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The fight to make the internet human again
A conversation with Pickax founder Jeff Dornik on censorship, algorithms, and the slow replacement of human voices online.
Mar 28
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Three weeks in England and Ireland: signs of unmistakeable strain
Surveillance at the airport, labor shortages in villages, decay in Mayfair. The incremental signs of collapse seen on a recent international trip.
Feb 28
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Notes from the edge of civilization: February 15, 2026
Free groceries at The Polymarket; strangeness in the skies over El Paso; funerals for a chatbot.
Feb 15
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2026, a space oddity: 'the cloud' in orbit
Why moving AI data centers into space won’t save the planet — and may make conflict, debris, and systemic risk far worse.
Feb 3
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Behold! The everything surveillance system is nigh
What matters in 2026 isn’t how many cameras exist (there are lots!), but how deeply their data is integrated across borders, agencies, and algorithms.
Jan 13
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Notes from the edge of civilization: January 11, 2026
Privacy as theater; here comes the Sun King; would you like your submarine sandwich with a retinal scan?; plus Canada, Ukraine, and borderless loyalty.
Jan 11
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The rapid change no one is talking about
From cryptocurrencies to continental control, the infrastructure of Technocracy is here. An important conversation with Courtenay Turner.
Jan 10
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The Collapse Life catch-up guide: making sense of a year of chaos
Which of our podcasts to listen to — depending on what systems you’re trying to understand.
Dec 27, 2025
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Notes from the edge of civilization: December 21, 2025
Your orgasms are now a dataset; is Putin paralyzing Porsches; come build the cage from the inside; the coping economy is bullish.
Dec 21, 2025
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What really happens when income is guaranteed
Dr. David Bell explains the devastation he saw in communities living on guaranteed income and why the same model is quietly being imported into the…
Dec 13, 2025
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Cities are pulling back from a surveillance network expanding rapidly beyond their control
License plate readers, home security cameras, and outsourced data labeling have created a control grid that was approved piecemeal before anyone…
Dec 9, 2025
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Notes from the edge of civilization: December 7, 2025
Just tryin' to 'protect' you; the bloodletting continues; something more to this Karate chop!
Dec 7, 2025
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