This Week in the New Normal #42

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...

UK to reverse “accidental” ban on edible insect farming

Kit Knightly Good news guys, UK companies will soon be free to start producing and selling several species of “edible insects” again. Apparently, one effect of Brexit is that...

12 Memes to Get You Through the Day – Part 19

Well it’s Monday again and, for now at least, that means more memes. Yes, Meme Mondays two weeks in a row! Isn’t that a treat? Don’t get used to...

This Week in the New Normal #41

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...

Nancy Pelosi, Taiwan & yet another fake binary

Kit Knightly

Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan yesterday. It was quite an event. People were asking “is this brinksmanship dangerous?”, or “Will the Chinese shoot down Pelosi’s plane?” Protesters took to the...

This Week in the New Normal #40

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...

New Normal Newspeak #5: “Recession”

Our new series of micro-articles deals with the newly everyday occurrence of the modern media simply changing what a word means. Today’s word is “recession”. The United States is...

This Week in the New Normal #39

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...

DISCUSS: WHO declares monkeypox “global emergency”

About three hours ago it was announced the World Health Organization has officially declared the “monkeypox outbreak” a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Following their second emergency...

They’re bringing COVID back…& this time its permanent

Kit Knightly

Covid is back in every headline. As the new normal crowd get desperate to scare people into accepting the Great Reset they’re going back to their old favourite to...

They want you to feel climate change is a “personal threat”. Here’s why.

Kit Knightly

“The climate crisis is a public health crisis”, that is a tweet by Hillary Clinton’s official twitter account yesterday afternoon. The tweet included a link to a news story...

This Week in the New Normal #38

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...

Monkeypox Update – fear porn kicks up a notch as WHO meeting looms

Kit Knightly

We’re only three days removed from our last monkeypox article – We’re “losing the fight against monkeypox”…apparently – and already it’s time for an update. It’s been a busy...

We’re “losing the fight against monkeypox”…apparently

Kit Knightly

According to the New York Times the US is currently “losing the fight with Monkeypox”. That’s probably news to you. After all, given the fact the US has around...

This Week in the New Normal #37

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...

We can’t trust the renewed “polio vaccination” push. Here’s why.

Kit Knightly

Last week we wrote about the new “polio outbreak” reported in the UK and around the world, and how it was likely yet another constructed narrative designed to sell...

DISCUSS: Bye Bye Boris

Boris Johnson has resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In other breaking news that’s just as likely to seriously impact your life, Big Mo is returning to...

This July 4th we should ALL declare our independence from the New Normal

Kit Knightly

Audio Version New Feature! Today is July 4th, Independence Day. And, in the world of the New Normal, maybe that’s something we should all celebrate. The United States of...

This Week in the New Normal #36

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...

The Dutch Farmers’ Protest and the War on Food

Kit Knightly

This week, tens of thousands of farmers have gathered from all across the Netherlands to protest government policies which will reduce the number of livestock in the country by...