Jaysus on a popsicle, Mary and all the Saints do I have some egg on my face. Since January 27 silver has been on one seriously wicked ride. I’ve been banging my head to Metallica’s Whiplash for the last ten days. So, WTF happened? In short: from where I sit the paper markets are trying […]
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Billionaires like Bezos and Trump have no real interest in a free press — particularly when massive profits are on the line.
The post The Bloodbath at Washington Post Is All Jeff Bezos’s Fault appeared first on The Intercept.
“They issued a polling sheet this morning to see who would attend and, at least from my crew, there were no takers.”
The post Shipyard Bosses Forced to Pay Overtime to Get People to Stay for Pete Hegseth Speech appeared first on The Intercept.
It’s common to slap all the blame on Boomers, but it’s not really fair, though they certainly did plenty of harm. (Yes, some Boomers, elites are more to blame, yadda, yadda.) But it wasn’t just the boomers. The so-called Reagan Republicans included a ton of GI Generation and Silents. The issue is that the people […]
We trust our therapists with our deepest thoughts, yet we know almost nothing about them – Josephine needs to know more
- Directed by Josephine Sittenfeld
Seeing the ‘mind’ as extending beyond the head can help us better understand the nature of transcendent experiences
- by Mohammadamin Saraei
An age-old debate about human nature is being energised with new findings on the tightrope of cooperation and competition
- by Jonathan R Goodman
Spencer Ackerman on how the politics of counterterrorism led to ICE and CBP completing their transformation into a death squad — and why the agencies are unreformable.
The post “Terrorist”: How ICE Weaponized 9/11’s Scarlet Letter appeared first on The Intercept.
The no-bid deal for arms internationally banned for high civilian death tolls is the biggest purchase from Israel in available government records.
The post Pentagon Makes Largest Known Arms Purchase From Israel — For Banned Cluster Weapons appeared first on The Intercept.
One of the most important things to understand about companies and countries both is the difference between sustainable prosperity and burning down the house. You’re probably aware that Boeing has serious problems. Those problems have been obviously “on the way” for a long time. When Boeing moved its headquarters from Seattle (where it makes most […]
“Right now, we’ve got to get some constraints in place,” said Elizabeth Warren, who had supported stronger measures.
The post Senate Dems Who Pushed Meatier ICE Reform Shy Away From Criticizing Schumer’s Softer Package appeared first on The Intercept.
Yours truly has been offering a crash course on causality to fellow researchers at Malmö University over the past couple of years. The course PowerPoint is available here: What is causality? Many contemporary research questions in the social sciences are fundamentally concerned with issues of causality. What lies behind rising unemployment? What effects do independent … … Continue reading
Commercial passengers are helping to foot the bill for billionaires’ private jet mania.
Asked about an ICE ad featuring the song “We’ll Have Our Home Again,” DHS said: “Not everything you dislike is ‘Nazi propaganda.’”
The post Lawmakers Call on Meta to Stop Running ICE Ad Featuring Neo-Nazi Anthem appeared first on The Intercept.
Here is the real reason why Keir Starmer’s government refuses to let us have a fair electoral system. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 4th February 2026 Don’t let the Labour party say one more word about “splitting the vote”, in the forthcoming byelection or at any other time. With proportional representation, no one […]
Rising far above the desert, the walls of these magnificent hills carry the ancient story of humanity’s creative spark
- by Aeon Video
I’d dealt with many illnesses. But when lupus left scars on my face, my suffering was suddenly visible
- by Krystal Sital
In Japanese philosophy, unlike the atomised Western self, we are ‘ningen’ (人間), each enmeshed with other humans and nature
- by Takeshi Morisato
Major banks have denied financing to GEO Group and CoreCivic — but legislation pushed by the firms could force their hand.
The post ICE’s Private Prison Contractors Spent Millions Lobbying to Force Banks to Give Them Loans appeared first on The Intercept.
Why Silicon Valley giants want to build a superintelligence — at any cost.