Despite the tendency to see the Trump-Putin call as a nothingburger, it added to the exposure of uncomfortable truths for the West.
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Is UK Creating a Giant Bonanza for Hackers and Nation-State Adversaries With Its “One Login” Digital Governance System?
The government’s cavalier approach to security for its digital governance and identity systems should be enough to give all UK citizens pause — if only they knew about it!
Mass Media and the Spectacle of the Imperial Presidency
How the Trump presidency has successfully adapted TV image-burnishing skills to social media….natch, at the expense of substance.
Crypto Crooks Now Eating Their Own as Crypto Holders Targeted in Crime, Even Violent; Coinbase “Hack” an Inside Job, and Highly Damaging to Wallet-Holders
Crypto crirme, particularly violent ones like finger-choppings, are increasing. This should not be much of a surprise.
Onward March, Germany
Anti-Russia mania deepens as CDU-led coalition ties future economic health of country to war industry.
Archeologists Join Geologists in the Quest to Define the Age of Humans
A new archeology is being developed based on evidence of human activity in the Earth’s sedimentary record, and archeologists are helping to define the Anthropocene as a new stage in the geological record.
Nuclear Winter from a Pakistan-India War Could Kill 2 Billion
Even a limited nuclear conflict could cause years of potentially devastating impacts to climate and societies.
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Life Is Sweet (1990) Run Time: 1H 43M
Life is Sweet is a charming tale of a working class British family in the 1990’s.
Bobby Kennedy Jr. Makes Eugenics Great Again at Health and Human Services
RFK Jr. embrace pseudoscience and embarks on eugenicist policies that seek to identify and disempower the underprivileged.
Trump’s Trade Deals Endanger Farmers and Our Food System
Trump is reversing protections of the US food system, subjecting farmers to a race to the bottom in international markets
Shanghai’s Liberation Daily Interviewed Michael Hudson: The Trade Conflict Has Brought Irreversible Impacts, Trump Is Compromising Himself
A look at the US’s flagging economic model and how the Trump trade war will affect the US, China, and other counties.
Coffee Break: Notes on Pandemic Responses, a Human Pathogen that Eats the Plastic of Medical Devices, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services Speaks Out
Part the First: Retrospective Notes on a Pandemic. BMJ, formerly known as the British Medical Journal, has recently published two interesting pieces on COVID-19. The first is an analysis by Anthony Costello, who was previously Director of Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health at the World Heath Organization: UK decision not to suppress covid raises questions […]
