A journey through ufology with Vallee as a guide. Maybe start with Passport to Magonia, then Vallee's notebooks as indicated below. To my academic friends: Vallee is the real deal. Maintain your skepticism, but be ready to learn. He will not disappoint.

I was watching Tron:Legacy again tonight, and I suddenly realized this scene is strikingly like 2001: Space Odyssey. Space Odyssey feels like subterfuge, not fully revealing that they’ve become trapped in a vast digital realm. When Bowman gets sucked into the giant black

Thanks to Nathan Abrams for a fantastic Kubrick discussion.

Monoliths, mysticism, and myth: Eli Karetny and Nathan Abrams (Bangor University) decode 2001: A Space Odyssey—from Kabbalah to cosmic rebirth. 🚀 🎧 ralphbuncheinstitute.org/kubrick/ #InternationalHorizons

From conspiracy lore to cinematic genius—Eli Karetny and Nathan Abrams (Bangor University) ask why Kubrick invites obsession and what lies beneath the myth. 🎥 🎧 ralphbuncheinstitute.org/kubrick/ #InternationalHorizons

Thanks to Alex Priou for a wonderful conversation.

Is America a “technological republic”? Eli Karetny and Alex Priou debate the founding, the military-industrial age, and what comes next. Benson Center University of Austin (UATX). #InternationalHorizons Listen here ralphbuncheinstitute.org/techsoul/

"The Technological Soul: On Modernity, Ideology, and the Limits of Reason" I was recently interviewed by Eli Karetny, Interim Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at CUNY, about some of my recent work on technology, ideology, and higher education. 🧵

This would transform the region in the way the....oh, nevermind

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"Few books in political theory foreground the author’s biography as much as this one. But it lands in this case, establishing Field’s authority to identify what unifies the leading intellectual lights of the New Right, and to make sense of their divisions and rivalries. It takes

Sometimes, in this field, we truly eat our own. I wish I’d had someone as open-minded, curious, and engaging as Prof. Avi Loeb when I was a student. He’s one of the few high-profile scientists willing to explore unconventional ideas while still following the data. And yet, even

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) is cinematography on a god-tier level. Lean shoots the desert like an endless cathedral, every wide shot a painting, every silhouette iconic. It’s the kind of visual filmmaking that never gets topped, only referenced.

Thank you Joel Rubin for coming on the podcast. Joel has a sharp mind and a moderate sensibility. Keep an eye out for him.

To preview the conclusion. This looks pretty bad for Ukraine. If this is the asking price (from the U.S.), imagine what they will negotiate it down to. Yet I worry that at this point, Zelensky, besieged on all sides, has very few options.

Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו Benjamin Netanyahu sharing a link to the socialist publication Jacobin of all publications was not on my 2025 bingo card.

This is a very useful framework for thinking about the relationship bn party and ideology in the US

To my academic friends in the IR world, time to take this seriously. When ontological shock sets in, I'll be here for consolation.

Fantastic summary of the new US National Security Strategy

Academic friends, take note.