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Main audience: everyone This morning both of my countries, UK & USA, delivered pro-authoritarian slaps. It was especially rude to get slapped in the USA less than a week after voters showed definitively that we want small-d democracy back. Let … Continued

Main audience: everyone Toward the end of the week I got quiet. My tech problems worsened. Such stuff happens once in a while. I’m on my fallback machine. Surely it will smooth out this coming week. Click here to read … Continued

Main audience: especially USA people “Tim Onion” @bencollins.bsky.social on BlueSky put it succinctly: Woke 2 has arrived. Republicans just got their a**es handed to them by the electorate. Expect backlash from them instead of any of them listening. Expect it … Continued

Main audience: everyone From January to now there have only been occasional small elections in the USA, mostly to fill vacancies. A slew of them are happening now with impact far beyond their jurisdictions. We are about to find out … Continued

Main audience: UK people Loud declarations do not protect us. It is far past time to start doing what science has been telling us to do for years. We publish guidelines and announce alerts, and stop there. Can we please … Continued

Main audience: everyone What “the bad guys” have in common is lust for autocracy, disregard for most people & dedication to topmost economic elites—elites who orchestrated these times & pumped resources in for decades. But recent events including elections this … Continued

Main audience: everyone Hurricane Melissa is not the new normal. She is a signpost along the course we charted for the world by ramping up heat in our planet’s surface environment. What’s happening with hurricanes is a bellwether for what … Continued

Main audience: USA people Next month the USA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will stop. The regime has decided to hold onto SNAP’s $5 billion reserve fund for continuing food subsidies during a federal government shutdown. Millions will go hungry. Can … Continued

Main audience: everyone If you are relatively new to my writing, from time to time we have a post that is just a palate cleanser. It’s been heavy here recently so we’re going to the garden for a long overdue … Continued

Main audience: everyone Since 2022, demand for online services to help parents with violent children increased 51%. There is also evidence of increasing violence against teachers in the USA. Could this be driven by something ubiquitous that is not being … Continued