Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, owners of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, have made an aggressive push into the AI market with Muse, an “agentic AI” product that is rapidly racking up downloads, claiming big user numbers and pushing past ChatGPT while it has safety experts warning of serious dangers to users.
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Global Imbalances and the China Challenge
A useful discussion of the key China policy measures that have enabled it to achieve and maintain a dominant position in exports.
Ultra-Processed Foods and Human Health: An Update
We have discussed the science and art of diet and the science and technology of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) here several times before. The arguments continue, as does the research. On 29 September 2026 McGill University and the McGill Office of Science and Society hosted their annual Trottier Public Science Symposium: Ultra-Processed Foods: Processing the Facts […]
Iran War: The Real and Narrative Battle for Mocha, Saudi Airports Hit
The Saudi counter-offensive is either stalling or progressing and Ansar Allah missiles are either hitting or missing Saudi airports. Iran is definitely hitting tankers in Hormuz and Trump is definitely running his mouth.
If Our Government Makes Dollars, What Is the ‘National Debt’?
Debunking one of the pet memes of elite-serving finance orthodoxy: that national debt of a currency issuer should be seen as a problem.
Countdown!
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Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Russian Jet Drones: A Blast from the Past
Russia’s Geran-5 bears a remarkable resemblance to Germany’s V-1 flying bomb, but eighty years of inexpensive electronics have transformed what such a weapon can accomplish. The result is an industrial contest in which drone interception rates matter less than whether destruction can be imposed faster than damaged capacity can be repaired or replaced.
Down to the Wire for 2026 Fundraiser, Help Hit Our New Donor and $ Targets!
Help us with this last big push to meet the final fundraiser goals! Invest in this community!
Reuters Reports Gulf Oil Exports Reached 80% of Pre-War Level as Standard Chartered Shows Bigger Hit to Hormuz Transits, Shift to Other Routes
More on the debate over Persian Gulf oil exports as the Saudis launch an offensive to try to retake territory liberated by Ansar Allah.
Peter Thiel Receives the Axel Springer Award and Confirms the Rise of the Antichrist
Thiel warns globalism brings the Antichrist, yet his surveillance tech and dualism build the very control grid he claims to fights
Could France’s Debt Woes Spark Another European Debt Crisis?
This time the weakest link could be the Euro Area’s second largest economy.
SOS! Desperately Seeking Procrastinators! Last Call for Our 2026 Fundraiser!
Final call for our 2026 fundraiser! Please stop by our Tip Jar and chip in for yourself and for this community. You’ll be glad you did!
Canary in the Coal Mine? Office CMBS Delinquency Rate Re-Spikes to 12.2%, Far Worse than Financial Crisis Peak
CMBS managers shift from “Survive till ’25” (when low interest rates were supposed to return) to “Sell at today’s price, or the lender will.”
