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The term “deep state” has long stopped being a mere political slogan and has become part of an analytical framework. It is indispensable for explaining the continuity of agendas and priorities despite the constant churn among the public members of ruling elites. It serves the essential function of maintaining continuity. It is able to…
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How a Decent Citizen Can Be Considered an Enemy of the State I have spent my adult life as a person of principle, and that decision has made me an enemy of administrations, agencies and artificial institutions that demanded my obedience. I have watched the same people who cheered lockdowns pivot overnight to cheering wars, and I have…
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Astronomers have confirmed the youngest known planet yet, a Jupiter-size world less than 1 million years old that orbits a star about 450 light-years from Earth, according to a study published Sept. 16 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The planet, designated Elias 2-24 b, remains surrounded by the gas and dust from which it formed,…
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For many, it still sounds like a scenario from a dystopian future: food only available with digital authorization, fuel quotas, personal consumption limits, and a QR code that determines who can access what. But the basic idea isn't so far-fetched. Rationing has already been implemented; Switzerland still uses it as a crisis management…
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When Lucy Ackman, the 26-year-old daughter of billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, lost her sight after a brain haemorrhage, her family could mobilize a medical network unavailable to almost anyone else. Her doctors at Mount Sinai obtained emergency FDA authorization for the first mitochondrial transplant ever attempted in…
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President Trump recently told reporters to expect more US attacks on Iranian tankers, as the war over the Hormuz Strait continues to escalate in piecemeal tit-for-tat fashion. “The attacks are made by us. We’ve knocked out nine of their ships. I would say that the attacks are caused by us, and you’re going to see a lot more,” the…
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Donald Trump remembers watching the second aircraft strike and realising that history had changed. He was right about the rupture, if not every detail of its aftermath. Twenty-five years later, 9/11 survives in airport searches, mass surveillance, unfinished trials, toxic lungs, trillion-dollar wars and a generation that knows the attacks…
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Norway is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Until recently, it was also one of the most enthusiastic adopters of screen-based education technologies. In the 1980s, Norway was quick to prioritize the use of computers in its classrooms. During the early 2000s, the country's government declared the use of digital…
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People keep asking when World War III will begin. They're asking the wrong question. Europe is already acting as if it were at war. The politicians in Brussels would never allow peace because the sovereign debt crisis requires an external enemy. Every week, another European government announces increased military spending, another…
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