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America Should Also Demand the Release of the Malcolm X Files
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (260+ words) America Should Also Demand the Release of the Malcolm X Files | by William Spivey | The Polis | Feb, 2026Medium America Should Also Demand the Release of the Malcolm X Files What Role did the FBI, CIA, DOJ, and NYPD Play in Malcolm's…...
Mr. Netanyahu Goes to Washington
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (188+ words) On this edition of Parallax Views, returning guest James M. Dorsey, independent journalist and scholar at The Turbulent World Substack, breaks down the latest developments shaping the Middle East. Join Medium for free to get updates from'this'writer. We start with the…...
November 7 2025 — Day 1352 — Strikes That Shock, The Pokrovsk Winkle, Tea Party Tangent
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1825+ words) This week saw some impressive Ukrainian strikes deep in Russia auguring for more and more damaging strikes in the future. The Battle of Pokrovsk is still in progress and the information is still mixed and often contradictory. There is no…...
Oct. 31 2025, Day 1345, Pokrovsk Revisited Again — Deadlier Drone Wars — Laughing at Luna
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1879+ words) The ground war story is still in Pokrovsk. In the bombardment war, the Russians launched a big strike against the power grid and heating and daily smaller ones. And the Ukrainians kept to their pace of burning a refinery a…...
Oct. 24 2025 — Day 1338 — Power Down, Explosive Results, Fat Amy and Mythology
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1659+ words) The most significant news this week is in bombardment; both the Russians and the Ukrainians set precedents, made progress and blew stuff up and killed people. We start with the guys on the front on the ground. This week was…...
Beyond the For You Page: Uncovering Algorithmic Bias in New York’s Mayoral Race
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (838+ words) TikTok's algorithm is distorting the playing field in New York City's mayoral race. Our early analysis suggests that content favoring Zohran Mamdani is being amplified, while videos supporting Andrew Cuomo are being suppressed, a pattern that could meaningfully influence public…...
Computational Geopolitics: Why Binary Thinking Cannot Make Sense of the World
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (283+ words) President Trump and Pakistani PM Sharif speak to the Sharm-el-Sheikh Peace Summit I am always amused by interpretations of current events that treat each event as if it exists in isolation, independent of its context. The surrounding dependencies, chains of…...
The Battle of Ideas 2025
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (692+ words) Behind the marketing of fearless debate lies a tight-knit network of right wing pundits who agree on almost everything. For two decades, the Battle of Ideas has billed itself as Britain's premier festival of open debate " "a home for free…...
Oct. 3 2025 — Day 1317 — Trading Bombardments, Icky Economy, Erik Prince
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1803+ words) Longtime readers will know that this review has always taken the position that the toughest job is on the front line and the Ukrainians deserving the most respect, if not awe, are the (mostly middle-aged, from medium- and small-sized towns…...
California Creates First State AI Safety Law: SB 53
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (513+ words) Key Provisions of SB 53 The law introduces several core requirements for developers of what it defines as "frontier" AI models, which are generally understood to be large-scale systems with advanced capabilities. " Covered Models: The legislation applies to developers of AI…...