Saturday, September 7, 2024

A world of bikes, not walls?

Maintaining instability in a world of inequality.

The Other Charlies

In the wake of the violence in France, people from around the world expressed solidarity with the victims, and with the people of France. Although the world leaders posed for a photo op to show they were there, it was the people who led the day.

‘Epic Fail:’ Feminism and Ecological Crises

It seems homo sapiens’ domination of Earth is coming to an end as the result of today’s processes of resource extraction and waste generation. What can we do to change this trajectory, and is this conversation unavoidable?

‘Emergent’ AI behavior and human destiny

Let me take you into that arcane world and try to envision what the future of warfare might mean for the rest of us.

Private fortunes vs. public education

That era of growing equality and expanding public education would start fading in the 1970s. Over recent years, a new U.S. Senate report makes clear, that fade has only intensified.

Biden reverses Trump’s trans military ban, but assault on rights continues at state level

And Biden ordered the Pentagon to review the files of troops who were forced out because of the ban and to immediately halt discharges of transgender troops now serving.