Yves here. Even though most geopolitically oriented eyes are focused on Ukraine, the related peace talks, and the dangerously simmering situation in the Middle East, particularly serious US noises about…
The EU plans to continue the war with Russia are coming apart in a welter of debt and recriminations. Putin Delivers an Address to People in the West Putin told…
A Super Fungus Is Evolving in Polluted Cities – And It’s Spreading Through Cats SciTech Daily Man Develops Life-Threatening Infection After Eating Feral Pig Science Alert Imagining the Progressive Restaurant…
Yves here. Satyajit Das takes a high-level, measured approach to DOGE, stressing an issue that is oddly underplayed in American debates: that it’s fundamentally wrong-headed to approach government using the…
I hate to put on my cynic’s hat, but I see a weird childlike faith in daddy figures behind the hope the the good daddy, Supreme Court Chief Justice John…
Conor here: As Malcolm Harris wrote in his recent piece at The Baffler, which is well worth a read: Permitting single-stair apartment buildings, ending single-family zoning, and eliminating parking requirements…
In a February White House meeting between US President Donald Trump and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Trump doubled down on the trade route proposed by his predecessor, the India-Middle…
By Bridgett Ennis, co-founder of ChavoBart Digital Media, an audio and video production firm with a focus on scientific and environmental media. Originally published at Yale Climate Connections. Most people…
The Financial Times today has an important tidbit that provides yet more confirmation of why no one, particularly Russia, should try to enter into a deal with Trump. Even by…
Yves here. Oddly, this post skips over the original sin of the relationship of social media “platforms” with “free speech” which is their Section 230 exemption. That makes them not…