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Attacks on Section 230 & ‘Age Verification’ Laws Are Critical Threats to Internet Privacy & Security - Noelle Perdue | Rapid Response #22
You need to understand how the current attacks on Internet freedoms will impact your life. Noelle Perdue, cofounder of the Anti-Censorship Coalition…
Mar 11
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Jesse Damiani
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Noelle Perdue
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The Most Dangerous Technology in the World? - Wim Carton | #66
We know that ejecting sulfates into the atmosphere to bounce sunlight back into space will artificially cool the planet...but at what cost? Wim Carton…
Mar 4
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Jesse Damiani
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Wim Carton
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February 2026
The Next Civil War, Mark Carney's Davos Speech, & Canada's View of the US - Stephen Marche | RR #21
Stephen Marche published 'The Next Civil War' in 2022. Much of what he speculated about then is coming true now.
Feb 19
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Jesse Damiani
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Biodiversity on the Brink: Ecological Rhythms & Human Urgency - Jonathan Tonkin | Rapid Response #20
Biodiversity underpins life on Earth as we know it—ecologist Jonthan Tonkin lays it all out, including his research on freshwater biodiversity and…
Feb 16
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Jesse Damiani
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Jonathan Tonkin
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When, How, & Why Complex Societies Collapse - Joseph Tainter | #65
Collapse is in the air...but what exactly does it mean, what causes it, and what can we learn from history? Collapsology legend Joseph Tainter breaks it…
Feb 12
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Jesse Damiani
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Criticizing the Democratic Party, Resisting ICE & Fascism, Lessons from Minneapolis, the 'Wrong Kind of Muslim' & More - Qasim Rashid …
When "your side" is the "lesser of two evils," are you supposed to just keep your mouth shut—even as their actions put you in more danger? Today's…
Feb 9
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Jesse Damiani
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
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"We All Know What We're Fighting Against, but There's a Deafening Silence Every Time we Ask What We're Fighting for"—On Hannah Arendt …
Hannah Arendt's ideas are more prescient than ever. In today's conversation, I sit down with the Founder of the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College to…
Feb 3
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Jesse Damiani
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January 2026
From 'Prepper' to 'Resilient Citizen' - Chris Ellis | #63
The emerging world is volatile, uncertain, chaotic, & ambiguous. We weather it by investing in resilient mindsets & strong communities; on the 'promise…
Jan 28
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Jesse Damiani
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Dr. Chris Ellis
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We Must Decarbonize...but How? On Methods, Challenges, & the 'Physics of Capitalism' - Erald Kolasi | Rapid Response #18
It's imperative that we end our addiction to fossil fuels, but in order to truly decarbonize we'll need to face the thorny challenges standing in our…
Jan 26
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Jesse Damiani
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Erald Kolasi
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Should the Left Embrace Gun Ownership? I'm Worried by What I'm Seeing
The growing lefty 2A movement is promoting a narrative that is likely ineffective and certainly dangerous. Raw thoughts as I work it through.
Jan 25
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Jesse Damiani
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How Does AI Actually Work, & How is it Changing Our World? On 'Understanding AI' - Timothy B. Lee | #62
Amid the AI hype-doom binary, there's a lot of noise. The best thing you can do in these cases is find the voices who make sense of complexity. Timothy…
Jan 22
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Jesse Damiani
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A Giant Billionaire Tick in the Skies Over Davos: 'SUCK' in AR
Explaining the augmented reality intervention at WEF by Nancy Baker Cahill & me. (For some reason, media won't touch it.)
Jan 20
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Jesse Damiani
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Nancy Baker Cahill
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