For anyone who has spent the last decade being told that the trouble with democracy were being exaggerated, or that the institutions will hold, this should be a wake‑up call. The centre of gravity of …

ACTORS THE EU WILL NOT NAME A FIMI-Methodology Assessment of US, Israeli and Aligned Network Interference in European Democracy “those who want to destroy the Union are: Russia, American MAGA, …

The Reckoning, Part 6 of 6: Escape Velocity · A five-year plan for Europe · first published 15 March 2026 Parts 4 to 6 of this series began with a question about what China’s history, including …

The Reckoning, Part 5 of 6: The Stackelberg Trap · Why Europe always follows, and how to deal with America, China and Russia · first published 13 March 2026 Following on from: Part 4: The Three-Body …

The Reckoning, Part 4 of 6: The Three-Body Problem · The search for a stable orbit · first published 10 March 2026 Following on from: Part 3: The Rape of Europa Overview # The era of American security …

Updated November 2026 Introduction # There is a point where impunity is not a failure of the system; it is the purpose of the system. Anyone who spends time with the Epstein case arrives there. …

“Blame it on the black star Blame it on the falling sky Blame it on the satellite…” 1(Radiohead) In Part 2 we examined X, Grok and Grokipedia, and Musk’s manufacture of …

updated 06 November 2026 In Part 1 we saw how Musk takes all the wrong lessons from the writers he claims to admire. Here we examine the integrity of his views on free speech, and the engines of hate …

Updated 06 November 2026. Introduction # Elon Reeve Musk was born on 28 June 1971 in Pretoria. He has become one of the most controversial and confusing figures of the century: probably the richest …

The Reckoning, Part 3 of 6: The Rape of Europa · Sovereignty, security and the ethical technology opportunity · first published 22 October 2025 Following on from: Part 2: The Union Is Born The Rape of …

This article has been created using a new public AI Notebook: Climate Change, Ecological Disaster and Civilisational Risks The Notebook features a range of key scientific and cultural sources. The …

Progress Update First published 15 October 2025, and compiled with an AI notebook from the sources linked below. Corrected November 2026. Since it was written, Democrats have won both chambers of …

Autocracy, Democratic Backsliding, and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism - The Forces Reshaping Europe This blog post has been created for (and with the help of) a new Google Notebook on Autocracy …

I have created a public notebooklm as a resource to provide people with an accessible way to learn about AI as a technology and its ethical implications for humans. It includes most of the existing …

“I feel that the four big AI CEOs in the U.S. are modern-day prophets with four different versions of the Gospel ..telling the same basic story that this is so dangerous and so scary that I have to …

This collection of thematic AI news sources is provided in the hope that people will better understand the plight of Palestinians and the ethical degradation of Israel and its Western allies. There …

First published March 2025; substantially revised October 2026 to incorporate the Stanford AI Index 2026, the 2025–26 drone war, the US–China chip‑control reversals and the UN autonomous‑weapons …

AI generated image Introduction # This article, other than this introduction, has been made entirely using AI tools, drawing mainly on the three sources below. It carries no footnotes of its own, so …

How to use AI positively (and carefully) AI art If you are a creative, don’t run away just yet! Actual real art is being made using AI by people like Refik Anadol: Introduction # Other than this …

The Blueprint for an Authoritarian Regime First published March 2025 and describing the administration’s first weeks. For what happened next, see the progress update linked at the end. “a …

Revised November 2026 Introduction # This is an unofficial companion to the European External Action Service’s third report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference.1 The official …

The Reckoning, Part 2 of 6: The Union Is Born · What it means to be European, for the people · first published 4 March 2025 Following on from: Part 1: Europe Is On The Menu Introduction # Do you …

The Reckoning, Part 1 of 6: Europe Is On The Menu · The American guarantee ends and the carving begins · first published 22 February 2025 “I’m here today to directly and unambiguously express …

revised, November 2026 How to prepare for the fire and storm Democracy Delayed # Like many poets and prophets, Leonard was (we hope) not wrong — just early. “It’s coming to America first / …

They’ll try To cut The threads That bind us To freeze The love that flows Between us So they can Segregate or Imprison us They’ll try To quell Our ‘slave’ rebellion They aim To …

AI Podcasts # Introduction # “At this stage of history … either the general population will take control of its own destiny and will concern itself with community-interests, guided by values of …

Beautiful inequality, created from “Solar System Painting”, NASA, 2008 CE, public domain. Note: this article was first published in March 2024 and has since been revised with additional …