Why Did Russia Abstain From the Latest UNSC Resolution on Gaza Instead of Veto It?
Russia and China did not veto a Gaza-colonizing UN resolution, which says much about where multipolarity is turning out to be.
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“Mayday: The White House Is Attempting to Circumvent Congress and Crush the Rights of Individual States to Regulate AI”
AI overlords seek to be better able to loot than banks: too big to fail yet unregulated. Call your Congresscritters to stop that.
Read more...Economic Questions: The Stephanie Kelton Question
An overview of Stephanie Kelton’s The Deficit Myth explains the core findings of MMT. and how debt hysteria serves the rich, not the public.
Read more...Losing Money Every Month: Growing Finance Crisis Threatens Affordable Housing, Challenges Mamdani
Landlords of affordable apartments say the numbers increasingly don’t add up — and a rent freeze will work against tenants.
Read more...“European Nations Have No Choice but to Raise Retirement Ages – Our Case Study Shows Why”
Citizens in EU states have been rebelling against social program cuts, like pension reforms. Are changes in the retirement age necessary?
Read more...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
As Helmer said by e-mail, “The Trump formula is retreat=negotiations plus covert operations.”
Read more...Public Money, Private Innovation: How Government Funding Built – and Sustains – America’s Technological Leadership
More evidence that publicly funded research is disproportionately productive and hence critical to innovation.
Read more...Rob Urie: American Decline in Three Parts
Rob Urie looks at a trifecta of failure: a looming Ukraine loss in Ukraine, desperation among workers, and the unfixable problems with generative AI
Read more...Is the US Trying to Set in Motion a Colour Revolution in Mexico?
For the moment there is no smoking gun. But the US is clearly, wilfully destabilising the country. And this effort predates Trump 2.0.
Read more...Godzilla v. Mothra: How Google Is Winning Struggle Among AI Giants to Control News Flow
How a few platforms control how news travels, shaping what we see, starving journalism, and locking new AI rivals out of data voters need.
Read more...As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Community groups and ICE protestors have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks to help neighbors sound the alarm.
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The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Whisky (2004) Run Time: 1H 38M
Whisky is a movie about life, love, and socks set in Uruguay.
Read more...This Car-Free Neighborhood Was Designed to Revolutionize American Cities
A discussion with the founder of Culdesac, a real estate developer devoted to building walkable neighborhoods.
Read more...Cities Panic Over Having to Release Mass Surveillance Recordings
Time to cheer a legal win against the surveillance state, here the use of massive spycams by a vendor called Flock.
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