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 …

In one screen # The finding. For the bottom ~97% of earners, income follows the exponential (Boltzmann–Gibbs) distribution, with an implied Gini of 0.50. This is not a theory; it is what US tax data …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …