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Europe Is Building a Digital Identity System for 450 Million People
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (324+ words) It looks like AI can now unmask any anonymous account on the internet. That's according to a new study by Simon Lermen (MATS), Daniel Paleka (ETH Zurich), Joshua Swanson (ETH Zurich), Michael Aerni (ETH Zurich), Nicholas Carlini (Anthropic), and Florian…...
IRAN: Operation ‘Epic Bill’ and the US Protection Racket the Gulf Can’t Escape
11+ hour, 35+ min ago (722+ words) Freddie Ponton21st Century Wire "The question is no longer whether America can afford this war on Iran. It is whether America's allies can afford America." This is what uncontainable war looks like: a "limited" strike that horizontalized into a regional catastrophe,…...
X Users Find Their Real Names Are Being Googled in Israel After Using X Verification Software “Au10tix”
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (726+ words) Awide range of anonymous X (Twitter) users have reported that their real names are suddenly being Googled in Israel shortly after they began criticizing the country for its actions in Palestine. Some connected the phenomenon to Au10tix, the software X requires…...
Trump’s Hormuz Escort Order is a Desperate, Deadly Gambit That Will Sink America
23+ hour, 35+ min ago (100+ words) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney sounded more like a populist leader than a former central banker during his'address'at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 20. Bemoaning the "fading" of the rules-based order, Carney delivered a surprisingly blunt speech. "The…...
From Gaza to Main Street: Chris Hedges on the Moral and Political Freefall of the U.S.
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1911+ words) In a wide-ranging conversation, journalist and former foreign correspondent Chris Hedges speaks with Palestinian journalist and media critic Ahmed Eldin about the role of Western media in shaping public understanding of the war in Gaza. Together, the two journalists explore…...
Trump’s War with Iran Is Even More of a Disaster than People Realize
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (361+ words) Over the weekend, the US and Israeli governments attacked Iran. In the days since, both militaries have reportedly struck thousands of targets, and Iranian forces have retaliated by launching hundreds or even thousands of missiles and drones at Israel and…...
The Spell Is Wearing Off: Lifting the Veil on the Technocratic Matrix
17+ hour, 34+ min ago (397+ words) The Apocalypse is Here:" You need to stop relaxing, quit drinking the beer, and turn off the "sportsball" bread and circuses." The next few years are going to be incredibly bumpy, and if you aren't prepared physically, mentally, and spiritually,…...
What Happens Next In Iran? Decapitation, Quagmire Or WWIII?
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (1648+ words) Before I begin this analysis of the situation in the Middle East and its consequences, I want to warn people that this examination is going to be largely secular and nuanced; which means people on both sides of the divide…...
The Banality of Evil and Those Who Said No
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (485+ words) Amidst this flood tide of proclaimed innocence, consider the forgotten few who declined invitations to enter Epstein's circle of influence.While the files record those who accepted an invitation, those who said no appear to be less well documented. Was…...
Robert Kadlec: The Man Behind Trump’s Biowarfare Policy
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (1693+ words) Robert Kadlec, a veteran of biowarfare with longstanding connections to the National Security State and corrupt government contractors as well as controversial Covid-19 policies, has now become the head of counterproliferation policy at the Department of War. While the Trump…...