Rob Urie looks at a trifecta of failure: a looming Ukraine loss in Ukraine, desperation among workers, and the unfixable problems with generative AI
Thursday, November 20, 2025
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.
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.
Coffee Break: TACO MIGA Breaks With MAGA Over the Epstein Files
A look at Trump’s attempts to kick 2 MAGA stalwarts out of Congress and the what the New York Times is leaving out of its Epstein coverage.
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.
Yet More AI Bubble Worries, Now on Debt Side, with Wall Street Journal Featuring AI Datacenter Borrowing “Frenzy”
Peeling back another layer of the AI onion, today on datacenter financing.
“NatSec Democrats” Go to Governors Offices in Preparation for 2028 POTUS Runs
Spanberger in Virginia and Sherrill in New Jersey are part of the party’s spook network pushing the ratchet wheel ever rightward.
Social Reuse of Seized Assets
The Taxcast goes to West Yorkshire in the North of England to see social reuse of seized assets in action.
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Whisky (2004) Run Time: 1H 38M
Whisky is a movie about life, love, and socks set in Uruguay.
SNAP Is Funded Again. States Still Have to Deal With Trump’s New Eligibility Restrictions.
The biggest anti-hunger program in the U.S. is set to lose over $187 billion between now and 2034.
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.
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.
