To stay up to date on my writings, head over (and subscribe!) to my Substack.
Reading
So from January 20, 2025, Donald Trump will inherit the on-going genocide that the US government has been party to in the Middle East. He will then have no cover and will be judged accordingly. What follows are a few thoughts that I had when I watched the unfolding disaster for the Democrats and the…
British nonprofits set to flee the platform after Elon Musk’s campaign for Donald Trump pays off
Over ninety-nine percent of economists did not predict the 2008 financial crisis.
The vast majority of economists were pro-globalization, by which I mean pro offshoring and outsourcing. They said it would be good for America, they were wrong.
China is predicted to wind up with over 50% of the world’s industry by 2030. Forget all the bullshit about great power competition. It’s over. There may be a war, but if there is one the West will either lose or the world will be destroyed in a nuclear exchange.
Back in the 90s an economist called Brockway liked to say “Economists are bad for your health.”
Just for giggles I went through my January 2017 post archives today, and found one that (sadly) bears repeating. So as a public service, I am re-posting it. Feel free to bookmark it. (Originally posted on Den of Cinema on January 18, 2017) In anticipation of what may be in store for us, here are links to the resources likely to be more crucial than ever. Bookmark this post! ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom American Civil Liberties Union Amnesty International Center for Democracy and Technology Committee to Protect Journalists Electronic Privacy Information Center Electronic Frontier Foundation Human Rights Watch Indivisible League of Women Voters Planned Parenthood Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Southern Poverty Law Center You’re welcome. — Dennis Hartley
There won’t be any introspection.
Empires, like fortunes, are lost slowly and then all at once.
I’m afraid what is coming is going to fall on every American fairly equally like the snow on the graveyard at the end of James Joyce’s “The Dead”
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ireland. It was falling softly upon the Bog of Allen and, further westwards, softly falling into the dark mutinous Shannon waves. It was falling too upon every part of the lonely churchyard where Michael Furey lay buried. It lay thickly drifted on the crooked crosses and headstones, on the spears of the little gate, on the barren thorns. His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.
Donald Trump’s victory in the US Presidential elections will boost the right around the world.
The post Trump’s return a warning as Labor fails on genocide and cost of living first appeared on Solidarity Online.
A racist far right figure with a history of extreme sexism will sit at the top of the world’s most powerful country, after Donald Trump regained the US Presidency.
The post Trump returns after Democrats back genocide and a rigged system first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Teachers and School Staff for Palestine from over 40 NSW schools held a successful week of action in solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon in late October.
The post Rank-and-file teachers step up for Palestine and Lebanon first appeared on Solidarity Online.
On 5 October, the National Council of the NTEU voted to endorse an institutional academic boycott of Israel.
The post NTEU commits to academic boycott of Israel first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Universities are cracking down on Palestine activism in a blatant attack on free speech and the right to protest.
The post Crackdown on the right to protest for Palestine at uni first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Over 400 staff and students attended a rally on 16 October at ANU in defense of jobs and pay, marching to the Chancelry building and office of the Vice-Chancellor.
The post ANU faces fight against restructures and hundreds of job cuts first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Almost exactly five years ago, then Immigration Minister Peter Dutton tried, and failed, to deport the Tamil family from Biloela to Sri Lanka.
The post Over 100 days fighting for permanent visas first appeared on Solidarity Online.
CFMEU members in NSW are set to strike on 12 November in protest at the Albanese government placing the CFMEU into administration.
The post Industrial action the key to ending CFMEU administration first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Last month, Hurricane Helene and Milton ripped through Florida, killing 241 people and wiping out hundreds of billions in homes and infrastructure.
The post Disasters in Spain and Florida a sign of growing climate chaos first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Many of Australia’s offset schemes remove almost no carbon from the atmosphere, a new study has found, despite claiming hundreds of million of dollars worth of credits. The “Human Induced Regeneration” method supposedly stores carbon through encouraging increased tree and plant cover on areas previously cleared for farming. But research into 116 such projects found […]
The post New study says offsets scheme a sham first appeared on Solidarity Online.
“Mr. Trump’s first term was better than expected… the authoritarian rule that Democrats and the press predicted never appeared. Mr. Trump was too undisciplined, and his attention span too short, to stay on one message much less stage a coup. America’s checks and balances held… We don’t buy the fascism fears, and we doubt Democrats really do either.” — Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, 10/31/24
- - -
Well, it looks as if the Empire has struck back, destroying the rebel base on Hoth and regaining dominance of the galaxy just a few years after the Death Star was destroyed. With many anxious about Palpatine’s resurgence, I, a columnist for the Trade Federation Gazette, am here to tell you that a second Death Star won’t be as bad as some are making it out to be.
If you are paying close attention to the Drupal CMS roadmap, you may have noticed that our focus has mostly been on CMS features and the administrative user interface. Many people have asked: What about themes?
Drupal CMS will initially ship with Olivero, which is the default theme for Drupal core in the Standard profile. Of course, Experience Builder will completely change the way we build sites, and that includes support for design systems and single-directory components. In order to support this initially, the Starshot Demo Design System was developed (very quickly!) to show how design systems can be integrated with XB. We will also develop some components for Olivero so that Drupal CMS and eventually core have something to demo with XB.
In every state it was on the ballot, reproductive care was more popular than Kamala Harris.
The post Voters Overwhelmingly Chose to Protect Abortion — Even When They Didn’t Choose Harris appeared first on The Intercept.