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“Chemtrail conspiracists are not wrong to sense encroaching asphyxiation, a sky looming with danger.”—Leo Kim
21/08/2025

“Chemtrail conspiracists are not wrong to sense encroaching asphyxiation, a sky looming with danger.”

—Leo Kim

Modern chemtrail conspiracies are wrong of course, but they reveal the consequential ways that different belief systems impact the invisible atmosphere.

A future filled with many AI personas — from the bad boy to the brown-noser — isn’t a mistake; it’s the best way to work...
20/08/2025

A future filled with many AI personas — from the bad boy to the brown-noser — isn’t a mistake; it’s the best way to work with the technology, Phil Nolan argues.

A future filled with many AI personas — from the bad boy to the brown-noser — isn’t a mistake; it’s the best way to work with the technology.

There are single-celled organisms that can live for hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of years deep below the Ear...
20/08/2025

There are single-celled organisms that can live for hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of years deep below the Earth’s surface.

What could we learn from them? Karen Lloyd explores.

Revelations about microbes living deep inside Earth’s crust are challenging scientists’ conceptions of life and how it evolves.

“These are extreme times, & today’s global rise of the far right may soon be eclipsed by new extremisms.”—Dan Zimmer
18/08/2025

“These are extreme times, & today’s global rise of the far right may soon be eclipsed by new extremisms.”

—Dan Zimmer

The politics of left versus right no longer make sense when the future of all earthly life is at stake.

“If China achieves its carbon goals while the U.S. remains stymied by its fossil-fuel interests, it will establish its b...
17/08/2025

“If China achieves its carbon goals while the U.S. remains stymied by its fossil-fuel interests, it will establish its brand of authoritarian, state-run capitalism as the most capable of resolving the climate crisis.”

—Genevieve Guenther

Far from making America great again, the Trump regime’s climate denial could enable China to assume the mantle of global economic leadership — a devastating blow to democracy.

“Sleep has proven notoriously difficult to monetize. To gain entry into the inner sanctum of slumber, techno-capitalists...
16/08/2025

“Sleep has proven notoriously difficult to monetize. To gain entry into the inner sanctum of slumber, techno-capitalists have started eyeing our dreams as a pathway to profitability.”

—Leo Kim

It’s only once we’ve re-enchanted ourselves with the possibilities of our own dreams that we can begin to build a better society.

What is God? A recent lecture from German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk prompted Nathan Gardels to wonder if there is a l...
15/08/2025

What is God?

A recent lecture from German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk prompted Nathan Gardels to wonder if there is a link between the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, Hegel’s dialectics of historical movement & the entangled properties of quantum physics.

On Meister Eckhart, the Holy Trinity, Hegel and quantum science.

“I tried to fix my face to disguise the horror at the prospect of potentially having to consume a worm or ant egg or bee...
14/08/2025

“I tried to fix my face to disguise the horror at the prospect of potentially having to consume a worm or ant egg or beetle larva, instead opting to outwardly display an appreciation for the local culture.”

—Rebecca Root

Insects could play a key role in the future of the human diet with their high nutritional value and low environmental footprint, especially compared to meat.

Lithium is essential to way more than just the electric car batteries. It’s in medicine, ceramics, A/Cs, fireworks, nucl...
13/08/2025

Lithium is essential to way more than just the electric car batteries. It’s in medicine, ceramics, A/Cs, fireworks, nuclear weapons, pacemakers, toys; the list goes on & on.

How did it become so critical? Jacob Baynham explores.

One of the oldest, scarcest elements in the universe has given us treatments for mental illness, ovenproof casserole dishes and electric cars. But how much do we really know about lithium?

Fight the brain rot — take the time to slowly read something long on how AI-laden social media is fundamentally remaking...
12/08/2025

Fight the brain rot — take the time to slowly read something long on how AI-laden social media is fundamentally remaking our minds.

Today’s social media has shifted from social networking platforms to AI-enhanced conveyor belts of vapid entertainment. Is there any escape?

“We had a bigger dream than this: to remove Bashar Al-Assad. After that, everything is possible,” Mohammed Ajami, the ne...
11/08/2025

“We had a bigger dream than this: to remove Bashar Al-Assad. After that, everything is possible,” Mohammed Ajami, the new general manager of the Hejaz & Syrian Railways, tells Leon McCarron.

Could a railroad that once linked Damascus to Medina, its tracks and stations now crumbling into the desert or destroyed by treasure hunters, help stitch a fragmented region back together?

“A growing number of homeowners, alarmed by a loss of nature that imperils birds & bees, have started to question whethe...
10/08/2025

“A growing number of homeowners, alarmed by a loss of nature that imperils birds & bees, have started to question whether their lawns need to be closely cut & strafed with chemicals.”

—Oliver Milman

Manicured grass yards are ecological dead zones. So why are they being forced on people by their neighbors and homeowner associations?

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