As a young doctor, I joked about a general warning that can still be seen in Danish package inserts for drugs: “Caution is advised during pregnancy.” What does that mean? If you take a pill, it is too late to be cautious, and if you don’t take it, you don’t need to be cautious because you will…
The Bank of France has just completed a major restructuring of its gold reserves, selling 129 tonnes of gold previously stored at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and replacing it with newly refined, internationally compliant bullion now held entirely within its vaults in Paris. This operation represented roughly 5% of France’s total gold reserves and…
Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) police are performing dozens of license plate lookups on Flock cameras for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to public records that show details of the searches. The practice highlights how ICE, which does not have a contract with Flock, continues to get access to Flock’s AI-powered license plate scanning…
In his new memoir, Changpeng Zhao reveals he signed the FTX letter of intent as a formality and calls Caroline Ellison’s $22 floor price offer a “fatal mistake.” What to know: Zhao says he never seriously considered buying FTX, describing SBF’s approach as “indirect and wishy-washy” and the LOI as a pure formality to assess…
Ruler of the United States, Donald Trump, has proposed a $1.5 trillion “defense” budget in order to fund the war with Iran. On Friday, the ruler also requested a 10% cut in non-defense spending for the 2027 fiscal year. This proposal includes a massive $500 billion increase in the military budget, as the U.S. continues its war against Iran….
After a top reporter at the BBC drew outrage for publishing a quote demanding Iran be nuked, she’s been revealed as a dedicated regime change activist whose career was launched by a CIA-founded propaganda network. Serious questions remain about the BBC’s editorial process. On April 6, 2026, horrified social media users began drawing attention to…
Iran plans to charge ships Bitcoin tolls to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, tying the cryptocurrency to a key global energy chokepoint. Iran plans to require shipping companies to pay transit tolls in Bitcoin for vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a Financial Times report. This links bitcoin to one of the world’s…
In Seoul, there are quiet conversations about what the war in Iran means beyond the oil shortages and economic crises. The gravest concern is that U.S. action has established a precedent: contested regions where continental and maritime powers collide can be controlled or neutralized. Control seeks to incorporate a space into one’s own strategic system…
A system that comes to depend on synthetic signaling for its “information” is doomed to Model Collapse, as its signaling has completely detached from the real world. That we inhabit a post-truth world seems to accepted wisdom. But that’s only half of it. We also live in a post-trust world. In a post-truth world, everything is shaped by the implicit…
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Joining me today is Patrick Henningsen, here to discuss largely the Iran war—and the many lies surrounding it—as he has just returned from Iran where he was able to definitively debunk numerous western lies about what recently took place in the country. We also discuss the shifting political landscape of…
