And what you can do about it(besides complaining). Palantir dropped a manifesto last weekend. 22 bullet points distilled from Alex Karp’s book The Technological Republic, posted to X with the casual framing of “because we get asked a lot.” I haven’t seen a reaction so widespread, unanimously opposed and viscerally aghast since James Damore’s infamous “Google’s Ideological Echo…
Australia’s “antisemitism envoy” Jillian Segal has published a handbook which unequivocally clarifies that her office exists not to protect Australian Jews from discrimination, but to stomp out criticism of the state of Israel. Reading by Tim Foley: Australia’s “antisemitism envoy” Jillian Segal has published a handbook which unequivocally clarifies that her office exists not to protect Australian…
Story at-a-glance The thrombogenic hypothesis asserts that blood clotting is the basic underlying pathological process that causes all heart disease When a blood clot forms on your artery wall, it will typically be covered over and broken down. A problem arises, however, when the blood clot is not fully eliminated and becomes a “vulnerable” point,…
Maximalists warn freezing 5.6M BTC risks instant sell-offs, while others say quantum threats leave no alternative. What to know: Bitcoin developers and analysts are fiercely debating a proposal to freeze about 5.6 million long-dormant coins to protect them from potential future quantum-computing attacks. Critics warn that freezing any coins would shatter Bitcoin’s promise of unconditional,…
The United Arab Emirates says it has dismantled an Iran-linked “terrorist organisation” targeting the Muslim Shia community of the UAE. But the evidence made public so far tells a different story — one that raises serious questions about whether these arrests are part of a widening crackdown on dissent against the US-Israeli backed war against…
Nobody is saying it out loud. Not on the news, not in official reports, not in the polished statements released by governments or corporations. But you can feel it—like a low-frequency hum beneath everything. Something is off. The systems we trusted—the ones that quietly ran in the background of our lives—are starting to behave unpredictably….
Since the ceasefire on April 8 and Trump’s apparent capitulation to Iran, it appears the Iranians will levy a toll on all oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz. The details are still unclear, but according to The Hill citing the Financial Times, the Iranian Republic will levy $1 per barrel of oil to be paid in…
China has emerged as a “winner” with regard to oil sales. The country has been “aggressively” selling its reserve oil to a world experiencing a shortage and sky-high prices thanks to the United States and Israel’s war with Iran. China had accumulated a cool 1.5 billion barrels in its strategic petroleum reserve with a goal to…
International Man: Tax Day just passed on April 15th. What does it say about a society when productive people must spend part of every spring calculating how much tribute they owe the State? Doug Casey: It’s said that nothing is certain except death and taxes. But let’s reserve a conversation about the inevitability of death for another…
The following is a transcript from Jeff Berwick & Wolf Blitzer In The Situation Room: Taco Tuesday Edition. (Before the satellite feed mysteriously cut to static) *** JEFF BERWICK: (Walking through a park in Canada, dodging porta-potties) We’re living through the final days of the Matrix, folks. I see Pete Hegseth is out there reading script-ures…
