SpaceX is requesting rules exemptions for $661 million in taxpayer-funded satellite investments.
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They may dodge predatory wasps by twitching away at the sound of their approach
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Fifty years after the Supreme Court ruled that money in politics is constitutionally protected speech, local officials are trying to fix the mess.
Far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon was appointed as an ambassador to an unregistered charity connected to a Russian 'black PR' operation
Why the hell did he save so many Funko Pops? “Dr. Ian Malcolm with His Shirt Open.” “Homer Simpson in a Muumuu.” He’s got two Green Power Rangers, one with the Dragon Dagger and one without. A lot of these say COMIC-CON EXCLUSIVE, which probably makes them more valuable? Although there seem to be so many Con exclusives that the term might not mean anything.
I came to the storage unit on a typical ninety-three-degree day in October of 2065 to sort through these boxes and decide what to save, donate, or trash. “It’s all the junk that we didn’t have space for, but he couldn’t bear to part with,” Mom said.
Well, let’s see what I can let go of.
From boat strikes to killings in the streets of Minnesota to NSPM-7, the White House leans on the word “terror” to justify its violence.
The post Trump Calls His Enemies Terrorists. Does That Mean He Can Just Kill Them? appeared first on The Intercept.
Conservatives once panicked about a supposed federal plot to invade their communities and quash dissent. Now they’re cheering it.
The post Welcome to the Jade Helm Presidency appeared first on The Intercept.
It was a rust bucket, sure, but this car delivered the most precious good to a group of friends in 1980s Poland: freedom
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Well-meaning campaigns urge openness and conversation about mental health struggles. But there are those who cherish silence
- by Dan Degerman
In Southeast Asia’s scam compounds, workers are being enslaved but the boundary between victim and perpetrator is blurred
- by Ivan Franceschini & Ling Li
With a national election approaching in Japan (February 8, 2026), there has been a lot of discussion about the so-called ‘weak yen’ and whether the Bank of Japan should be intervening to manage the value of the currency on international markets. PM Takaichi has been quoted as saying that the weak yen is good for…
I now see how it can be addictive: A mindblowing experience and feeling like I see the world a bit differently. A feeling of being super smart and powerful. Getting lured in with free samples then everything costs. How it … Continue reading
My dad genuinely had no interest in music. Well, almost none – he did enjoy novelty songs from time to time, but not really for the music. Our friend Bob, who is otherwise quite sensible, used to try to convince him that listening to music would enhance his life. I had more sense (I did, […]
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 01, 2026 by Tony Wikrent The Crisis, No. 8 — The empire of exit and the conspiracy against America Mike Brock, Jan 29, 2026 [Notes From The Circus] The Director of National Intelligence stood in the parking lot of the Fulton County Elections Hub while FBI agents loaded boxes onto […]
Western officials seized on a dubious death toll of 30,000 protesters to escalate against Iran. The number originates with a single, clearly compromised source. But a zealously pro-war Guardian reporter is doing her best to legitimize it. The claim of “30,000 killed” during two days of protests and rioting across Iran appears to be based largely on a single anonymous source, who admitted extrapolating that figure by assuming without evidence that “officially registered deaths related to the crackdown likely represent […]
The post Meet the former fashion blogger and shady doctor behind the ‘30,000 dead’ Iran psy-op first appeared on The Grayzone.
The post Meet the former fashion blogger and shady doctor behind the ‘30,000 dead’ Iran psy-op appeared first on The Grayzone.
Melania Trump seems so unfazed by the sins of her milieu, it only makes sense that the film’s director is in the Epstein files.
The post “Melania” Is as Vacuous as Its Subject appeared first on The Intercept.
The Disney+ era was another example of Doctor Who becoming an indigestible mix of 60+ years of lore and canon, making the show feel old.
Compensation delayed for East Palestine victims, Democrats’ ICE follies, and more from The Lever this week.
Note: I have not published blog posts about my academic papers over the past few years. To ensure that my blog contains a more comprehensive record of my published papers and to surface these for folks who missed them, I will be periodically (re)publishing blog posts about some “older” published projects. This post is closely …
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The gilt market is mendicant, not master. Why we must stop our devotion to an empty throne and remove this phantom veto on democracy.