There are two possible ways history will treat the Covid era. The establishment preference is for a story of a killer pathogen that leapt from the animal kingdom into humans to create a deadly pandemic that was fixed by an innovative vaccine. This is the preferred line in shrunken form, […]
In AI-related moves, companies are stepping up job cuts. Amazon Message to Employees This morning, Amazon gave an Update On Our Organization on its corporate blog. I want to let you know that we’re making additional organizational changes across Amazon that will impact some of our teammates. I recognize this is difficult […]
Minnesota’s defiance of federal immigration law echoes pre–Fort Sumter nullification, forcing Trump to choose between enforcement and letting blue states slide toward open rebellion. In the months before the April 12, 1861, firing on Fort Sumter, there were lots of sharp divisions in the North about the proper reaction to […]
Microsoft provided the FBI with Bitlocker encryption keys. It should come as no surprise that a US-based cloud storage service provided US intelligence with backdoor access. Encryption is only as strong as the one who controls the key to lock it. Microsoft, the world’s dominant provider of desktop and enterprise systems, complied […]
“If we don’t explore more why all of these secret lists exist,” one US intelligence officer said, there could be “even more of an environment of paranoia on the ground and more tragic killings.” Despite denials from a senior Trump administration official, secret watchlists of Americans are being used by federal agencies […]
The justifications for war with Iran keep changing. First it’s nukes, then it’s conventional missiles, then it’s protesters, and now it’s back to nukes again. Kinda seems like war with Iran is itself the objective, and they’re just making up excuses to get there. Reading by Tim Foley: The justifications […]
Nine new members have joined the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, which provides “advice and recommendations” on autism to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. John Gilmore, executive director of the Autism Action Network, said he and the other new members “are picking up the pieces following a generation of […]
A year after issuing an open letter to the incoming Trump administration, crypto law experts reflect on their regulatory advice. About a year ago, we published an open letter outlining practical, achievable steps an incoming administration could take to make the United States the crypto capital of the world, reflecting the views […]
Freddie Ponton21st Century Wire As the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group slid quietly into the US Central Command’s area of operations, Washington insisted it was merely applying “pressure”, a familiar euphemism that has accompanied nearly every American war of the last three decades The decision to escalate toward war […]
Joining me today is Charlie Robinson, here once again to discuss the madness that is partisan politics, and the chaotic nature of the world today. Charlie will be periodically joining Ryan to discuss current events, political machinations, foreign policy blunders, and just good old fashioned two-party illusion naivety. Our conversations […]
