What’s Really Underpinning the ‘Missing Scientists’ Conspiracy Theory talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/whats-r...

You should read @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social, who is one of *the* experts on political violence in the US rachelkleinfeld.substack.com/p/political-...

"Muskism" as cultural eugenics open.substack.com/pub/mattdpea...

I'd be truly curious to learn why Switzerland ranks lower than Germany in this survey

Not one cambric explosion but many phttps://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu2291

from the annals of getting high on your own supply (gift link) www.theverge.com/tldr/915176/...

New, from me: Take the Palantir manifesto seriously, if not literally. It reveals that our tech philosopher kings want public money, but without public accountability. This creates a dilemma for governments unaligned with its techno-fascist vision. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/palantir-w...

Where King Midas transformed everything he touched into gold Trump seems to possess the opposite power: whatever he claims to improve, strengthen or elevate ends up diminished, discredited or in disarray. His promises of success, stability and victory frequently yield chaos, controversy and collapse

As an alumnus of University of Iowa, I am embarrassed at this turn of “intellectual freedom,” which is anything but. I was considering this month of finally ordering regalia to match my institution, but I am thinking maybe not. Better to go with the generic black robe of academic-without-home.

You are my brother, and I love you… Why then… do you come to my country and try to subdue me, in order to please leaders who seek glory by exploiting your words and happiness by appropriating the fruits of your labors?...vis it high honor for a human being to make war on his brother? (Kahlil Gibran)

An die Freude. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_5z...

Will Leo XIV stop today's Atilla the Hun? (Spoiler: there are more than one) www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

A Chinese invasion or blockade of Taiwan is a constant, if not imminent, risk. Three new books consider Beijing’s options for force, Taiwan’s fractured politics, and how America is stuck in the middle of a zero-sum game. chinabooksreview.com/2026/04/09/t...

I'm old enough to remember when this was called election interference.

Iran and the US are currently negotiating the conditions for a permanent peace treaty that are way worse than those before the US led war against Iran started six weeks ago. How could this be called a victory by the Trump administration? 🤔

The cease-fire between the U.S. and Iran is already fracturing—in The Atlantic Daily, Nancy Youssef explains to @willgottsegen.com what it would take for the agreement to hold:

Tomorrow there are elections in Hungary. The Trump administration openly rallies for Orban, whose government secretly shares crucial intelligence with Russia, the main ally of Iran. 🤔

Netanyahu = Mr No Solution.

All of Us Should Be Able To Agree With This…..

Why, for God’s sake, do the Republicans consider themselves ‘Pro Life’?

I wish they could bring themselves to actually talk about the horror about to be visited on Iranians rather than just compulsively babbling about gas prices.

Thanks for calling for Trump’s removal. What the moment truly demands is impeachment, as explained below. Please support @citizensimpeachment.com and help pressure the House to force a vote. bsky.app/profile/citi...

Please call U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) Public Affairs at (402) 912-0020 and tell them in a respectful way to please honor their oath to the US Constitution and not to follow any illegal orders. You will reach a real person who will take your comment - PLEASE CALL.

URGENT: Follow this link open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Unhinged? www.justsecurity.org/135423/profe...

Chin's AI education experiment - A deep dive www.chinatalk.media/p/chinas-ai-...

Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17)

Why is Trump so enthusiastic about destroying Iranian civilian infrastructure? It won’t win the war. It is likely for another reason: to provoke an Iranian response that Trump can use for his own purposes. (2/17)

Anti-Trust laws - of better the application thereof - is what we need. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...