The Market Will Not Price In The Apocalypse
Source: Gideon’s Substack
by Noah Millman
‘Because the end of the world cannot be hedged.” (09/09/26)
https://gideons.substack.com/p/the-market-will-not-price-in-the
Digital Sovereignty: What It Is, What It Could Be
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
by Jillian C York & Eva Galperin
“The term ‘digital sovereignty’ has become ubiquitous. European officials invoke it in debates about cloud infrastructure, AI, semiconductors, and platform regulation. Governments throughout the global majority use it to argue for greater control over data and communications infrastructure and boost their economies. Companies market ‘sovereign cloud’ products designed to reassure their customers that their information stays under local jurisdiction. But digital sovereignty could be something more: an opportunity for users around the world to build more resilient, open systems and the skills and infrastructure to maintain them.” (09/09/26)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/digital-sovereignty-what-it-what-it-could-be
If Most Professors Have the Same Politics, That’s Bad for Democracy
Source: Persuasion
by Hrishikesh Joshi
“[I]f I get to decide what information you consume, then I can control how and what you think. Indeed, this is why authoritarian regimes tightly control media and speech within their territories. The resulting consent will then not be genuine consent. What few people notice is that the above argument carries over to the modern university system. Academia, as it currently stands, has three features that, taken together, undermine the ideals of democracy.” (09/09/26)
https://www.persuasion.community/p/de-homogenize-the-university
US regime publicly confesses to three more maritime murders
Source: United Press International
“The U.S. military has attacked another boat in the Caribbean, [murdering] three people, alleging the vessel was involved in narcotrafficking. The attack occurred Wednesday, the 69th publicly acknowledged strike in the Trump administration’s yearlong military campaign that has [murdered] at least 230 people whom the administration alleges were drug traffickers, though at least some of those [murdered] are believed to have been civilians. As is the case with such strikes, little information was made public by U.S. Southern Command, which conducted the strike, and described the boat as a ‘go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean.'” (09/10/26)
Kibbe on Liberty, episode 485
Source: Free the People
“Libertarians Are Avenging Massie | Guest: Jeremy Todd.” (09/09/26)
Your Politics Won’t Protect You from the Surveillance State
Source: Independent Institute
by Abigail R Hall & Patrik Ward
“Federal surveillance is not new, but today’s scale and scope are unprecedented. Biometric screening is pervasive across federal, state and local agencies, which share this information. Recently, the FBI announced the development of predictive AI models designed to detect potential criminal activity before it takes place. Even the laziest researcher can find many examples of abuse or the potential for abuse.” (09/09/26)
The German Far Right’s Regional Victory Will Have Major National Consequences
Source: The UnPopulist
by Ronald Meinardus
“Establishment parties have no idea how to repair this massive breach in Germany’s post-WWII firewall against resurgent fascism.” (09/09/26)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-german-far-rights-regional-victory
Trump promises $500 Obamacare rebate checks for 1 million enrollees in 30 states
Source: SFGate
“The Trump administration is promising $500 rebate checks to an estimated 1 million Affordable Care Act enrollees across 30 states, who the White House alleged were overcharged by the Biden administration for exchange fees. … Enrollees who can expect refunds are those who do not receive premium assistance. Critics called the move a ‘gimmick’ that doesn’t represent a plan for addressing soaring healthcare costs. Trump in his address accused former President Joe Biden’s administration of ‘gross mismanagement’ of ACA funds, without providing evidence, and said that the Biden administration collected user fees from insurance companies that consumers paid through higher premiums.” (09/10/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/trump-promises-500-obamacare-rebate-checks-for-22425627.php
LPA Two Hour Lunch Hour, episode 10
Source: LP Alliance
“Join us for our anything goes podcast every Wednesday at noon eastern!” (09/09/26)
Socialist Idiocracy
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“While it is expected that Republicans — such as Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) — would object to the rise of socialist agitation in the Democratic Party, getting Democratic leaders to object to the new radicalism has not proved quite so easy.” [editor’s note: The only reason I can think of for Republicans to object to Democratic socialism is that they don’t like having their own socialist thunder stolen – TLK] (09/09/26)