Let’s talk about…US invasion of Venezuela and “capture” of Maduro
Okay, who had “the US invades Venezuela and kidnaps the President” down as the first big story of 2026?
Well done if you did, you probably got good odds.
That’s the “breaking news” as of about two hours ago:
The story is that a meticulously planned special forces raid resulted in Nicolas Maduro and his wife being dragged from their bedroom and whisked out of the country. They are reportedly en route to New York on a US naval ship.
This was…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/03/lets-talk-about-us-invasion-of-venezuela-and-capture-of-maduro/
Okay, who had “the US invades Venezuela and kidnaps the President” down as the first big story of 2026?
Well done if you did, you probably got good odds.
That’s the “breaking news” as of about two hours ago:
Venezuela President Maduro captured after US strike and will face drugs and weapons charges
CNN
The story is that a meticulously planned special forces raid resulted in Nicolas Maduro and his wife being dragged from their bedroom and whisked out of the country. They are reportedly en route to New York on a US naval ship.
This was…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/03/lets-talk-about-us-invasion-of-venezuela-and-capture-of-maduro/
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2025: The Year the Government Stopped Pretending It Cared About Freedom
Some years chip away at freedom. Others tear the mask off. 2025 was the year the government stopped pretending it was constrained by the Constitution—when executive power expanded openly and unapologetically, surveillance became ambient, dissent became dangerous, and the machinery of militarized government embedded itself into daily life.
Under Trump 2.0, the erosion of civil liberties gave way to something more brazen: the dismantling of constitutional government itself.
What made 2025 different was not any single abuse of power, but the relentless accumulation of them. The losses mounted week by week, crisis by crisis, executive order by executive order,…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/05/2025-the-year-the-government-stopped-pretending-it-cared-about-freedom/
Some years chip away at freedom. Others tear the mask off. 2025 was the year the government stopped pretending it was constrained by the Constitution—when executive power expanded openly and unapologetically, surveillance became ambient, dissent became dangerous, and the machinery of militarized government embedded itself into daily life.
Under Trump 2.0, the erosion of civil liberties gave way to something more brazen: the dismantling of constitutional government itself.
What made 2025 different was not any single abuse of power, but the relentless accumulation of them. The losses mounted week by week, crisis by crisis, executive order by executive order,…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/05/2025-the-year-the-government-stopped-pretending-it-cared-about-freedom/
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Stolen Soil and Corporate Welfare: The Global Scam of ‘Feeding the World’
Supermarket shelves have never been fuller, yet diets have become poorer. Across the world, food systems praised for their productivity now deliver an abundance of calories alongside widespread micronutrient deficiency, ecological collapse and rural precarity.
This is the outcome of an agricultural model that equates food security with yield and mass production with nourishment. Sustained by billions in subsidies, industrial agriculture increasingly resembles a welfare state for agribusiness and retail giants whose profits depend on public money.
Nutritional decline
Corporate-driven industrial agriculture claims to feed the world but too often delivers empty calories while starving populations of nutrients. Consider…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/06/stolen-soil-and-corporate-welfare-the-global-scam-of-feeding-the-world/
Supermarket shelves have never been fuller, yet diets have become poorer. Across the world, food systems praised for their productivity now deliver an abundance of calories alongside widespread micronutrient deficiency, ecological collapse and rural precarity.
This is the outcome of an agricultural model that equates food security with yield and mass production with nourishment. Sustained by billions in subsidies, industrial agriculture increasingly resembles a welfare state for agribusiness and retail giants whose profits depend on public money.
Nutritional decline
Corporate-driven industrial agriculture claims to feed the world but too often delivers empty calories while starving populations of nutrients. Consider…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/06/stolen-soil-and-corporate-welfare-the-global-scam-of-feeding-the-world/
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How We Can Resist The UK Dictatorship – Part 2
In Part 1, responding to David Lammy’s attempt to deny our constitutional right to trial by jury, we discussed the fact that the UK government is a franchise of the global public-private partnership (G3P).
The UK G3P-state—represented by the executive branch of government, the legislative branch, and the bulk of the judiciary—is one among many functional oligarchies.
We outlined how “representative democracy” (RD) is not democracy. Democracy is a system of governance of the people, by the people, and for the people administered through jury-led trials where the jury’s objective is…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/07/how-we-can-resist-the-uk-dictatorship-part-2/
In Part 1, responding to David Lammy’s attempt to deny our constitutional right to trial by jury, we discussed the fact that the UK government is a franchise of the global public-private partnership (G3P).
The UK G3P-state—represented by the executive branch of government, the legislative branch, and the bulk of the judiciary—is one among many functional oligarchies.
We outlined how “representative democracy” (RD) is not democracy. Democracy is a system of governance of the people, by the people, and for the people administered through jury-led trials where the jury’s objective is…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/07/how-we-can-resist-the-uk-dictatorship-part-2/
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More fool you: 10 modus operandi of the mass manipulators
We are immersed in a behavioural psychology programme. The global elite is manipulating everything from incidents to information, in the process of building an authoritarian technocracy.
The powerful do not wait for events such as a pandemic to happen and then exploit; instead, they create the events, which are scripted for a predetermined outcome. But the masses must be kept in the dark about the real motives, while being steered into supporting policies that are against their interests. The modus operandi features the following means of deception.
1. Dual messaging
There are two audiences for public announcements…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/08/more-fool-you-10-modus-operandi-of-the-mass-manipulators/
We are immersed in a behavioural psychology programme. The global elite is manipulating everything from incidents to information, in the process of building an authoritarian technocracy.
The powerful do not wait for events such as a pandemic to happen and then exploit; instead, they create the events, which are scripted for a predetermined outcome. But the masses must be kept in the dark about the real motives, while being steered into supporting policies that are against their interests. The modus operandi features the following means of deception.
1. Dual messaging
There are two audiences for public announcements…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/08/more-fool-you-10-modus-operandi-of-the-mass-manipulators/
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Quick Take – The world is burning…but are the flames real?
I’ve had a cold, and as a cold Traditionalist, that means I’ve been sitting on the couch in my dressing gown, sipping herbal tea with honey in it. (The Zealots from The Church of New Colds would have me masking up and gaffer taping plastic sheets over my doors and windows, but they are odd people).
Naturally, it stands to reason that the first time I’ve been ill in years happens to be the same week the world decides to set itself on fire.
Or at least pretend to, but we’ll get to that.
Maduro has been kidnapped. Iran…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/09/quick-take-the-world-is-burning-but-are-the-flames-real/
I’ve had a cold, and as a cold Traditionalist, that means I’ve been sitting on the couch in my dressing gown, sipping herbal tea with honey in it. (The Zealots from The Church of New Colds would have me masking up and gaffer taping plastic sheets over my doors and windows, but they are odd people).
Naturally, it stands to reason that the first time I’ve been ill in years happens to be the same week the world decides to set itself on fire.
Or at least pretend to, but we’ll get to that.
Maduro has been kidnapped. Iran…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/09/quick-take-the-world-is-burning-but-are-the-flames-real/
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No, Keir Starmer isn’t going to “ban twitter”.
We’re only ten days into 2026, and we’ve already got a war, a revolution and now an incipient social media ban. Allegedly.
Apparently, X’s GrokAI is editing photos to put people in bikinis on request, and this is terrible. Something must be done.
I’m not going to get into the details, or bother quibbling over what is (or is not) pornographic material or sexual assault, whether bikinis are inherently sexual or whether AI generated fake images really count as “undressing”…because none of that is really the issue.
For our purposes, this is just [Issue X].
[Issue X] could…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/10/no-keir-starmer-isnt-going-to-ban-twitter/
We’re only ten days into 2026, and we’ve already got a war, a revolution and now an incipient social media ban. Allegedly.
Apparently, X’s GrokAI is editing photos to put people in bikinis on request, and this is terrible. Something must be done.
I’m not going to get into the details, or bother quibbling over what is (or is not) pornographic material or sexual assault, whether bikinis are inherently sexual or whether AI generated fake images really count as “undressing”…because none of that is really the issue.
For our purposes, this is just [Issue X].
[Issue X] could…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/10/no-keir-starmer-isnt-going-to-ban-twitter/
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Operation Talla – Unconstitutional and Unlawful
On the 20th December 2021 a group of concerned citizens presented evidence to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) alleging “serious indictable offences arising from the manufacture, promotion, and administration of the COVID-19 vaccines.” As a consequence of Operation Talla, those allegations were not investigated by the MPS.
Many similar allegations submitted to other police forces around the country were not investigated either, for the same reason.
The evidence given to the police, in December 2021, comprised of more than 400 victim, witness, qualified expert and industry whistleblower statements. The evidence provided included detailed scientific analyses and multiple documentary…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/12/operation-talla-unconstitutional-and-unlawful/
On the 20th December 2021 a group of concerned citizens presented evidence to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) alleging “serious indictable offences arising from the manufacture, promotion, and administration of the COVID-19 vaccines.” As a consequence of Operation Talla, those allegations were not investigated by the MPS.
Many similar allegations submitted to other police forces around the country were not investigated either, for the same reason.
The evidence given to the police, in December 2021, comprised of more than 400 victim, witness, qualified expert and industry whistleblower statements. The evidence provided included detailed scientific analyses and multiple documentary…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/12/operation-talla-unconstitutional-and-unlawful/
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The Agri-Cartel’s 35-Year Siege of India: From the 1991 Crisis to the 2026 Seed Act
As the Indian Parliament moves into the February 2026 Budget Session, there is a sense of déjà vu in the country. While the world celebrated the repeal of the 2020 Farm Laws as a victory for farmers and their year-long protest, the underlying blueprint never left the table. It has simply been rebranded and digitised.
Today, the introduction of the Seeds Bill 2025—frequently called the 2026 Seed Act—completes a pincer movement that was first inked 35 years ago in the halls of the World Bank and the IMF.
The story begins in 1991. Facing a balance-of-payments crisis, India accepted…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/13/the-agri-cartels-35-year-siege-of-india-from-the-1991-crisis-to-the-2026-seed-act/
As the Indian Parliament moves into the February 2026 Budget Session, there is a sense of déjà vu in the country. While the world celebrated the repeal of the 2020 Farm Laws as a victory for farmers and their year-long protest, the underlying blueprint never left the table. It has simply been rebranded and digitised.
Today, the introduction of the Seeds Bill 2025—frequently called the 2026 Seed Act—completes a pincer movement that was first inked 35 years ago in the halls of the World Bank and the IMF.
The story begins in 1991. Facing a balance-of-payments crisis, India accepted…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/13/the-agri-cartels-35-year-siege-of-india-from-the-1991-crisis-to-the-2026-seed-act/
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WATCH: “Defending Truth” – Kit Knightly in conversation with Maryann Gebauer
OffG Editor Kit Knightly joins former investment consultant Maryann Gebauer for a long, loose interview )recorded before Christmas, hence the tree). They talk OffG’s origins and policies, their earliest red pills, religion, Covid’s silver lining and a lot, lot more.
Maryann Gebauer, a former investment advisor with Nesbitt Burns and ScotiaMcLeod, holds a Bachelor of Science in Physiology and MBA in International Business. Maryann investigates medical, financial, social, and geopolitical issues and conducts compelling and thought-provoking interviews with interesting people. You can access her work and past interviews via herwebsite or SubStack....
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/14/watch-defending-truth-kit-knightly-in-conversation-with-maryann-gebauer/
OffG Editor Kit Knightly joins former investment consultant Maryann Gebauer for a long, loose interview )recorded before Christmas, hence the tree). They talk OffG’s origins and policies, their earliest red pills, religion, Covid’s silver lining and a lot, lot more.
Maryann Gebauer, a former investment advisor with Nesbitt Burns and ScotiaMcLeod, holds a Bachelor of Science in Physiology and MBA in International Business. Maryann investigates medical, financial, social, and geopolitical issues and conducts compelling and thought-provoking interviews with interesting people. You can access her work and past interviews via herwebsite or SubStack....
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/14/watch-defending-truth-kit-knightly-in-conversation-with-maryann-gebauer/
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The Great Grok Bikini Scandal is just Digital ID via the Backdoor.
Two days ago, the British government announced a U-turn on their proposed digital identity, and that the much-anticipated “BritCard” would no longer be mandatory to work in the UK.
This was welcomed as a victory by both fake anti-establishment types whose job is to Pied Piper genuine opposition, and some real resistance who should know better.
The reality is that reports of the death of digital identity have been greatly exaggerated. All they said was that it would no longer be mandatory.
Having a bank account, a cellphone, or an internet connection is not…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/15/the-great-grok-bikini-scandal-is-just-digital-id-via-the-backdoor/
Two days ago, the British government announced a U-turn on their proposed digital identity, and that the much-anticipated “BritCard” would no longer be mandatory to work in the UK.
This was welcomed as a victory by both fake anti-establishment types whose job is to Pied Piper genuine opposition, and some real resistance who should know better.
The reality is that reports of the death of digital identity have been greatly exaggerated. All they said was that it would no longer be mandatory.
Having a bank account, a cellphone, or an internet connection is not…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/15/the-great-grok-bikini-scandal-is-just-digital-id-via-the-backdoor/
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WATCH: The Edward Institute – A Post-Mortem #SolutionsWatch
The Edward Institute for Village Studies has come to an early end. I’ll allow you a moment to collect yourselves. … Wait, what’s that? You’ve never heard of the Edward Institute for Village Studies? And you don’t know the earth-shaking effect it had in inspiring trillions of people around the world to flee the city and embrace the country life? Well, let’s correct that right now. Joining us today on #SolutionsWatch to tell us all about this grand experiment is Edward Institute co-founder, Riley Waggaman.
Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options –…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/16/watch-the-edward-institute-a-post-mortem-solutionswatch/
The Edward Institute for Village Studies has come to an early end. I’ll allow you a moment to collect yourselves. … Wait, what’s that? You’ve never heard of the Edward Institute for Village Studies? And you don’t know the earth-shaking effect it had in inspiring trillions of people around the world to flee the city and embrace the country life? Well, let’s correct that right now. Joining us today on #SolutionsWatch to tell us all about this grand experiment is Edward Institute co-founder, Riley Waggaman.
Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options –…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/16/watch-the-edward-institute-a-post-mortem-solutionswatch/
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What Autism Is Not
In What Autism Is, I characterized autism as exclusion from the existential empathy on which meaningful human experience relies.
Autistic people are irretrievably remote from the conditions for meaning. Whatever they learn is learnt as a simulation and from outside of human connection.
Further clarity about autism comes from considering what autism is not. An opportunity has arisen in this regard, with a discussion between psychologists Jordan Peterson and Simon Baron-Cohen.
The discussion is titled What Do We Actually Know About Autism?It concludes that autism is a talent for understanding, not thoughts and feelings but…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/17/what-autism-is-not/
In What Autism Is, I characterized autism as exclusion from the existential empathy on which meaningful human experience relies.
Autistic people are irretrievably remote from the conditions for meaning. Whatever they learn is learnt as a simulation and from outside of human connection.
Further clarity about autism comes from considering what autism is not. An opportunity has arisen in this regard, with a discussion between psychologists Jordan Peterson and Simon Baron-Cohen.
The discussion is titled What Do We Actually Know About Autism?It concludes that autism is a talent for understanding, not thoughts and feelings but…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/17/what-autism-is-not/
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This Week in the New Normal #112
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. …wait, we’re going to the moon?
NASA announced they’re sending people back to the moon…next month. Artemis II is going to loop-the-loop around the moon and then comeback. They’re calling it the furthest people have ever been from Earth (but I think Apollo 13 is supposed to have done the same).
After that they plan on actually landing people on the moon next year sometime,…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/18/this-week-in-the-new-normal-112/
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. …wait, we’re going to the moon?
NASA announced they’re sending people back to the moon…next month. Artemis II is going to loop-the-loop around the moon and then comeback. They’re calling it the furthest people have ever been from Earth (but I think Apollo 13 is supposed to have done the same).
After that they plan on actually landing people on the moon next year sometime,…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/18/this-week-in-the-new-normal-112/
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This Is What Tyranny Looks Like Now: No Crowns. No Coups. Just Unchecked Power.
In January 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, a pamphlet that gave voice to the discontent of a nation struggling to free itself from a tyrannical ruler who believed power flowed from his own will rather than the consent of the governed.
Paine’s warning…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/19/this-is-what-tyranny-looks-like-now-no-crowns-no-coups-just-unchecked-power/
>NYT: “Do you see any checks on your power on the world stage? Is there anything that could stop you if you wanted to?”
President Trump: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me, and that’s very good.”
In January 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, a pamphlet that gave voice to the discontent of a nation struggling to free itself from a tyrannical ruler who believed power flowed from his own will rather than the consent of the governed.
Paine’s warning…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/19/this-is-what-tyranny-looks-like-now-no-crowns-no-coups-just-unchecked-power/
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Let’s talk about…DAVOS 2026
Yesterday saw the opening ceremony of the 2026 edition of the World Economic Forum’s annual summit in Davos. The first under the leadership of incoming co-chairman Larry “BlackRock” Fink.
This years “themes” are:
1. How can we cooperate in a more contested world?
2. How can we unlock new sources of growth?
3. How can we better invest in people?
4. How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?
5. How can we build prosperity within planetary boundaries?
…which all sounds rather blah, doesn’t it?
Outside these main themes, a browse through the topics menu will toss…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/20/lets-talk-about-davos-2026/
Yesterday saw the opening ceremony of the 2026 edition of the World Economic Forum’s annual summit in Davos. The first under the leadership of incoming co-chairman Larry “BlackRock” Fink.
This years “themes” are:
1. How can we cooperate in a more contested world?
2. How can we unlock new sources of growth?
3. How can we better invest in people?
4. How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?
5. How can we build prosperity within planetary boundaries?
…which all sounds rather blah, doesn’t it?
Outside these main themes, a browse through the topics menu will toss…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/20/lets-talk-about-davos-2026/
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2026 – The Year US Hegemony Ends?
Just a couple of hours after I wrote that I hadn’t yet seen the major agenda of Davos 2026, Canadian PM Mark Carney made a speech that suddenly made it clear.
So, what is the speech about?
It’s about how the US are bad guys, attempting to boss around the world through strength and nothing more. That the “rules-based order” is, and always was, a lie (sort of). That US hegemony is bad and must end. That countries should be independent (but also not really).
It is rambling and non-specific, alluding to ideas without declaration of a real position,…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/21/2026-the-year-us-hegemony-ends/
Just a couple of hours after I wrote that I hadn’t yet seen the major agenda of Davos 2026, Canadian PM Mark Carney made a speech that suddenly made it clear.
So, what is the speech about?
It’s about how the US are bad guys, attempting to boss around the world through strength and nothing more. That the “rules-based order” is, and always was, a lie (sort of). That US hegemony is bad and must end. That countries should be independent (but also not really).
It is rambling and non-specific, alluding to ideas without declaration of a real position,…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/21/2026-the-year-us-hegemony-ends/
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Lords vote brings UK “Social Media Ban” one step closer
Yesterday, the British House of Lords brought the looming end of online anonymity one step closer when they voted to support an amendment to the pending Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill that would ban children under 16 from using social media.
It’s been said more times than anyone can count, but any “social media ban” based on age would – in reality – be an excuse to require all users to verify their identity and thereby end online anonymity, and eventually usher in government backed digital ID apps.
The good news is that some dissenters in the Lords…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/22/lords-vote-brings-uk-social-media-ban-one-step-closer/
Yesterday, the British House of Lords brought the looming end of online anonymity one step closer when they voted to support an amendment to the pending Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill that would ban children under 16 from using social media.
It’s been said more times than anyone can count, but any “social media ban” based on age would – in reality – be an excuse to require all users to verify their identity and thereby end online anonymity, and eventually usher in government backed digital ID apps.
The good news is that some dissenters in the Lords…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/22/lords-vote-brings-uk-social-media-ban-one-step-closer/
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WATCH: Mutual Aid – #SolutionsWatch
In this time of thoughtcrime and hate speech laws, here’s a dangerous question: how did people provide for themselves BEFORE government-supplied cradle-to-grave welfare and “social security”? It’s one of those questions that is so obviously staring us in the face but no one thinks to ask. Why? Because the powers-that-shouldn’t-be are afraid of its two-word answer, of course: mutual aid.
Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options – can be found here. Previous episodes of #SolutionsWatch can be found here andhere.
Follow us on Telegram for regular updates & commentary...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/23/watch-mutual-aid-solutionswatch/
In this time of thoughtcrime and hate speech laws, here’s a dangerous question: how did people provide for themselves BEFORE government-supplied cradle-to-grave welfare and “social security”? It’s one of those questions that is so obviously staring us in the face but no one thinks to ask. Why? Because the powers-that-shouldn’t-be are afraid of its two-word answer, of course: mutual aid.
Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options – can be found here. Previous episodes of #SolutionsWatch can be found here andhere.
Follow us on Telegram for regular updates & commentary...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/23/watch-mutual-aid-solutionswatch/
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If I am Anti-AI am I the Anti-Christ?
Large Language Models (LLMs), otherwise known as AI chatbots, are statistical models of human speech patterns. Given a prompt, they output a probable string of words as a reply.
LLMs are improved text prediction engines whose newly invented “attention heads”—which update the probability of the next word as the string grows—gave the feature much, much farther and deeper range, such that whole paragraphs and pages could be produced that sound really human-like.
It may not be correct, but it sounds good. LLMs cannot invent new theories. They can only generalize from data. The generalizations may be untrue.
While Peter…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/24/if-i-am-anti-ai-am-i-the-anti-christ/
Large Language Models (LLMs), otherwise known as AI chatbots, are statistical models of human speech patterns. Given a prompt, they output a probable string of words as a reply.
LLMs are improved text prediction engines whose newly invented “attention heads”—which update the probability of the next word as the string grows—gave the feature much, much farther and deeper range, such that whole paragraphs and pages could be produced that sound really human-like.
It may not be correct, but it sounds good. LLMs cannot invent new theories. They can only generalize from data. The generalizations may be untrue.
While Peter…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/24/if-i-am-anti-ai-am-i-the-anti-christ/
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Chronicling the Global Agri-Cartel’s Assault on Rural India
Agrarian Imagination Under Siege: India’s Farmers Against the Global Agri-Cartel (2006) is now available to download for free at Zenodo.
The global news cycle is notoriously fleeting, often treating systemic shifts as fleeting moments of spectacle. When the historic farmers’ protests in India during 2020–21 reached their zenith, images of tractor convoys and mass encampments on the outskirts of Delhi dominated international headlines.
However, while the cameras have long since moved on to other crises, the struggle has not ended. The agrarian crisis has deepened and shifted into new, more complex territories, making the stakes for the…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/25/chronicling-the-global-agri-cartels-assault-on-rural-india/
Agrarian Imagination Under Siege: India’s Farmers Against the Global Agri-Cartel (2006) is now available to download for free at Zenodo.
The global news cycle is notoriously fleeting, often treating systemic shifts as fleeting moments of spectacle. When the historic farmers’ protests in India during 2020–21 reached their zenith, images of tractor convoys and mass encampments on the outskirts of Delhi dominated international headlines.
However, while the cameras have long since moved on to other crises, the struggle has not ended. The agrarian crisis has deepened and shifted into new, more complex territories, making the stakes for the…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/01/25/chronicling-the-global-agri-cartels-assault-on-rural-india/
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