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...
