The death of denial: Why the Middle East’s “Gray Zone” just vanished

Three weeks ago, this region operated under a set of assumptions that had held, more or less, for forty years. Iran would threaten. Proxies would fight. Oil would flow. And everyone would continue …

Engineering Ghosts in the Machine: Digital Personalities

(draft) This chapter explores the development of “ghosts in the machine,” or digital copies of personalities, by leveraging cognitive architectures, graph databases, generative AI, and all the reco…

Stifling Innovation: US Federal Copyright Office’s Discriminatory Decision Against AI-Generated Works

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly developing technology that has the potential to revolutionize countless industries. However, recent decisions by the US Federal Copyright Office threaten t…

(American) Dream? or Thus Spoke Liberty

America's struggle for her own spirit post-911 to post-October 7th. Dedicated to American servicemen and women who still have a conscience and know what to fight for.

Rubio Cheers the Age of Columbus—The Global South Demands Reparations

As Marco Rubio praises Western colonial expansion at Munich and European leaders applaud, the UN General Assembly passes a reparations resolution, Algeria criminalises French colonialism, and the Global South declares the era of colonial impunity is over.

Panasonic, Please Stop Removing Viewfinders

While it might make sense to move EVFs, that doesn't mean I have to like it.

European Progressives Have Chance to Turn Far Right Losses Into Long-Term Defeat – The USA Potato

The Only One Left in Gaza

After losing his entire family in one night, 21-year-old Noor Al-Din Habib is learning to survive a life he never imagined alone. Israel took everyone he loved. Now he is trying, slowly, to rebuild.