Bird Flu Update: signposts of the coming rollout

Kit Knightly

Two days ago we published my latest bird flu article, “How (and why) Bird Flu is About to Enter the “Mass Testing” Phase”. Less than 12 hours later Salon...

How (and why) Bird Flu is About to Enter the “Mass Testing” Phase

Kit Knightly

Hello everyone and welcome to the latest edition of Bird Flu Digest, formerly known as OffGuardian. The wall-to-wall coverage of Bird Flu is getting wallier-to-wallier with each passing week,...

Israel Follow-up – Whistleblowers, Protests and Resignations

Kit Knightly

Two weeks ago I wrote a piece, “Are the powers-that-be preparing to cut Israel loose?”, speculating on the future of the Israel/Gaza narrative and suggesting that Israel’s days in...

OffG’s last word on the “lab leak” theory: Illogical, immaterial and dangerous

Kit Knightly

The “lab leak” theory is in the news again. It is essentially revealed as a mainstream position now. As we always predicted it would be. Two weeks ago the...

This Week in the New Normal #92

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...

AI and Commercial Music

Todd Hayen

Del Bigtree recently devoted a segment on his popular program, The Highwire, on the advent of AI in commercial music. Del created a theme song for The Highwire on one of many AI...

The Latest “Bird Flu” Death is “Covid” All Over Again

Kit Knightly

Yesterday, the mainstream media widely reported that a new strain of Bird Flu had claimed its first victim, a 59-year-old man from Mexico. The big news here is that...

This Week in the New Normal #91

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...

Are the powers-that-be preparing to cut Israel loose?

Kit Knightly

For decades, Israel has been “one of the club”, a proud member of the “good-guy countries”. A handful of regimes protected by a bubble that makes them almost immune...

[UPDATED] And the Bird Flu just keeps on coming…

Kit Knightly

The bird flu narrative is constantly developing, so I figured it was time for an update. You know…to keep you all abreast of the chicken situation. Ba dum tss!...

No, they’re (probably) not going to bring back National Service.

Kit Knightly

As you all know, the UK is in the throes of campaigning following the announcement of an “election” on July 4th. One particular campaign promise has already caused a...

Maybe better than we did

Sylvia Shawcross

Now, Godot the raccoon, now aptly named Myrtle-Godot arrived plump and tired and fuzzy at dawn for what would be her morning feed. She laid her cool fingers on...

2024 & the Inevitable Rise of Biometrics

Kit Knightly

Have you noticed a lot of two-factor authentication prompts lately? Are you getting emailed verification codes that take forever to arrive, so you have to request another? Perhaps you...

Brent and Neil go to Manchester – Introduction

Iain Davis

Read the whole series… Part I – Part II – Part III – Part IV – Part V – Part VI – Part VII – Part VIII – Part...

This Week in the New Normal #90

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...

Anti-War Mothers – Celebrating Mother’s Day in the US

VN Alexander

I refuse to raise my child to grow up to kill another mother’s child. Julia Ward Howe, founder of Mother’s Day, 1870 Originally conceived as a protest to war,...

Too Massive to Comprehend

Todd Hayen

I remember a time not too long ago when you could sort of see what was happening in the world, even in your own backyard, with some degree of...

AstraZeneca just pulled their Covid jab….why?

Kit Knightly

British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is halting production and supply of their Covid19 “vaccine”. The news was announced yesterday, following the European Medicines Agency declaration that the shot would no...

New “Guide” Teaches UK MPs to Spot “Conspiracy Theories”

Kit Knightly

The government wants all its representatives to know there is no cabal of billionaires running things, and if you doubt it then read this handy guide paid for by...

This Week in the New Normal #89

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...