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 world. 1. Michael Gove’s Definition of Extremism UK Michael Gove MP made the news this week when he formally announced the UK government’s official definition of …
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 world. As usual, since there was no edition last week, we’re technically covering two weeks in the new normal today 1. Are you ready for “heat-related …
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 world. 1. Taylor Swift everywhere and always on message Have you noticed how Taylor Swift has been EVERYWHERE for a while now? Well, this week she …
If our readers are anything like us then you spent the majority of the weekend taking down Christmas decorations and carefully organizing them, despite the knowledge that they’ll somehow become messy again by next December. That means the new year has officially started, which makes it time for our third-annual special edition of This Week …
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 world. 1. Introducing CBDCs is a matter of “urgency” Talking to the media this week, the head of South Korea’s central bank claimed that the rise …
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 world. We’re going to be brief this week…because two would-be sections evolved into full articles in their own right. 1. Bullsh*t question of the week US …
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 world. 1. New York’s robot policemen The NYPD is unleashing a robot police officer on wheels to patrol the Times Square subway, according to the NYT: …
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 world. 1. Climate Court-case changes tack Three years ago we covered the story of six Portuguese teenagers, “climate activists” who were attempting to sue the governments …
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 world. Somewhat delayed and curtailed this week, but you can blame 9/11 for that (along with so much else). 1. “Seriously guys, climate change is a …
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 world. 1. Highly convenient Red meat allergies spreading This week the US CDC reported that over 450,000 US citizens may be allergic to red meat, thanks …
