £250k each of end of life healthcare. £250k each as a pension for our old age. That half a million is…

Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics

As I previously noted on a couple of occasions, we are holding a Funding the Future event in Ely on Saturday, 3 October. More information Read the full article...

Why can different factions not agree even when there is a common goal?

I've posted quite a lot on this blog about the state of Los Angeles transit. The upcoming mayoral election has the possibility to really change the momentum behind transit programs in the city...…

A Brisbane McDonald’s worker was stood down after saying “Free Palestine” and “baby killers” at two Israeli customers. Continue reading McDonald’s Employee Targets Israeli Customers With “Free…

Sen. Dan Sullivan and Rep. Nick Begich the Third have had nothing to say about Donald Trump’s latest ill-conceived attack on our Canadian neighbors. The two candidates should be calling on Trump to…

I'll add some commentary later, but for now this will suffice: This from the New York Times : The morning after he pulled negotiators from trade talks in Washington and set off a new round of…

Roll is called at 7:35. Only Longstreth is present. There is public comment. Harlos speaks in favor of public comment. Seebeck asks about the convention minutes. They have not yet been approved. 3…

Xinjiang 新疆 An autonomous zone. The “wild west” of china. Only 5% habitable. 他们有这种考的鸡蛋，必须得试一试。比煮的鸡蛋香多了。.

On August 25, Oklahomans will be asked to vote on two state questions that could make make a significant impact on the balance of power in our state. Here, I weigh-in: State Question 844 This measure…

The EU AI Act's high-risk AI obligations became enforceable in August 2026 with no harmonised standards published and almost no notified bodies designated — the infrastructure the regulation assumed…

Can you remember when Republicans called themselves the “Party of Ideas”? That started back in the 1970s, I believe, and fizzled out sometimes in the 1990s. I found a Boston Review…

My latest video juxtaposes two very different historical stories that were going on at the same time.

YouTube backed off of its threat to delete the Nerd Reich podcast with Gil Duran. Meanwhile in Argentina, a flock of Gandalfs protested Thiel

In case you have not heard, the trade talks between Canada and America have failed. I’m not surprised that the current administration had other plans to make Canada into another state. They can all…