Reposted by Martin HudonCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China. 8427311076
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Midnight Express US: we (mostly) don't do that inside our country, we pay others to do it elsewhere... 111
Reposted by Martin HudonEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 22/07/2026Free newsletter: The $500bn in AI data center debt is the subprime mortgage crisis of the AI bubble. The dangerous financial instruments and SPVs funding the data center buildout pose a systemic risk on the level of the great financial crisis. www.wheresyoured.at/the-subprime-data-center-crisis/wheresyoured.atThe Subprime Data Center CrisisThanks for reading this week’s free Where’s Your Ed At newsletter. Friday’s premium newsletter will ask the simple question: Is Oracle dying? It’s been one year since I launched the premium newslett... 27749226
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 05/07/2026When it fades in one country another one follows through with freedom, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all. 140
Reposted by Martin HudonMolly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Donald Trump has laid America bare before its enemies. But Donald Trump has made America so small, and mean, and selfish, and pathetic, it almost doesn’t matter. My mother fought for a different America — and that’s my America, too. www.greatpower.us/p/happy-birt...greatpower.usHappy birthday to my mother, and my mother’s AmericaYesterday was my mother’s birthday, and tomorrow is the birthday of our nation. 311531
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Aunt Jeanine wine box Pirro will indict Algeria for the algae in the new swamp. 010
Reposted by Martin HudonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/06/2026Thanks to AI, Google is about as reliable as asking your older brother in the 80s. 2264155543
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Weird, why say that? There's no upcoming election in the EU to defeat his far buddies... 020
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 05/06/2026The speed at which a respected lawyer becomes a toadie these days is... not surprising for many. Preserving their lifestyle over the law. 140
Reposted by Martin HudonPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Just sent out this free midweek update. This was no ordinary Trump TACO, this was Trump accepting Iran's victory conditions as the basis of negotiations. It looks likely that Iran will emerge stronger from this war than before; a total US strategic failure. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...open.substack.comMidweek Update #5; This Is No TACO: This Is Complete US Strategic FailureTrump Agrees To Iran's Victory Conditions 34632235
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 28/03/2026The correct assesment of America's rapid downfall. By @johnsipher.bsky.socialtomorrowsaffairs.comMoscow on the Potomac – How democracy can be defeated from withinUnless Americans rediscover some loyalty to truth, evidence, and democratic legitimacy, Putin will keep harvesting what he has planted here for years 010
Reposted by Martin HudonMolly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 17/03/2026People keep asking “how can potus think doing XX will work”? The problem is the American system rewarded his poor character & abominable behavior and when he tries to apply it in a real int’l crisis it won’t work But he thinks it will Turns out everyone else in the world isn’t cowards Just us 51897235
Reposted by Martin HudonMolly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 08/03/2026As a nation, we are most pathetic internally & abroad when we forget that our revolutionary founding documents embodied ideas about human equality & freedom that have spread into the world not just as aspirational benchmarks but as rights to be defended and upheld. www.greatpower.us/p/wars-of-in...greatpower.usWars of incidental liberation. Or not. (Part 3)American power has always been the defense of human freedom — not this limp dick bloodlust and adulation of the behavior of our enemies 112736
Reposted by Martin HudonPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Hello All, Just sent out this piece, a case study of how Trump has gone to great lengths to help Russia in its campaign to kill Ukrainian civilians and freeze Ukrainian cities. Trump was deliberate and, sadly all to effective. The USA is helping Putin now. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...open.substack.comHow Trump/USA Is Helping Putin Kill UkrainiansThe Patriot Case Study 8324157
Reposted by Martin HudonAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Some thoughts on what de-magafication of our institutions might look like when this nightmare is over (free post) open.substack.com/pub/asharang...open.substack.comExcising the Cancer in Our InstitutionsWe need to start thinking about how we are going to separate the sheep from the wolves in sheep's clothing. 841136405
Reposted by Martin HudonJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 06/02/2026For anyone who wondered how the Germans turned a blind eye to the Holocaust, we are living through the answer. We watched it start in real time. Do you remember last October? The details slip away fast but holding onto them helps us hold onto who we are joycevance.substack.com/p/we-are-not...joycevance.substack.comWe are not Nazis.Also: No Kings, No Dictators. 471871670
Reposted by Martin HudonJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Fascinating guy (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...nytimes.comRenfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program 67017
Reposted by Martin HudonAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 10/01/2026I wrote up my analysis of what Ross's movements and actions reveal about whether or not he had a "reasonable belief that he was in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury" (the legal standard). I list 7 crucial moments that suggest he did not. asharangappa.substack.com/p/friday-rou...asharangappa.substack.comFriday Round Up! 1/9/26It was a bad shoot. 1452248872
Reposted by Martin HudonPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Does that qualify you for a special award? 422744
Reposted by Martin HudonPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Just sent out this piece about the Trump-Zelensky-Putin pantomime yesterday. People who think this brought peace closer cannot face the truth. This meeting was a continuation of Trump's efforts to help Putin and demean Ukraine. And he succeeded. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...open.substack.comWhy the Pantomime? Its Always Been About Defending PutinAnd Perhaps Getting A Nobel Prize 38536194
Reposted by Martin HudonDave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Merry Christmas, everyone!bbc.co.ukCardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 yearsAn arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives. 652613754
Reposted by Martin HudonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/12/2025BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...muellershewrote.comWATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT SegmentI was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat. 16703553919967
Reposted by Martin HudonAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 17/12/2025I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along 35898873729
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 11/12/2025The things some people will do to cling on their lifestyle... 000
Reposted by Martin HudonTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10/12/2025The mass deportation of undocumented people was one of Hitler’s largest coercive policies before the war. This set off a chain of events which can give us a useful perspective on where we are now. snyder.substack.com/p/self-terro...snyder.substack.comLand War or Self-Terrorism?Trump's Likely Next Step 251113511
Reposted by Martin HudonAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/12/2025The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...theatlantic.comTrumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian CorruptionThe people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country. 461753722
Reposted by Martin HudonPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 20/11/2025People have done a massive disservice to Ukraine and Europe by pretending Trump might do the right thing and help Ukraine. It raised hopes in a fantasy and kept people from facing reality. Trump is with Putin and all Europeans need to face that squarely. 16382103
Reposted by Martin HudonThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 24/08/2025President Trump’s federal takeover of D.C.’s local police is unprecedented. “The last person who asserted the authority to use military personnel for routine law enforcement anywhere in the country for any reason was King George,” a legal scholar said.newyorker.comWhat’s Life Like in Washington, D.C., During Trump’s Takeover?Late-summer days and nights amid troops on the streets of the nation’s capital. 15428841142
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 22/08/2025USA decadence means not enough will care to fight its police state. 030
Reposted by Martin HudonAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 22/08/2025ICYMI, this piece I wrote becomes more relevant with each passing day (and I wish it weren't) asharangappa.substack.com/p/the-fbi-as...asharangappa.substack.comThe FBI As We Knew It is GoneIt took a hundred years to create the Bureau as we knew it. And it took one dinner at the White House to destroy it. 16426151
Reposted by Martin HudonPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Just sent out this free piece. I hear some saying yesterday's summit changed little--nothing could be further from the truth. The summit helped Russia and hurt Ukraine. It had 3 main components. First, US-Russian relations are being normalized in front of our eyes. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...open.substack.comPutin Makes No Concessions But Trump Normalizes RelationsPeople Seem To Be Missing The Big Story 36790325
Reposted by Martin Hudonstuartpstevens.bsky.social @stuartpstevens.bsky.social · 09/08/2025My latest on @lincolnsquare.media "Something happened in the Republican Party. We evolved a system that rewarded lack of character and elevated weak men and women. " An Inside Look: How the Law-and-Order Party became the Party of Jeffery Epstein www.lincolnsquare.media/p/an-inside-...lincolnsquare.mediaAn Inside Look: How the Law-and-Order Party became the Party of Jeffery EpsteinWhat Republicans called 'bedrock principles' turned out to be nothing more than marketing slogans. 1022170
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Great article from Glenn about the latest core update. But Google as a precursor of ICE (ok, ok, its MLs systems) no longer cares about its users. There are now more than enough cases of sites/pages disappeared from page 1. 320
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Will she also refer GOP senators, like Rubio, to DOJ for their bi partisan report that said Russia activily supported Trump? Kinda weird someone referred as a Russian useful idiot wants to muddy those facts some more. 030
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 19/07/2025America 2025... Founding fathers' fears were real. Now enough people are makinh them real. 000
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 08/07/202599.9% sure that's what bibi told Donny over the phone that convinced him to drop a few big bombs in Iran... "That'll be easy, plus may get the Nobel!" Same days Donny ranted, he should have got the Nobel... Days later bombs drop on Iran. Donny played like a puppet. Again. 030
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Be ware, be aware. With AI overview Googlol is a gimmicky publisher for gimmick products & services. ⬇️⬇️ 121
Reposted by Martin HudonGisele Navarro @ichbingisele.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Are Google AI Overviews leading you to the best results on the web? Or is this just a new prime spot for selling you products you will regret buying? Well, it turns out this rabbit hole is a deep one. housefresh.com/beware-of-th...housefresh.comBeware of the Google AI salesman and its croniesExposing the overly salesy AI Overviews that will push you to buy bad products and exploring the system making it possible. 1148
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 05/07/2025America's Maoist Cultural Revolution in action. Superiors' follow orders to preserve their lifestyle instead of their oath, codes, professionalism. The laws & constitution they pretend to represent take the back seat. 010
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Google steal... No really, they should be broken up. But yes all LLMs steal too. So instead of stealing, they should pay. travellemming.com/perspectives...travellemming.comGoogle is Using AI to Censor Independent WebsitesMy letter to the FTC explaining how Google is using AI to censor thousands of independent websites - and to control the flow of information online. 020
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Few Americans really realized they had it easier than the rest of the world being at its center. It's coming to an end. The pie won't grow as much, or shrink, competition for a slice will be tougher. Major bumps this year and coming ones. And your kids & grand kids will have it a lot harder. 0112
Reposted by Martin Hudonian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 03/04/2025the british didn’t understand what brexit meant for their economy. but they wanted it, they voted for it, and they’ve gotten it. now it’s the americans’ turn. 421002234
Reposted by Martin HudonJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Some quick tariff math. 🧵 The S&P 500 has fallen -4.5% on news of the tariffs. Of course, markets had already priced in tariffs -- this is the response to how much worse they were than expected. 943399
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Amazing time. We're watching a country who created a world of economic and alliances around itself, who benefits the most the wealth increase, now undoing it all ITSELF. Voluntarily. Setting ITSELF aside. 010
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Google's #Gemini is such a bad beta product. It's mind boggling... It can't get basic factual stuff right and I mean basic things, not big complex processes. Whoever decided to push this live should be out of a job. Such a waste of time. 010
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 27/03/2025This. All of this. Read from the start or from end to beginning. 000
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 20/03/2025This. From start to end. youtu.be/vK6fALsenmw?...youtu.beHistory Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIREDYouTube video by WIRED 010
Martin Hudon @martinhudon.bsky.social · 11/03/2025🔥 Rand sums it up well, for "Search" Chatgpt may become Yahoo's size in a few years. 000