Inflaming Tensions, Trump Threatens Political Left With Retribution Over Killing of Charlie Kirk
Yves here. To state what may seem obvious, the assassination of Charile Kirk has the potential to considerably deepen already large schisms in American politics.
Silicon Valley Ideologies as a Rosetta Stone for Understanding 2025
Awareness of the various emerging Silicon Valley ideologies may provide a helpful lens through which to analyze current events. The techbros have control of the
Trump Followers Promote Authoritarian, Hostile-to-Downtrodden Version of Christianity
Yves here. Are Americans being indoctrinated to all become Zionists of a sort, that anyone who is not one of us deserves oppression? This seems
Bond Markets Do Not Rule – Governments Do
Yves here. Richard Murphy gives a straightforward explanation of why governments that issue their own currency and tax to assure its use do not need
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Elephant saving a Gazelle pic.twitter.com/cbF6zcQRcn — Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) September 5, 2025 Webb Telescope Spots a “Blob” Near a Star, but Is It a Planet?
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The real crisis isn’t climate change, ecologist Sandra Diaz says Aljazeera Bossons Glacier2022 | 2025 These 3 yrs show the most impressive collapse ever! 😱
The Power of Siberia 2 Pipeline Deal Signifies the Failure of Trump’s Eurasian Grand Strategy
Yves here. The importance of the very long in the conception/negotiation but finally cinched Russian Siberia 2 pipeline to China has not gotten much attention
Financial Times Study, Finding Blacks Twice as Likely as Whites to Have Mortgage Applications Rejected, Reignites Debate Over Discrimination
I can’t recall in my many years of readership seeing the Financial Times perform a data-driven study of its own, in so the pink paper
At CDC, Worries Mount That Agency Has Taken Anti-Science Turn
Yves here. We hope that readers will treat this post as an exercise in how to parse messaging. It’s becoming more and more evident that
U.S. Utilities Put in a No-Win Position by Phantom Data Centers
Yves here. The possibility of utility excess capacity due to AI promoters placing redundant orders for data center power with multiple utilities poses a real