Who Will End Up Paying for the AI Spending Spree?
AI is now so clearly a money burn pit that efforts are already underway to fob the losses off on taxpayers. Is there any way to head it off?
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Military Moral Injury, Violence, and the Parable of the Guinea Worm
The casual US celebration of violence runs into the reality that those required to inflict it regularly suffer deep inner damage.
Read more...The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: The Confessions of Felix Krull (1958) Run Time: 1H 46M
The Confessions of Felix Krull is a movie about a charming, kind hearted scam artist and his adventures.
Read more...Always Watching: How ICE’s Plan to Monitor Social Media 24/7 Threatens Privacy and Civic Participation
How ICE plans even more sweeping surveillance of social media sites.
Read more...Another Shutdown Cost: Skewed and Limited Private Data as Economic Hazard
Due to the shutdown, official economic data has slowed to a crawl. Policymakers, markets, and citizens are turning to private-sector numbers.
Read more...How Neoliberalism Is Digging the Holes of Flagging, Indebted Economies Even Deeper
Indebted, low growth economies have a path for recovery. But neolibearlism stands in the way.
Read more...The Digital Euro Just Hit a Wall of Resistance
Turns out the Euro Area’s banks, citizens and even some EU lawmakers are not quite so keen on the project.
Read more...Fatties and Diabetics Not Welcome! Immigrants With Health Conditions May Be Denied Visas Under New Trump Administration Guidance
MAHA meets immigration, with deemed-unhealthy applicants set to be denied visas under new Trump Administration guidance.
Read more...Mamdani’s Win and the Price of Urban Life: Why City Voters Are Seeking Change
The soaring costs of city life appear to be sending urban voters toward progressive leaders who promise relief, both in the U.S. and globally.
Read more...China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the Shifting Landscape of Trade and Investment
The US has responded a bit China’s Belt and Road initiative by increasing foreign direct investment in participating countries.
Read more...Health Advocates Call for a Federal “Reboot” in Addressing Ultra-Processed Foods
The debate over ultra-processed food is becoming more intense. But has any real progress been made in discouraging consumption?
Read more...Revolutions in Russia in 1917: February and October
A summary of the tumultuous events of Russia’s 1917 revolutions.
Read more...The Primary Care Puzzle: Can It Be Solved?
Lisa Rosenbaum, MD, is a national correspondent for the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). She has just published Is a Long-Simmering Crisis Boiling Over? U.S. Primary Care Today. The easy, and current, answer is “Yes.” But this is not necessarily the final answer. Dr. Rosenbaum begins with the description of the career arc of […]
Read more...With Baseless Fraud Claim, White House Says Trump Preparing Anti-Voter Executive Order
Yet more Trump threat display to try to extend the reach of his faction, here by stymieing voter access to elections.
Read more...“The Multipolarism of Fools: The BRICS Are Not the Answer”
A hot mess of a BRICS critique, among other things lambasting the growing association as anti-democratic.
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