Monday, September 14, 2026
Iran War: Saudi Pipeline Out for at Least a Month, Further Stressing Energy Supplies; Trump + Israel Readying Post-Midterms Big Attack? Iran Weighing NPT Exit
Today’s Iran war news: After Ansar Allah attacks, Saudis seem in denial about the weakness of their position.
The Long, Lawless Arm in the Fight Against ‘Anti-Capitalist Terrorists’ Reaches Into Europe as Autistici/Inventati Is Debanked, Hacked, and Has Its Domain Shut Down
The takedown of the digital collective has enormous implications for independent media, pro-privacy advocates, and the EU, which simply accepts it in silence as good vassals should.
‘The Uprising’ Shows How Medieval People Weren’t So Obedient After All
“The violence inherent in the system” remains remarkably consistent.
The Sunday Morning Movie Proudly Presents: Blade Runner Final Cut (2007) Run Time 1H 57M Plus Bonuses!
Blade Runner is a movie about what it is to be human in a world of artificial humans.
Organizing for Survival in an Era of Climate Chaos
Systems are failing. What will replace them?
Africa’s Great Lakes: The Perpetual Violence Machine
Why the war in Africa’s Great Lakes is entering its fourth decade and may never end.
When the Machine Acquires a Self: Conscience, Agency, and the Governance Frontier of Artificial Intelligence
What happens when an AI values its own survival?
Coffee Break: Climate Denialism and the State of Scientific Literature
Part the First: Denial Ain’t Just a River in Egypt. This summer has been one of the hottest since temperature records have been kept. Most of the hottest years ever recorded have been in the last twenty years. The mechanism that caused anthropogenic global warming (AGW) was mentioned by the polymath Charles Babbage in 1835 […]
The Race to Cut Methane Emissions Is Exposing a Global Divide
Large methane emissions are easy to detect and often fairly easy to contain, yet few of the big sinning countries are taking action.
New Poll Suggests That 70% of EU Citizens Have a Negative View of EU
The really surprising thing is that it isn’t higher.
Iran War: Ansar Allah Takes Mocha and the Bab el-Mandeb Islands, Putting Both Chokepoints in Play; Trump Says the War Ends After the Midterms While Vance and Rubio Tell Him January 2029
Ansar Allah rolled into Mocha and the Bab el-Mandeb islands, sending US stock prices down and bond yields up. Trump said war would end after the mid-terms. Vance and Rubio seem to disagree.
