The Post-Partisan Emporium

  Hidden Costs: Ecological Realism & The ‘Green’ Revolution Polymetallic Nodules, Sand Mafias and E-Waste Hazards Stone Age Herbalist From the position of the archaeologist, technology is a neutral term. From flint hand axes to sickles, antler harpoons to fish traps, the earliest forms of technology leverage efficiency and capability at the interface between the human and the rest of the world. There is nothing unnatural about this - crows, otters, monkeys, even crocodiles make use of manipulated objects to exploit their dietary niche. Where there are concerns about how modern technology functions, they shouldn’t be framed as a dichotomy between ‘good’ and ‘bad’, but rather at the specific problems created. Too often what counts for academia today will position any discussion of technology in a framework of ‘neoliberalism’ and ‘systems thinking’. Some will talk of the Anthropocene, barely suppressing their glee at the control such definitions bring. What I want to do here is ou...

  "Wag the Dog" — Ukraine Trans Edition A dispatch from the “front line” of Ukraine. Jordan Schachtel An American man in a wig pretending to be a woman, who also served as a former (and possibly a current) federal informant, who now claims the status of a “front line” Ukrainian soldier, has been making the rounds in the corporate media ginning up support for the Ukraine money pit operation. In an interview with CBS News that now has 361 thousand views on Twitter, “Sarah” Ashton-Cirillo, who is described as a woman, but was previously known as  Michael  John Cirillo, transmitted a defiant dispatch from the apparent front lines of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.  CBS News @CBSNews . @SarahAshtonLV is an American who enlisted in the Ukrainian military after she covered the war. She joins CBS News from the trenches, shortly after she was hit by shell fragments and lost part of her hand: "We wanted to get the message out that Ukraine is stronger than ever" 1:48 PM ∙ Feb 2...