Gary Singh

Dear MAGA Voter: He Played You — The Swamp Wasn’t Drained, It Was Sold to Billionaires A quick note to my MAGA acquaintance...

Fine summary, as usual.

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Iran Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...

“It’s just good style to get to know people before you bomb them.”

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A world on edge as Trump bombs Iran and triggers war in the Middle East. There was no need for this | Simon Tisdall We cannot know where this foolish, reckless attack will end – but new hatreds will be seeded, terrorist vendettas sown and, ultimately, little will be achieved, says Guardian foreign affairs commentat...

"New hatreds will be seeded, terrorist vendettas sown. The west’s foes will rejoice. And almost nothing of enduring value will be achieved."
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Just a few of the questions ...

Luckily, this is the first thing I watched this morning, before even attempting the bulk of the news.

EXCLUSIVE: I obtained the attendance list for the Bohemian Grove. Weaving Spiders Please Come Here

This guy obtained the Bohemian Grove membership list. You can download it as a .pdf.

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What is the future of propaganda? Dima Vorobiev's answer: TLDR: The future of propaganda is “Six Seven!”. The attention economy transforms propaganda into Influence-as-a-Service. Ours is the era of post-truth. Accept it. The univer...

Some discussion on Quora from a former Soviet propaganda executive.
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The Predatory Hegemon (w/ Stephen Walt) | The Chris Hedges Report YouTube video by The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel

Excellent conversation, as usual.
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We are the laughingstock of the world because of our moronic and psychotic president. Deservedly so.

Worst of the worst? Most US immigrants targeted for deportation in 2025 had no criminal charges, documents reveal A Guardian analysis finds the vast majority of people who entered deportation proceedings for the first time from January to August last year had no criminal convictions

Oh.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

AI writes the code now. What’s left for software engineers? Hiring is down, AI tools are in, and engineers fear they’re sliding toward a “permanent underclass.”

"Tech workers who thought they had followed all the rules for success are scrolling through 'permanent underclass' memes while AI does the job they trained years to do." sfstandard.com/2026/02/19/a...

China and the World to Come • EQUATOR How elites in Beijing view the collapse of American hegemony

This magazine -- @equatormag.bsky.social -- has been doing some great work.
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The Ghost Ship of Creative Writing On suffering and failure and the writer’s ego

"Smith, once more: 'To speak personally, the very reason I write is so that I might not sleepwalk through my entire life.'” open.substack.com/pub/beyondcr...

Keep Hope Alive On The World Day Of Social Justice By Julian Lennon and Tassoula Kokkoris

From Julian Lennon.
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Government considers removing Andrew from royal line of succession The former Duke of York is eighth in line to the throne meaning he remains eligible to be King.

The plot thickens ...

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A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans ...

“They remembered the dubious intelligence case presented to justify the invasion of Iraq two decades previously, and were wary of trusting the Americans on what seemed like a fantastical prediction.”

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Epstein files: ‘No one is too wealthy or too powerful to be above the law’; rights experts demand accountability The large-scale disclosure of materials known as the “Epstein Files” has revealed “disturbing and credible evidence” of what independent human rights experts describe as a possible global criminal ent...

From the UN:
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Investigating Reality with VR Maven Mark Pesce VR pioneer Mark Pesce reflects on cyberspace’s unrealised promise, shared virtual worlds, and the slippery nature of “reality”.

I remember Mark Pesce from my college era in the 1990s.

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ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, monthslong expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

The folks at @wired.com are doing great work these days.
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Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans

True. I came back from Vancouver a few months ago and before I even left Canada, YVR was more empty than I've ever seen it. Been through there almost 20 times since 2004. The US departures area was a ghost town.

Raskin: What makes somebody a good lawyer?

You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.

So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.

So good

The Rubio speech is incoherent and hypocritical. He denounces Soviet communism, the threat and division it sowed in Europe, yet has absolutely nothing to say about Ru's current attempt to restore restore the Soviet empire by re-invading and re-subordinating swaths of Europe. What's worse,...

First page of The Godfather.

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!

"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!

Merz warns Munich Security Conference freedom 'is no longer a given' Speaking at the opening of three days of high-stakes diplomacy, the German Chancellor delivered a stark diagnosis of a global order "under destruction". #EuropeNews

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"The culture wars of MAGA in the US are not ours," he insisted.

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A Vote for Republicans Is a Vote Against Democracy Can we reject the politics of concentration camps, election denial, and oligarchy by showing up in numbers too large to ignore?

A splendid summary, as usual.

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Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.

Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.