It's true. A corrupt dictator is standing in the way of peace in Ukraine. He has conscripted hundreds of thousands of boys and men who have been maimed and killed. He has used this war to advance his personal political ambitions. He has banned opposition parties and removed

Over the last two and a half years, the two of us, Michael Shellenberger and alex gutentag, have written and published hundreds of articles and testified before Congress on multiple occasions about the clear violations of the spirit and letter of the Constitution by former President Joe

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Monday was my last day as a group leader at the Francis Crick Institute. I got my job at the Crick in 2020, almost exactly 5 years ago, right as COVID was beginning. I had finished my PhD in 2019, and had always told myself that I would only ever be an academic if I could find a

SpaceX potrafi zaskoczyć, ale poza jakąś misja na wariata, nie widzę Starshipa w okolicy Marsa w 2026 r. A jeśli nitka wydaje Ci się interesująca, prośba o retwitt, żeby czasem nie weszła w atmosferę jak ostatnie Starshipy 😉 20/20

A jeśli uznacie nitkę za interesującą, tradycyjna prośba o retwitt. To po prostu najefektywniejszy sposób na to, żeby ta historia się „przeczytała”. 11/11

The magic of The Fens 🧚🏼‍♀️ Ely Cathedral

Labour MPs were told that benefits changes would push 150 000 disabled people into ‘relative poverty.’ Poverty is a terrible thing. But ‘relative poverty’ is a mathematical certainty. A poor understanding of statistics repeatedly causes MPs to make bad decisions. A 🧵 1/

Hate to say it, as many understandably find the conclusions in the Sovereign Individual hard to stomach – but the book pretty much predicted where we are now and where things are going. Recap: Back in 1997, the authors James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg predicted:

I think yesterday’s post sparked more debate than anything I have previously shared..it is probably worth a bit of clarification as I am a make nuance great again kind of guy. After this novel, I will take a break from longform for a bit. If I have one overriding political

To jest naprawdę świetne video promocyjne PZKosz przed Eurobasketem. Bardzo mi się podoba - narracja OSTR, klimacik, grające dzieciaki itd. Koncept hasztaga #dziekizadobrybasket jest fajny, można tym zainspirować dzieciaki, zagrać na sentymencie dorosłych itd. Super! (Na

We already have digital ID in the form of National Insurance numbers. That hasn’t exactly prohibited illegal work. Also in the new economy more and more people are going to work for themselves. So what’s really being proposed here is that no transaction for any work will be able

In the background Autumn Leaves by Miles Davis

Human Rights in Finance . EU In the 90s cypherpunk tradition we talked about the Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse - the four excuses that the government would use to ram everyones rights into the dirt: - money laundering - terrorism - pedophiles - drug dealers not much has changed since then - the excuses

Update from the Killing Fields of Sudan: Maternity hospital massacre leaves 460 dead as patients and staff are butchered; 2,000 civilians were executed in two days. UN resolutions: zero. Protesters in London: couple of dozen. Coverage of Sudan carnage in media: minimal.

The core problem is that “Western imperialism” is an ideological construct, not an analytical category. Every policy by Western state is seen through a colonialist lens, regardless of context, intent, or empirical effect. Once that premise is adopted, the normative conclusion

The Michael Green piece really resonates and is going viral for good reason. But it’s appalling that the penny is only dropping now. This analysis I dare say will be replicable in most Western economies. Yes we may have more welfare in Europe but we have much less growth and salary

Look how much I learned on Duolingo in 2025! How did you do? #Duolingo365

My 'unicorn' chart posted yesterday (👇) has prompted a lot of interest but also some objections. I can't reply individually to everyone, but here are some of the more sensible questions - with my answers... 🧵 (I suggest you read all 10 before asking any more!)

Europe doesn't have "a problem". It has THREE problems: 3 European nations are suffering from a severe "post-imperial hangover". First, there is the United Kingdom, a nation that voted for Brexit to "take back control" only to realize it has completely forgotten how to drive.