Project Nectar: Another Palantir Special
Marlene Dietrich in The Blue Angel — nectar for wealthy bees “Perhaps more than any other nation, the United States hero-worships the men and women
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – AI Goes to War
A compact comprehensive discussion of the present state and future prospects of AI technologies applied to armed conflict is an impossible mission, but I will
Message to Trump: Incompetence Is Not Virtue. Also, People Will Die
Yves here. This short Dean Baker post says even more than he intends. Why has there not been more uproar about the jokes masquerading as
Links 7/13/2025 | naked capitalism
Making history for his country & proving that patience is key ✨ It took Artur Davtyan three Olympic Games to win Armenia’s first Olympic medal
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