“First, the probability of this pulse happening is high, at least 50 percent according to the analysis of sediment composition by those best placed to know what is going on, Natalia Shakhova and Igor Semiletov. Moreover, if it happens, the detrimental effects are gigantic… the risk of an Arctic seabedContinue Reading
The following is a two part interview with author Jonathan Rothwell. (In his new book A Republic of Equals, Gallup senior economist Jonathan Rothwell traces the forces driving the dramatic rise in inequality in the United States.) ‘Surprisingly, only a small percentage of top earners work in the tech sector or inContinue Reading
Three specific agencies among many use SCAN: the FBI, CIA and U.S. Army military intelligence, which falls under the Department of Defense. ‘For Avinoam Sapir, the creator of SCAN, sifting truth from deception is as simple as one, two, three. 1. Give the subject a pen and paper. 2. AskContinue Reading
Seems to be a logical step putting one’s home up on stilts to avoid flooding and save the biggest investment most of us will ever have, our house. We all see that private property on flood plains is threatened. Looking at the example in the cover photo draws one into considerations bothContinue Reading
“Trump’s notes, written to friends and enemies alike, were almost always written at an angle, scrawled on top of printouts of articles from the internet,” wrote King. “I was struck not only by the peculiar delivery of the notes, but also by the idiosyncratic way Trump writes the alphabet. AtContinue Reading
The CCP’s dream concept of total control is pervasive. It is horrible, but highly captivating to a handful of players. Long ago, I wrote in one of few things that ever got published that surveillance can never work in the ways desired. It would definitely immiserate, but always end upContinue Reading
Montreal journalist Toula Drimonis writes on old school collective fears of “the immigrants” “I’ve seen immigrants serve as convenient scapegoats for everything ailing xenophobes, but this was the first time I saw immigrants being blamed and demonized for slow poppy sales. Not only was Cherry dividing Canadians into “us” andContinue Reading
May Jeong describes an instance of the role Asian American women play in the erotic fantasies of affluent society via the sex industry and their vulnerability when swept into defending themselves against politics and the justice system. ‘Lei Chen, remains in ICE custody. Under civil forfeiture proceedings, the state seizedContinue Reading
….spacetime and physical objects are simply our tool, our virtual reality, by which we navigate the infinite network of conscious agents. It’s not the best tool; evolution finds solutions that are satisficing (just good enough)…..Continue Reading
‘Their recollections of Cohn’s adolescence—the “Boy Rasputin” as he was once called—reveal a portrait of an intensely coddled child.’Continue Reading