Saturday, January 24, 2026
Black Sites and Black Days
More on how the US looks to be running ICE-related black sites, as in torture sites, in the US.
As the UN General Assembly Turns 80, Can Ordinary Citizens Change How the World Is Governed?
A permanent Global Citizens’ Assembly met and is getting more and more participation. Does it have any hope of being effective?
Coffee Break: Ancient Travelers and Artists, an Enigmatic Devonian Giant, and a Thinking Cow
After one full year the grim news on the science front – all fronts really – this Coffee Break is devoted to why science is interesting and fun. And useful, even if its use value cannot be predicted before the fact. Part the First: Ancient Travelers. Or, social networks (not this kind) have always been […]
3 Trump Administration Health Policy Changes That Will Worsen Care for the Elderly
One Trump rule rollback alone will kill an estimated 13,000 nursing home residents a year. Welcome to what passes for health care in the US.
UK Home Secretary’s Shocking Admission About the Emerging AI Surveillance State
“When I was in justice, my ultimate vision… was to achieve, by means of AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon.”
USDA Researchers Instructed to Investigate Foreign Colleagues
The Trump administration asks USDA scientists to research foreign co-authors for suspected collaboration or crimes.
AI-Induced Cultural Stagnation Is No Longer Speculation − It’s Already Happening
By displacing new content, AI is eroding culture. Add in screen addiction eroding reading and the devaluation of the humanities.
What Davos 2026 Can Tell Us About the World That Is Coming
Davos 2026 points to a new world order—technocratic, executive and corporate—powered by AI and digital currencies
ICE War on Rights and Safety Continues With Policy of Illegal, Fourth Amendment-Violating Home Break-Ins, Detainee Homicide, and Detention and Transport of Children
ICE lawlessness is only getting worse.
Trump at Least for Now TACOed Over Greenland at Davos in Rambling Speech as His Poll Ratings Continue to Fall
Trump’s Greenland climbdown is yet another sign of how his derangedness is becoming more and more destabilizing.
The Great AI Displacement: Fracturing Tomorrow’s Labor Market
An industry participant debunks a paper predicting that the labor market effect of AI will be so bright that we will all have to wear shades.
“Who Gets to Decide How Much Is ‘Enough’ to Live a Good Life?”
A new climate change fix of sustainable limits bizarrely hypes that collective groups will decide, ignoring power and wealth inequality
