U.S. Dams, Levees, Stormwater, and Wastewater Systems Get D To D+ Grades, Need Almost $1 Trillion in Upgrades
Yves here. As the US is committing to yet more military escalation, not only are we stripping social safety nets but also further neglecting our
AI Hyperscalers Crash the Grid as Big Tech Becomes a Power Trader
Yves here. No doubt, many here remember how Enron drove up electricity prices massively in California. If you don’t think that will happen with AI
Links 11/23/2025
A 21-year-old Japanese snowboarder, Kokomo Murase, just landed a backside triple cork 1620. She’s the first woman ever to do it. 📹Kokomo Murase pic.twitter.com/o5NI9P7xwJ —
Why Did Britain Stop Making?
Conor here: Reading the following in tandem with Craig Murray’s recent piece, The Beat of the War Drums, is an interesting exercise. What is one
Coffee Break: CDC – Vaccines – Autism, Oh, My!; Wellness; Prioritized Science; Very Ancient Art; and MAGA
Part the First: CDC Finally “Decides” that Vaccines Cause Autism. In news that will surprise absolute nobody, while pleasing some and causing despair in others,
Human Gene Editing and the CRISPR Revolution
Yves here. If you check Twitter, tweets about CRISPR are entirely positive, providing summaries of recent papers or other information about its potential or achievements,
Economic Questions: The Stephanie Kelton Question
Yves here. This Richard Murphy recap of Stephanie Kelton’s The Deficit Myth is an opportunity to introduce friends and colleagues to Modern Monetary Theory, or
Top of the BoP and Other Trump Fantasies From the Battlefields of Ukraine and Gaza to the Shores of Pakistan and Venezuela – This Is How The US Is Retreating
Yves here. John Helmer provides some background below on the back and forth over draft texts on the UN resolution that attempts to put lipstick
Godzilla v. Mothra: How Google Is Winning Struggle Among AI Giants to Control News Flow
Yves here. This article describes some very important effects of the current direction of travel of AI Western-style, as in large language models, on news
Social Reuse of Seized Assets
Conor here: Naomi Fowler and Leo Schick detail missed opportunities when tax officials and law enforcement do manage to recover assets and money from criminals.