DOGE is no more. Or, at least—according to Scott Kupor, director of the Office of Personnel Management—the Department of Government Efficiency “doesn’t exist” anymore as a centralized entity, despite having eight months left on its official mandate. Some key DOGE figures have left government entirely, while others have relocated to other executive departments. This has…
Trump’s proposal for peace in Ukraine has been met with an overwhelming condemnation from the world’s neocons. Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson reemerges from the shadows whenever he hears word that a war may be winding down. He played an instrumental role in persuading Zelensky not to negotiate a peace treaty with Russia when it was…
Most people don’t understand why Digital IDs and CBDCs will soon be welcomed by the masses. Here’s the story so far… Poverty is Growing, Becoming More Common, and More Exposed Recently, there has been a lot of talk about poverty. Mostly because during the government shutdown, the federal government food program, SNAP, ran out of…
Digital bank Klarna’s stablecoin, issued by Stripe’s Bridge on top of the upcoming Tempo blockchain, is set to debut next year. What to know: Klarna is set to roll out a stablecoin for global transactions. The KlarnaUSD token will be issued by Stripe’s Bridge, and launches on Stripe and Paradigm’s Tempo blockchain next year. The…
Trump loyalist and CIA contractor Larry Ellison’s purchase of CNN appears imminent, and marks the latest venture into media for the world’s second-richest individual. But Ellison is not alone. Indeed, the world’s seven richest individuals are all now powerful media barons, controlling what the world sees, reads, and hears, marking a new chapter in oligarchical…
This is a very comprehensive talk I gave to the Royal Society of Medicine, London in 2000. It remins completly prescient to this day. The title was chosen by the RSM. The genome is the fertile, fecund plasma of life, the place from which human evolution has flowed forth. We are the expression of this…
A recent study co-led by Irena Chen at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) warns that the true human cost of the war in Gaza may be vastly undercounted. Using a Bayesian model that accounts for unreported deaths, missing demographic data, and measurement uncertainty, the researchers estimate that around 78,318 people (with a…
Israel’s allies worldwide are desperately scrambling to help Tel Aviv re-establish a convincing narrative, not only concerning the Gaza genocide, but the entire legacy of Israeli colonialism in Palestine and the Middle East. The perfect little story, built on myths and outright fabrications – that of a small nation fighting for survival amid ‘hordes of…
Its 200MW thermal output matches the power of the US Navy’s S6W reactors used in Seawolf-class nuclear attack submarines. China has disclosed critical specifications for a nuclear-powered ‘world’s largest’ cargo ship under development, revealing it will be driven by a groundbreaking thorium-based molten salt reactor (TMSR) with a thermal output of 200 megawatts. The vessel…
The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has finally released the core political chapters of its long-awaited report. After nearly three years of hearings, millions of documents, and tens of millions of pounds spent on legal fees, the conclusion is now unmistakably clear. They’ve learned nothing, as I detail in my latest research. Worse, they may not want to learn. The…
