The US does not look to have come out well from its latest dominance display against Russia.
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
X Premium Users Face Stark Choice: Hand Over Biometric Identitifiers to “Spooky” Israeli Firm or Get Demonetised
“The personal data processed by this X subcontractor includes data of a sovereign nature. An identity document is a sensitive document. This raises a number of questions…”
When It Comes to the Environment, There Really Is No Such Thing as a “Good” Car
The problem with the EV as a climate change remedy is that it is still a car.
Research on Earth’s Raging Heat of 2023-24 Is Picking Up
La Niña will most likely quell a stretch of global record heat, but human-produced greenhouse gases loom as large as ever.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/6/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; Trump Georgia case delayed; Joe and Jill Biden at Omaha Beach; don’t try this at home! ~
The EU’s Outsourced Migration Control Is Violent, Expensive and Ineffective
Does a critique of EU migration policies reveal more than it intended to?
In Virginia, Data Centers Collide with Zero-Carbon Goals
With electric demand from data centers skyrocketing, the state considers how to meet its goal of decarbonizing the grid.
Georgia Appeals Court Halts Trump Election Interference Case
There is much rending of hair over Trump winning delay in his election interference case that will push any trial past the election.
Mount Sinai Eye & Ear Nurses Rally for Layoff Plan as Beth Israel Shutdown Looms
New York City’s Mount Sinai is trying to shutter acquired Beth Israel and its own respected eye and ear facility despite state opposition
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/5/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics, Biden’s cognitive decline, Alvin Bragg’s helpers, “mild,” more Boeing whistleblowers ~
Israel Threatening to Take on Hezbollah After Cross-Border Attacks Produce Intense Wildfires
Israel desperately wants a hotter conflict with Hezbollah even though Israel is likely to lose bigly. What next?
The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: A Review
A cogent discussion of the complex, accelerating legitimacy crisis masked by bleats about “defending our democracy”
