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How Stablecoins Are Reinventing Financial Hegemony

How Stablecoins Are Reinventing Financial Hegemony

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair. When Circle, the world’s second-largest dollar stablecoin company, floated its shares at the start of June, the reaction was euphoric. By June 27, Circle’s stock had briefly touched $299 before settling near $183 – a staggering...

What Is Happening in Myanmar?

What Is Happening in Myanmar?

Demonstration against the military coup on 14 February 2021. Photograph Source: MgHla (aka) Htin Linn Aye – CC BY-SA 4.0 Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s civil war has escalated into its most violent phase in decades, the scale of the conflict is bewildering....

Genocidal Clowns Plunder Public Forests  

Genocidal Clowns Plunder Public Forests  

“Forest Health” clearcut, Willamette National Forest, Oregon Cascades. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair.                               Here in Montana, early mining claims at Benetsee Creek (1852); Bannack (1860); Alder Creek near Virginia City (1862); and Last Chance Gulch...

From US Hegemony to a ‘War of All Against All’

From US Hegemony to a ‘War of All Against All’

Photo by Igor Omilaev Trump’s trump cards After his first 100 days in office, Trump registered the lowest presidential approval rating in US history since such measurements began. The number of dissatisfied citizens surged, while voter support dwindled. But the...

Private Cultivated-Meat Research Can Only Take Us So Far

Private Cultivated-Meat Research Can Only Take Us So Far

Photo by LikeMeat The nascent cultivated-meat industry is in a funding drought. For those who don’t know, cultivated meat is grown from livestock cells, without slaughter. It offers a number of animal welfare, public health and environmental benefits. Given this...

Knock, Knock: Tomorrow’s Here

Knock, Knock: Tomorrow’s Here

Photo by Max Bender Life goes on, right? I’m not as certain about that as I used to be – or maybe I no longer understand the term “goes on.” I’ve been pondering past decisions I’ve made in this life of mine – decisions of enormous impact, decisions that created my...

How Stablecoins Are Reinventing Financial Hegemony

How Stablecoins Are Reinventing Financial Hegemony

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair. When Circle, the world’s second-largest dollar stablecoin company, floated its shares at the start of June, the reaction was euphoric. By June 27, Circle’s stock had briefly touched $299 before settling near $183 – a staggering...

What Is Happening in Myanmar?

What Is Happening in Myanmar?

Demonstration against the military coup on 14 February 2021. Photograph Source: MgHla (aka) Htin Linn Aye – CC BY-SA 4.0 Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s civil war has escalated into its most violent phase in decades, the scale of the conflict is bewildering....

Genocidal Clowns Plunder Public Forests  

Genocidal Clowns Plunder Public Forests  

“Forest Health” clearcut, Willamette National Forest, Oregon Cascades. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair.                               Here in Montana, early mining claims at Benetsee Creek (1852); Bannack (1860); Alder Creek near Virginia City (1862); and Last Chance Gulch...

From US Hegemony to a ‘War of All Against All’

From US Hegemony to a ‘War of All Against All’

Photo by Igor Omilaev Trump’s trump cards After his first 100 days in office, Trump registered the lowest presidential approval rating in US history since such measurements began. The number of dissatisfied citizens surged, while voter support dwindled. But the...

Genocidal Clowns Plunder Public Forests  

Genocidal Clowns Plunder Public Forests  

“Forest Health” clearcut, Willamette National Forest, Oregon Cascades. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair.                               Here in Montana, early mining claims at Benetsee Creek (1852); Bannack (1860); Alder Creek near Virginia City (1862); and Last Chance Gulch...

From US Hegemony to a ‘War of All Against All’

From US Hegemony to a ‘War of All Against All’

Photo by Igor Omilaev Trump’s trump cards After his first 100 days in office, Trump registered the lowest presidential approval rating in US history since such measurements began. The number of dissatisfied citizens surged, while voter support dwindled. But the...