Michigan is on the frontlines of the American Democratic Party’s internal battles over Israel with a competitive U.S. Senate primary and lingering fallout from the suppression of Pro-Palestine campus protests.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Wildfires Used to ‘Go to Sleep’ at Night. Climate Change Has Them Burning Overtime
Wildfires now have longer burn-times; California has about 550 more fire-friendly hours a year than it did in the 1970s.
Iran War: TACO Tuesday Strikes Again, Trump Extends Ceasefire
POTUS Trump extended the ceasefire despite Iran refusing to send a delegation to Islamabad for more negotiations. Plus, “Is There a Method to America’s Madness?” pro and con.
Industrial Agriculture and the Future of Food and Health
We have discussed the Great American Food System (GAFS) throughout this series, most recently in review of What to Eat Now (2025) by Marion Nestle. That the GAFS is productive, in both tonnage and profit (for some) is a given. But a common view of its critics is that much of this production is misguided, […]
What Does it Mean to Work Under Algorithmic Eyes?
AI surveillance and algorithmic management threaten worker autonomy and dignity.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Greater Israel?
Israel’s pursuit of territorial expansion is driven by persistent security and ideological pressures, but the conditions required for successful consolidation are increasingly absent. A dense web of constraints—geographic, demographic, legal, and geopolitical—prevents expansion from producing durable stability. The result is a pattern of recurring conflict and bounded escalation without resolution.
Half of AI Health Answers Are Wrong Even Though They Sound Convincing – New Study
AI appears to perform no better than astrology, yet even the author of this critical piece defends its use in medicine.
Iran War: Fraying Nerves, Nonsense Negotiations, Psyops, and Ominous Notes
POTUS Trump and the Iranians are locked in a high tension stand off and the pressure on everyone is building like divers trapped in a bell that’s springing leaks as it descends into the abyss. And the hallucinations and delusions are building as bubbles form in the bloodstream and the brain. Let’s start with the […]
“Let Them Eat Donkey Meat”: Javier Milei’s Economic “Miracle” Enters New Phase
“Argentina should focus on what it is ‘inherently competitive’ at: agriculture, mining, oil and gas. What God has given us.”
The US Demanded That Europeans Accelerate Their Transition to “NATO 3.0”
The Trump Administration engages in displacement activity by beating up on NATO in the hope that works better there than with Iran.
Coffee Break: Palantir’s Manifesto Drops and So Does Objection
Palantir, the ontology company, has dropped a new manifesto, and co-founder Peter Thiel has a scary new company called Objection.
Postponing the World’s Financial Winter – For How Long? Iran’s MAD Standoff with the Rest of the World
Micheal Hudson describes how the US and Iran threats against energy production is MAD, as in mutual assured destruction.
