(2025-01-25). From Z to X: How Russian Information Warfare Primed the World for Trump and Musk. bylinetimes.com 
Stay ahead of the curve and support independent investigative journalism | Digital Barbecues: | The invitation came out of the blue: "His Excellency Ambassador of the Russian Federation requests the pleasure of the company of Mr Peter Jukes at a Digital BBQ." | Back in December 2015, I had no idea why Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko was inviting me to talk about "social media vs mainstream media" at his sumptuous residence in Kensington Palace Gardens, except that it would ha…
(2025-01-25). Transcript of News X round table discussion of Ukraine-Russia war. gilbertdoctorow.com Note: pay attentlon to the reasoning, arguments of my three fellow panelists. OK, one is a die-hard Zelensky regime supporter, but the Americans! Wow, folks who never pick up a mainstream newspaper to see how the war is really going, let alone look to alternative media. They are living in…
(2025-01-24). How Greenland Was My Silicon Valley: Behind the Greenland Grab. counterpunch.org 
Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland. Mainstream media strives to coat this nonsense in a veneer of rationality by citing Greenland's rare earth deposits and strategic position vis à vis Russia and China. In the New York Times article announcing Trump's gambit, Sherri Goodman, a top Beltway expert on strategic issues, asks, "Was it crazy when the
(2025-01-24). Welcome to the Pyrocene: an Era of Uncontrolled Burning. counterpunch.org 
Los Angeles is burning, but it isn't alone. In recent years, fires have blasted through cities in Colorado, the southern Appalachians and the island of Maui, along with Canada, Australia, Portugal and Greece. What wasn't burned was smoked in. Is this another case of a future not only dire but strange, without a narrative to