Europe’s Energy Future Hinges on Global Powers
The EU’s energy transition goals (and so much else) are becoming increasingly reliant on trade and tariff policies from the US and China.
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Michael Hudson: From Babylon to Wall Street – How Bankers Make You Poor
A wide-ranging historical discussion with Michael Hudson, tracing the destructive rise the power of lenders from ancient times to today.
Read more...The Hidden Ways Heat Threatens Pets, Children, and Older Adults
Heat risks are rising along with global temperatures. Some warning signs in vulnerable groups, including those who take certain medications
Read more...As Tariffs Bite and Jobs Stall, New Interactive Tool Tracks How Much Trump and GOP Are Raising the Cost of Living
As Trump’s new tariffs are about to squeeze American wallets even harder, a new tool helps keep track of the damage.
Read more...Quelle Surprise: UK’s Online Age Verification Law Triggers Explosion in Demand for VPNs
It looks like we were right: online age verification is being used as a Trojan horse for the mass rollout of digital identity systems.
Read more...Chronically Ill? In RFK Jr.’s View, It Might Be Your Own Fault
RFK, Jr.’s policy views confirm that he hates the poors.
Read more...Trump Is Hellbent on Derailing India’s Rise as a Great Power
Is there some logic to Trump’s 25% tariff threat against India, or is this just more pique over his limited influence?
Read more...Consumers Are Footing the Bill for AI’s Insatiable Appetite for Energy
The energy cost of AI is probaby vastly higher than you realized, and will be showing up soon in your power bills.
Read more...Long-COVID, Viruses and ‘Zombie’ Cells: New Research Looks for Links to Chronic Fatigue and Brain Fog
A theory of what might cause the many symptoms of Long Covid, which if proven further, should help in developing treatments
Read more...South America’s Sovereignty Is Being Lost in Big Tech’s Clouds
How South America and the Global South generally are selling out their automony and the promise of multipolarity for Big Tech convenience
Read more...Can States Reinvent U.S. Healthcare? This Expert Thinks So
Trump has sent a wrecking ball through US healthcare. Can states team up to preserve some measure of the old normal?
Read more...The Post-Pandemic Disinflation: Low Sacrifice, High Prices
Central banks in advanced nations really do believe they did a masterful job of managing the post-Covid inflation. This article explains why
Read more...Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Money Weapon
Let’s talk about money, specifically the use of bribery as a weapon in war and geopolitics. Like any weapon, it has technical characteristics and operational effects. In the ancient world bribery was practiced openly in the form of tribute paid by subject states to dominant powers. Masters were bribed to “protect” their subjects. In the […]
Read more...Hubert Horan: Can Airlines Get Passengers to Accept AI-Driven Personalized/Surveillance Pricing?
Delta has fevered dreams of AI-engineered individual pricing to boost revenues. But would this work in practice?
Read more...Plastic Surgery Mills, Many Owned by Private Equity, Sued for Producing Disfiguring Injuries and Deaths
The rise of private-equity-owned plastic surgery mills has produce patient litigatation, often with damning details.
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