When an Accusation of Disinformation Is Disinformation: Russia’s Tangled Web
Russia borrows an old trick from the US to make reports of Russian atrocities seem fake.
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Five Saudi Students Vanish While Facing Charges in Oregon
Grifters and Sadists Rule the Roost ; US’s Muddled Involvement With Syria …and More Picks 1/15
Three Win Nobel Prize In Economics for Work in Reducing Poverty
Turks Cheer Erdogan’s War Against Syrian Kurds ; IMF Downgrades Outlook for World Economy ; and More Picks 10/17
Researchers Are Closing in on Language Comprehension by Computers
More Media Consolidation ; Trump Commits to Endless War in Syria …and More Picks 9/17
Russian Nukes… A Second Look
An examination of the stark reality of the use of battlefield nuclear weapons, by RAND Corporation senior defense researcher David Shlapak.
The War in Ukraine Isn’t Over, but Many Refugees Are Coming Home
Many Ukrainian refugees have decided to return home, despite ongoing risks to their safety and practical struggles like electricity blackouts and internet outages.
In Ukraine, a Nasty Cleanup Job With No End in Sight
Ukraine has more buried landmines, tripwires, and unexploded grenades than any other country in the world. US and British volunteers are helping to remove them.
How to Start — and Stop — a Second Civil War
America didn’t ask for a homegrown right-wing terror movement. But now that it’s here, we need to take it seriously.
Welcome to the Anthropocene — The Age of Human Die-offs
We are stumbling into the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch driven by humanity itself. We are walking straight into it and pretending it’s not here.
Coming to Grips With the Anti-Vaxxer, pro-RFK Jr. Worldview
While looking everywhere for the deep state — you might fall down a sinkhole.
Fighting Mandatory Arbitration
Iraq, Libya, Syria…. Iran? ; LAPD ‘Predictive Policing’ …and More Picks 5/24
Keystone Pipeline Shut in US After 14,000-Barrel Oil Spill in Kansas
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