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Main audience: everyone but especially USA people We should expect quick, reliable reports after a major incident at a gathering of journalists. Instead, over the weekend we got wildly inconsistent claims. What do we know now? The threat to DJT … Continued

Main audience: everyone We are walking into trouble if we don’t set rules soon for powerful software before it becomes anything resembling genuine AI. Fortunately, rules were suggested in the middle 20th century. Do we have the smarts, ethics & … Continued

Main audience: everyone Today is Earth Day 2026. Appropriately, my wife and I spent much of the day in our garden. This year we’re making some changes in case there is a summer drought, so we can more efficiently provide … Continued

Main audience: everyone Recently my wife & I chatted with a young woman from Armagh in Northern Ireland. For me, the conversation was stunning. It landed squarely in my awareness of where my birth country, the USA, has gone… and … Continued

Main audience: everyone Let’s do a few things to brace while we can take our time about it. I’d rather do it now and avoid panic later. It not be grand. It requires foresight, thought & perhaps patience. It isn’t … Continued

Main audience: everyone I have struggled to find words for news that seemed to come from every corner over the past few days… until it occurred to me how the news stories connect with each other. They aren’t separate at … Continued

Main audience: everyone Yesterday I met with someone about how we could “do” housing better in the UK… but we only talked about what is within reach from where we are now. More is possible, but probably not within reach … Continued

Main audience: everyone Hungary’s election result should strengthen the EU. It is also a powerful example for the USA’s upcoming midterm elections. Overwhelming turnout at the polls can indeed turf an anti-democratic right wing populist out of power and open … Continued

Main audience: everyone BBC set two micro-interviews of 5 minutes each about Artemis II. • Fri 10 Apr 2026 15:30 BBC Television News • Sat 11 Apr 2026 11:15 BBC Stoke/Shropshire/Hereford & Worcester (radio) Only so many in the UK … Continued

Main audience: especially USA people We have learned to ask probing questions all the time. What is obscured by headlines about DJT’s threat to wipe out Iran, then the ceasefire announcement, and now the ceasefire in which airstrikes continue? Click … Continued