Alexa, Artificial Intimacy, and Living Lives of Quiet Desperation — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 12, 2021 More than 100 million Amazon Echoes have already been sold across the globe. Researchers believe many consumers purchase the artificial intelligence device ...

G20 ministers set to green light global tax reform | AFP

July 10, 2021 (AFP) -- Finance ministers from the G20 richest nations resumed discussions in Venice Saturday to give the green light to a historic deal to tax multinational companies more fairly. The ...

Kneeling against Racism: Solidarity in EURO 2020 Should Not be ‘Controversial’ | Ramzy Baroud

French footballer Kylian Mbappé kneeling down against racism. (Photo: video grab) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 9, 2021 Another football "controversy" has started when football players partic ...

Somewhere in Astoria: A Personal History of Sorts — Mickey Z.

The iconic Hell Gate Bridge Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 8, 2021 I’ve had a couple of folks request that I write an article about the history of Astoria because I’m so identified — and self-iden ...

The People vs. Mahmoud Abbas: Are the Palestinian Authority’s Days Numbered? | Ramzy Baroud

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas with PA officials. (Photo: President Mahmoud Abbas FB Page) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 7, 2021 “The Palestinian Authority’s days are numbered. ...

What We Can Still Accomplish | John Michael Greer

July 7, 2021 (EcoSophia.net} -- One of the unexpected benefits of posting my reflections on the future of industrial society in public is that quite often I get advance warning of events on the horiz ...

Are your illusions blocking your power? — Mickey Z.

Still photo and quote from Harold and Maude (1971) Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 5, 2021 We awaken each morning after a couple or many hours in the astral and, in a flash, we must recall who we a ...

Terror Birds? Stop Letting ‘Scientists’ Name Things! — Mickey Z.

Titanis walleri (credit unknown) Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 2, 2021 I recently learned about Titanis walleri — a huge, flightless, carnivorous bird that lived in the early Pliocene to early Pl ...

Bennett’s Political Theater: The Decisive Israeli-Palestinian Fight Ahead | Ramzy Baroud

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. (Photo: via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 30, 2021 Many Palestinians believe that the May 10-21 military confrontation between Israe ...

Whispers From Antiquity | John Michael Greer

June 30, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- One of the things I find fascinating about the deepening twilight of industrial society is how rigid our modern notions of technology have become. Most people these d ...

What Keith Haring taught us about life, loss, and death — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust June 30, 2021 Recently, when I asked my Facebook friends for article suggestions, two requests were “life, death, and aging” and “the illusion of control.” I let those we ...