https://aeon.co/essays/it-doesnt-have-to-be-us-versus-nature
The measure of flourishing
Human prosperity depends on nature, but no global metric has captured this with precision. Enter the Nature Relationship Index
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaAn6wjciRg
Count Binface Vs The Count of C*nty Crypto
Nigel Farage’s only remaining opponent in Clacton is Count Binface.
An intergalactic warlord is now the unity candidate after every other party stood aside.
It’s utterly ridiculous… and somehow the perfect metaphor not just for modern British politics, but for Britishness itself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku84fhk97PY
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Deranged Dictator Donald Trump locking down the White House and demanding permanent fencing around it as his fears grow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyLQ8k1OyeY
One of the strangest by-elections in modern British history is about to take place. Nigel Farage has resigned as MP for Clacton to force a by-election that he fully expects to win. But instead of facing Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats or the Greens, he faces something very different.
His only likely serious opponent is Count Binface.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUTQ4o7AGuk
Carney has been “flooding the zone” lately — so Canadians might have missed a seemingly minor but actually VERY significant shift he just announced.
The PM has taken a step towards taming one of the last, if imperfect, sources of accountability for his government's agenda.
https://democracyatwork.substack.com/p/connected-and-captured
Connected and Captured
Starlink solved the rural broadband problem. Then it made sure no one else could.
In May 2026, Starlink raised rates on nearly every residential plan, in nearly every country. Canada, the UK, Australia, France, Mexico: all hit.
#5yrsago Are we having fun yet? https://pluralistic.net/2021/07/11/are-we-having-fun-yet/
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When I saw the Maple MAGA, rage-farming Trump mimic PoiLIEvre dressed up in a white cowboy cosplay shirt with its white satin embroidery, I was reminded of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kAU3B9Pi_U
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRB2mwBVb3c
Neo-Nazi Nigel Farage vs Count Binface: The Clacton By-Election Explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9vvpam-xxI
Is Nigel Farage better than a trash can? 'Count Binface' challenges far-right party leader.
Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK's far-right Reform party, is being challenged by "Count Binface." Farage quit parliament to hold a by-election and sidestep an investigation to "allow voters to judge" his actions. Katy Tur has the details.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVEMBw2jT9o
Dictator Historian Answers: Is American Democracy Going to Die?
The internet asks, WIRED answers. Is American democracy going to die? Professor and scholar in fascism and authoritarianism Ruth Ben-Ghiat breaks down all of the key ingredients in a recipe for a dying democracy. From electoral manipulation through to a transfer-of-power crisis, Ruth reveals the hallmarks of a constitutional government in peril.
West Virginia spent $3M to create university program to fight 'woke ideology.' One student is enrolled
#PoliticalSpending #HigherEducation #IdeologicalDebate #HigherEdDebate #UniversityPolicy
https://www.engadget.com/2211733/pocketmage-e-ink-digital-assistant-that-absolutely-obsessed-with-wizards/
The PocketMage is an E Ink digital assistant that's absolutely obsessed with wizards
It has a proprietary OS, a QWERTY keyboard and dual(ish) screens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBs_SfypE7I
Literary icon Margaret Atwood on why The Handmaid’s Tale no longer feels like fiction. In this interview with FRANCE 24’s Eve Jackson, the author of The Handmaid’s Tale reflects on US President Donald Trump, the expanding book bans in the United States, the rollback of reproductive rights, censorship...
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/07/09/0445259/parents-phone-addiction-affects-bond-with-kids-new-study-finds
Parents' attachment to screens and smartphones can have negative, long-lasting developmental and psychological effects on their children, according to new research. Caregivers who mismanage their devices can both exacerbate "insecure attachment" and make healthy relationships more anxious and avoidant for children, according to the findings, which were published last month in Frontiers in Psychology...
https://farandwide.beehiiv.com/p/toonie
Catch Me If You Coin
How Canada's two-dollar coin became a magnet for chaos
https://popular.info/p/cost-of-iran-war-120-days
Testifying before the House Appropriations Committee last week, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought said the US had spent $30 billion on the Iran War. The real cost is over $100 billion.