Bill Gates, David Kynaston on private school, vaping, Thatcher, the future of Ukraine, Camelot, WG Sebald, Florida and Scunthorpe.

Inside: Bill Gates, David Kynaston on private school, vaping, Thatcher, the future of Ukraine, Camelot, WG Sebald, Florida and Scunthorpe. Feb 01, 2025 Finn Good morning. Welcome to the Saturday Read, the New Statesman’s guide to politics, culture, books, and ideas. This is Finn with Nicholas and George. […]

Trump Executive Orders Galore

Not even two weeks have passed since Donald Trump took office, but his administration has been dizzyingly active. The whirlwind of executive orders coming from the White House has clarified many of Trump’s priorities … but it’s also raised a lot of questions. How will Trump deliver on […]

Who Threw the Bums Out?

Brought to you by BetterHelp Recently at The Signal: Emile Dirks on whether the Chinese Communist Party really controls TikTok. … Today: Why did people around the world vote out incumbents last year? Steven Levitsky on the emerging complexity of the populist right. … Also: Gustav Jönsson with some historical […]

Vibe Shift

by Jay Lantis HighwayHypnotist Jan 31, 2025 Jay Lantis argues that Trump’s second rise to power, driven by a youth rebellion against the disillusioning failures of neoliberalism and hyper-progressivism, signals the cultural resurgence of the American right, with ripple effects poised to empower Europe’s own fight for sovereignty […]

The Tiger Show

Caitlin Johnstone Jan 31, 2025 Listen to a reading of this piece (reading by Tim Foley): It doesn’t have to be this way. Nowhere is it inscribed upon the fabric of reality that control of the world must be ceded to the dumbest, crudest and cruelest among us. […]

The Uncertainty of Trump 2.0

JANUARY 31, 2025 The Uncertainty of Trump 2.0 The Trump Administration Unabashedly Embraces the Monroe Doctrine → When it comes to Donald Trump, the name of the game seems to be uncertainty. Will he end the most successful foreign aid program in US history? James North asked that […]

Franz Brentano and National-Anarchism

Troy Southgate Feb 01, 2025 I WAS studying the thoughts of one of the very early phenomenologists, Franz Brentano (1838-1917), whose On the Manifold Meaning of Being According to Aristotle reminds me somewhat of the spirit behind National-Anarchism. A huge inspiration for both Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) and Edmund […]

The Campaign to Destroy Public Schools

Sponsored by the Robert B. Silvers Foundation In “‘Their Kind of Indoctrination,’” published on the NYR Online shortly before Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Diane Ravitch writes about the troubling future of American public education. Referring to the president’s infamous remark from his first campaign—“I love the poorly educated”—Ravitch warns that his second […]

Tarriffs? Income Taxes? Both?

Read in browser February 1, 2025 Senior Fellow Judy Shelton breaks down the connection between oil prices and inflation on Fox Business. Don’t Substitute Tariffs for Income Taxes: You’ll Get Both Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip W. Magness argues with co-author David R. Henderson argue […]

Ukraine is Running Out of People, DeepSeek and the AI Industry’s “Sputnik Moment”, Trump Regime Suspending NGO Funding, The #MAGA Class, Death of NYC Bohemia

Niccolo Soldo Feb 01, 2025 Every weekend (almost) I share five articles/essays/reports with you. I select these over the course of the week because they are either insightful, informative, interesting, important, or a combination of the above. Share One subject that I have not covered over the years […]

Consumption as Cancer to Living Beings

by Rose Sybil Rose Sybil Feb 01, 2025 Rose Sybil argues that humanity’s overreliance on technique, driven by the illusions of humanism and consumption, is destabilizing ecosystems, disrupting cultural bonds, and accelerating societal and environmental entropy, necessitating a fundamental shift in human organization to restore balance and preserve […]

Cyborg Babies on Adderall

thought digest, 01.28.2025 Katherine Dee Jan 28, 2025 I’m Katherine Dee. I read in an industry newsletter that I should re-introduce myself in every post. 😓 I’m an Internet ethnographer, sometimes podcaster, and reporter. I spend maybe 20 hours a week talking to people about how they use […]

Round-Table 121: How likely is a Mad Max scenario in the US during collapse? Tune in on February 1st at 2 PM EST!

As a follow up to our last episode of the round-table: Round-Table 120: Libidinal Release: Violence vs. Creativity:    • Round-Table 120: Libidinal Release: V…   Keith, Florian, Terminal Philosophy and I will discuss the nature of the use of violence in the US. I hope to argue that the kinds of hemoclysm we all […]

Eugene, OR: Sharing is Community

by anon (not verified)Jan 30, 2025 From Eugene Weekly The Neighborhood Anarchist Collective aims to discredit misinformation on anarchy through projects that support the community’s needs, in the belief that empowered communities collectively shape the future. The collective organizes events throughout Eugene to create an environment where neighbors […]

Cartoon: No Pain, No Thane!

Cartoon: No Pain, No Thane! Editors note: This is the sixth issue in the “Pacey Pratt the Sabo Cat” series. Today, Pacey Pratt demonstrates the importance of joining an industrial union to effectively challenge the boss! Read more 12 hours ago The Industrial Worker (IWW)

Tasikmalaya, Indonesia: Claim of responsibility for the incendiary attack on a police post in solidarity with Nikos Romanos, Alfredo Cospito and all imprisoned members of FAI/IRF

Tasikmalaya, Indonesia: Claim of responsibility for the incendiary attack on a police post in solidarity with Nikos Romanos, Alfredo Cospito and all imprisoned members of FAI/IRF “I have dreamed of a world in flames, rolling in the infinite and hurling red-hot meteors and sparks through the starry spaces.” […]

Six Joyriders Steal an R Train

Six Joyriders Steal an R Train New York City police are searching for a group of people they say took a subway train on a joyride. The department released images and video Wednesday of six individuals who they say commandeered an unoccupied “R” train over the weekend. Surveillance […]

Columbia University suspends one student as it expedites investigation into Israeli history class disruption

Columbia University suspends one student as it expedites investigation into Israeli history class disruption January 24, 2025 Columbia University says it has suspended one student after “expediting” its investigation into a group who disrupted a class on Israeli history. Demonstrators handed out flyers with “violent imagery” to students […]