Quick Take…The (Well-Timed) Belfast Riots

Kit Knightly

On Monday night, a Sudanese immigrant allegedly attacked a man on the streets of Belfast in an attempt to decapitate him. Bystanders intervened, as the story goes, the attack...

“Device-Level” Nudity Detection: UK Gov’t Blackmailing Public into Digital ID

Kit Knightly

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced plans, in a speech earlier today, to introduce “device-level controls” that will prevent children from viewing, sending or taking naked photographs: This...

Quick Take…what’s up with CBDCs?

Kit Knightly

Have you seen a mainstream headline about central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) so far this year? Probably not. What used to be a regular on the front page has...

Faking “Water Bankruptcy” Part 1: Data Centres

Kit Knightly

We are currently witnessing the birth of a new psy-op targeting our most vital natural resource – water. And in the coming series of articles we’ll be breaking down...

This Week in the New Normal #120

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the...

“It’s all so tiresome”: UK’s Social Media Ban Trudges Ever Onward

Kit Knightly

The UK government’s “consultation” on social media harm is over, and – brace yourselves – it turns out they’re going to have to do something about it. I know,...

Fake Wars & Higher Prices: What a “Multipolar World Order” REALLY Means

Kit Knightly

America's Empire will fall, and a shiny multipolar new world order will rise in its place, and it's definitely going to be A Good Thing. That's the story. But...

WHO in “panic mode” as World Health Assembly kicks off

Kit Knightly

Today is first day of the World Health Organization’s 79th annual World Health Assembly, where delegates come together to set policies and priorities for global health.

Quick Take…The King’s Speech Makes Me Laugh

Kit Knightly

The King’s Speech is hilarious these days. It’s been irrelevant for a long time, but it’s recently become genuinely funny. He rocks up to Parliament with this shiny hat...

Hantavirus – A Pandemic Treaty “Wake Up Call”?

Kit Knightly

The Hantavirus outbreak keeps on going. The case count is up to 11, with 9 *ahem* “confirmed” by PCR test. The French government is isolating their five cruise ship...

“Record Breaking” Adolescence Gets Its Inevitable Reward

Kit Knightly

Adolescence is back to get its pay-off. In an “historic” night for television, the Netflix original drama broke some record for…whatever. Because of course it did. Because it was...

Let’s talk about….UFO files released!

The Pentagon has made good on Donald Trump’s promise and published the first instalment of previously classified UFO files. You can read them all on the Pentagon’s dedicated website....

Quick Take…Hantavirus Cruise Ship Weirdness

Kit Knightly

Eight people sick, pandemic threat low. Doesn’t sound like big news…and yet the media won’t stop talking about it. It already has its own WikiPedia entry. The whole thing...

Digital ID & the Kids in Fake Moustaches

Kit Knightly

They're trying to rebrand the authoritarian Online Safety Act as just a silly piece of paper - not tyranny, it’s just bumbling, idiotic half-measures.

How believable is Banksy?

Kit Knightly

The guerrilla artist's "surprise" statue is supposedly anti-establishment....except the establishment seems to LOVE it.

The EU is pushing “Driver-Monitoring Cameras”. Here’s why.

Kit Knightly

We know they want to end private vehicle ownership; they have repeatedly said so. Well, this is how they do that. A little at a time, creating atmospheres and...

UK Gov’t Promises MORE Social Media “Restrictions”

Kit Knightly

While embattled PM Sir Keir Starmer takes a pointless grilling on the even more pointless existence of Peter Mandelson, other members of his cabinet were busily paving the way...

This Week in the New Normal #119

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the...

What Iran’s “tanker seizure” can teach us about MSM “reality”.

Kit Knightly

The mainstream media is conditioning your consumption of audio-visual content. Training us to see a video, and entirely remove it from the context of its creation.

Quick Take…UK High Court backs Facial Recognition Rollout

Kit Knightly

The establishment judges voted in favour of the establishment cops using technology to violate people’s rights in the name of protecting the establishment. ‘Cause for a second there we...