Coffee Break: AI in Healthcare and Science, the Nature of Charisma, and a Cure from a Mouse to a Patient
Part the First: Algorithmic Intelligence in Clinical Medicine. From the article This Ohio health system tested an AI tool to predict sepsis. Here’s how it
BRICS 2025: Propaganda and the Illusion of Change
I’m writing this from Rio de Janeiro, where I’m covering the BRICS 2025 summit as a member of the press. There are over 400 journalists
The Inevitable Militarization of Space?
Yves here. This is a workman-like overview US, Russian and Chinese space initiatives. I suspect this topic is of keen interest to some readers who
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Stab in the Back
As the war in Ukraine moves toward an ugly conclusion unfavorable to the U.S., I anticipate the appearance of a common propaganda phenomenon following lost
Centuries-Long History of Russophobia Opens the Doors to Cold War 2.0
Yves here. Americans, who typically have the memories and historical knowledge of goldfish, likely attribute the ease of whipping up Russophobia with the red scares
The UK Aims to Entrench Its Influence in Estonia in Order to Lead the Arctic-Baltic Front
Yves here. A few months back, John Mearsheimer pointed out (IIRC on Judge Napolitano), that even when Russia won the war in Ukraine, the war
Links 7/5/2025 | naked capitalism
Dear patient readers, Forgive me for this odd appeal, but I am so sick of fake products. I just had my cell phone ring when
Coffee Break: Ancient Food Facts, Cancer Therapy, the Conscious Brain, and Biohacking with Biotech…Plus Thomas Jefferson
On this Independence Day in one country in North America a few notes on life outside current politics, scientific and otherwise. Part the First: The
Trump’s Neo-Stalinist Pentagon Photo Purge
Yves here. Trump’s minions are in the process of re-writing, or perhaps more accurately, re-imaging US history so as to downplay and even eliminate the
The Plebeian Council as an Example for Modern Citizen Empowerment
Yves here. Since (at least in the US) we are going into a long holiday weekend, a post on the quasi-democratic Roman institution of the