It depends which side you’re on…
Kit Knightly
Iran and Israel are exchanging missile fire and drone strikes. This is either the existential struggle of the Jewish people made manifest, or Zionist warmongering that puts the whole...
Let’s talk about…Israel’s Iran Strikes
We in the UK woke up to the news that, overnight, the Israeli military had launched “targeted strikes” against Iran, specifically nuclear facilities for the enrichment of Uranium (allegedly)...
WATCH: Understanding False Dichotomies
Jerm and Kit Knightly discuss how media—especially alternative media—shapes public opinion. They talk about journalists having ‘skin in the game,’ the impact of COVID-19 on media narratives, and the...
BritCard: Inside Labour’s “Progressive” Digital ID
Kit Knightly
A new report from a British government think tank offers some clear insights into the Starmer administration’s plan to introduce a universal digital ID. That digital ID – in...
The Real Agenda Behind the “Burqa Ban”
Kit Knightly
Two days ago, Reform Party MP Sarah Pochin made a splash when she called for the British government to ban the burqa. Many European countries – including France and...
OffG’s Lab Leak “I Told You So”
Kit Knightly
Back in January, as part of our “predicting 2025” series, I wrote that 2025 would be the year of the Lab Leak reveal, and that the lab leak theory...
A scary new “Covid” variant? What year is this?
Kit Knightly
There’s a new Covid variant “surging through” Asia, according to this headline. It has already spread to the US and Europe as well, according to this article. I’m guessing...
What Joe Biden’s cancer can (and should) teach us about The Media
Kit Knightly
Last night the news broke that former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer, which has already metastasized to his bones. The conversation has gone...
Quick Take: Gold from lead and ancient alchemy
Kit Knightly
I just wanted to bring this story to everybody’s attention…not because it is weighty or scary, just because it’s interesting. The Independent reports: Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally...
LIVESTREAM: The IMA Discuss Artificial Intelligence
Host Ryan Cristian is joined by IMA panel members Whitney Webb, Derrick Broze, Jason Bermas, James Corbett, Kit Knightly, Patrick Wood, Hrvoje Moric, Steve Poikenen and Hakeem Anwar to...
“Lab-grown meat could erase the need for farming”
Kit Knightly
Professor Luke O’Neill of Trinity College gave an interview to the Show Me the Science podcast a few days ago, praising the rise of “lab-grown” or “cultivated” meat, and...
Mutant Rice and Bill Gates’s Lab Rats: Grand Experiments in India’s Fields
Colin Todhunter
In late 2024, Bill Gates sparked outrage in India after describing the country as “a kind of laboratory to try things” during a podcast with Reid Hoffman. Gates emphasised...
Inside CBDC’s Anti-Trump Rebrand
Kit Knightly
The planned rollout of a planet-wide network of “interoperable” digital currencies has shifted gears this year. Digital Currency is still the endgame, but – in keeping with the spirit...
This Week in the New Normal #101
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...
Actually, “personal beliefs” DO supersede “the public good”
Kit Knightly
Personal beliefs do not supersede the public good – and vaccination is a public good The above quote – taken from a headline in the Globe and Mail –...
Bitchute, the UK and modern censorship in action
Kit Knightly
Last week, alternative video-sharing platform BitChute announced they would no longer allow UK-based users to view content on their site. The opening of their official statement makes the reason...
Goodbye Jury Trials, Hello Digital ID: 10 “recommendations” from the Crime and Justice Commission
Kit Knightly
The Times Crime and Justice Commission was established last year, with its mission statement being to… consider the future of policing and the criminal justice system, in the light...
This Week in the New Normal #100
This week is our one hundredth edition of This Week in the New Normal! …except it isn’t really. Due to some special editions going unnumbered I think we’re actually...
The Cow That Lives Forever
Kit Knightly
The scientists had done it. They had solved world hunger, they had ended farming as we know it and they had rid the world of animal cruelty. It wasn’t...
EVENT: “Uniting the Pro Freedom and Pro Palestine Liberation Left”
Real Left, formerly known as Left Lockdown Sceptics is holding a ‘Uniting the Pro Freedom and Pro Palestine Liberation Left’ conference on Saturday 3 May in central London. The...
