Censor Sensor

And a decade prior to that — in 2006 — it was even freer. That was the heyday of blogs. By 2015 the internet was already quite censored compared to 2003-2006. It is indeed far worse now, though.

The gatekeepers are returning, in a way. Admittedly they are stupider, less conscientious and far more venal than before. But as I’ve said in the past, the huge project being undertaken now is the elite striving very, very hard to get the information genie back in the bottle again. And they will not stop until that is accomplished.

The Bene

I think the primary difference in how women and men are treated everywhere and by nearly everyone is that women are almost always given the benefit of the doubt while men almost never are.

From that disparity springs much of our troubles.

Absurd Contention

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Indeed. Their whole ridiculous shtick of, “Obama has no power at all. He’s only the president. He’s a tiny little helpless baby adrift on history. A paramecium, perhaps” really got old quick.

Whatever you think of what Trump has done and is doing, it shows that this absurd contention was not in fact true.

Your vinyl records aren't as "analog" as you think.

Norway's Consumer Council Calls for Right to Repair and Antitrust Enforcement – and Mocks 'Enshittification.'

This Is the System That Intercepted Iranโ€™s Missiles Over the UAE.

Car insurance rates are skyrocketing in California. Hereโ€™s why.

Saving The Life We Cannot See.

Macron says France will increase its nuclear warheads for the first time in decades.

Microsoft gets tired of โ€œMicroslop,โ€ bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash.

Gen Z canโ€™t afford the American Dreamโ€”so theyโ€™ve traded homeownership for paying off debt.

Why Tomahawk Missiles Use Silver (And How Much They Contain).

Smart TVs, age verification tools, tire pressure sensors, none of them were built to spy on you, but they all can. And do.

U.S. Military Has Used Long-Range Kamikaze Drones In Combat For The First Time.

Superintelligence is already here, today.

How to Build American Shenzhen, Fast.

In the Pentagon Battle with Anthropic, We All Lose.

Israeli F-35Is have now conducted thousands of sorties across Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Iran. In October 2024, over 100 aircraft including F-35s flew a 2,000-kilometer round trip into Iranian airspace, destroyed S-300 air defense batteries and missile production facilities, and returned with zero losses. They flew through airspace covered by the exact Russian systems that were supposed to make this aircraft irrelevant.

North American birds are dying off faster. It signals a human crisis, too.