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Today the EU’s External Action Service published its 4th annual report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference. It is, as in previous years, an impressive technical document. It maps 540 incidents across 10,500 channels. It documents how AI has supercharged Russian and Chinese disinformation. It introduces a new Deterrence Playbook.Predictably Russia and China are named again. The United States is not. Israel is not despite their interference in Hungary and Slovenia. Elon Musk — whose platform accounts for 88% of all detected FIMI activity by the EEAS’s own figures, and who has directly intervened in elections in Germany, the UK, and Poland — is not subject to the required FIMI analysis and political action. I created the 4th Shadow FIMI Report to cover this gap. This is not an analytical gap. It is a political choice that has dangerous consequences for Europe.

Episode 4: Epstein, Trump & MAGAThe Trump–Epstein relationship goes back decades. They moved in the same New York and Palm Beach circles in the 1980s and 1990s, appeared together at parties and at Mar‑a‑Lago. At least one survivor, Virginia Giuffre, has alleged that her trafficking began when she was recruited while working at Trump’s Mar‑a‑Lago resort — an allegation covered widely, including by the Miami Herald and the BBC. This episode looks at the a relationship between Trump, Epstein and also the chief strategist of the MAGA movement Steve Bannon.

Episode 3: The BanksFor over 15 years, major financial institutions like JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank processed over $1 billion for Epstein despite glaring red flags. This podcast details the internal compliance failures, the ignored warnings of human trafficking, and the line between systemic negligence and wilful complicity.

Episode 2: Follow The Money "The Money Machine," explores how Jeffrey Epstein built his wealth by acting as a financial gatekeeper for a few billionaires. It details his symbiotic relationship with retail mogul Leslie Wexner, who granted Epstein unprecedented power of attorney in 1991. This allowed Epstein to oversee $1.3 billion in stock sales and acquire his Manhattan mansion. After Wexner severed ties, Epstein relied on Leon Black, who paid him $158 million for "tax advice"—funds the US Virgin Islands alleged were explicitly used to finance his trafficking operations. What was the real nature of these relationships?

Episode 1: The Deal & Cover Up of a LifetimeIn 2008, federal prosecutors crafted a secret non-prosecution agreement that effectively shielded Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators from justice. We explore how the justice system was manipulated, why the victims were kept in the dark, and who had the power to stop him but chose to look away to protect a powerful network that was deeply connected to intelligence agencies and politicians.Image based on a graphic by Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN: Getty Images; Medium; US House Oversight Committee

Escaping the Freeze: The Physics of the Wealth SiphonAlmost everything that is wrong in our societies is a derivative of increased wealth inequality. Here is the physics of the trap—and the blueprint to escape it. 

Based on the Compossible articles:What is Entropy? – Part 1Entropy is a fundamental concept representing change and flow in the universe. It reflects the transformation of energy. This article explores how living organisms harness energy for use (utility) in their struggle against the unstoppable force of information uncertainty.What is Entropy? – Part 2Part 2: Life-forms are ‘Really Useful Engines’…"...Time held me green and dyingThough I sang in my chains like the sea."(Dylan Thomas, 'Fern Hill')

This podcast is based on a 3 part series on Elon Musk:Elon Musk – Part 1: The Crusader Behind The Mask?Elon Musk is a deeply conflicted character. Intelligent, driven, troubled and darkElon Musk – Part 2: The Limits of Free Speech & The Paradox of ToleranceWe look at the dark wizard’s takeover of the public forum and his techno-Stalinist tendenciesElon Musk – Part 3: The Death StarWe watch in horror as the Empire of The Dark Enlightenment grows

There is a palpable sense across Europe that the old rules of politics and many traditional political parties are breaking down. The political landscape of Europe is defined by a critical confluence of forces that threaten the foundations of liberal representative democracy. Firewalls (Brandmauer) and political cordon sanitaires are failing to keep back the hard right.The steady rise of radical-right parties, once confined to the fringes, and the chaotic and toxic nature of most of our mainstream media and online discourse can feel like a series of frightening disconnected crises. They are not. These are symptoms of a deeper, coordinated shift in how power is being captured and wielded by wealthy powerful forces.See our AI assisted article and notebook to find out more.

AI’s Double Edge: From Solving Global Problems and High Level Maths to Black Box Bias and the Geopolitics of Computing PowerRead more here:AI: Ethics, Governance, Law & SocietyHarnessing AI for Public Policy: Use of AI as part of high tech integrated social sciences and as a powerful tool for public policy

Democracy – The Fight for a Compossible Future: From Ancient Agora to AI, the Quest for Ideal Governance and the Paradox of Power, Information, and Control.

How did it happen and why?Will we ever know the full picture of what happened on October 7th? An independent State Commission of inquiry is needed for the victims and their families and to ensure lessons are learned."Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” (Netanyahu, 2019)AI list of some source articles

Part 1 - The history of establishment of the State of Israel and the Greater Israel ProjectWhat is modern Israel?Jewish immigration waves (Aliyah)The establishment of Israel 1948 / the Nakba (ethnic cleansing of Palestinians)What is Greater Israel?1967: The Six Day War and the Illegal occupation of Palestinian territories (Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem)What is Zionist settler colonialism? Part 2 - The Israeli-Palestinian conflictCan we explain the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for someone with limited knowledge of the history?Is the Israeli-Palestinian just a conflict between two neighbouring peoples?Has there been apartheid, persecution and dehumanisation of Palestinians? Why did Netanyahu and the Israeli Govt support Hamas?The October 07th 2023 Hamas attackHow did Israeli agencies respond to the Hamas attack?Has Israel committed genocide in Gaza?Why are Likud and Kahanist allies working with far right groups in Europe?Part 3 - International support for IsraelThe USA's extraordinary economic and military support for IsraelAmerican's diplomatic iron-dome for Israel in the UNUS bipartisan support for IsraelEuropean tradeInternational support for and/or failure to prevent the Genocide in Gaza by European powersPart 4 - Is there any hope for the future?What fair settlement can be made in the Israel-Palestine territory?How could we implement a fair deal for Palestinians whilst ensuring security for both Israelis & Palestinians?Is a Two State solution at all achievable? Has this been overtaken decades ago by continued Israeli occupation and acceleration of illegal settlements in the occupied territories? Is it being pushed by Western countries that have no real expectation that it can succeed without Israeli and American support? What about a One State solution? Could Israel become a non-zionist pluralistic and secular country with equality for all? How would Israelis be persuaded? Is it realistic? Would this work for Palestinians?How do we deal with the extraordinary power imbalance between Israelis and Palestinians? How do we help to create economic success for Palestinians?How do we guarantee equality between Israelis and Palestinians?How do we deal with so much historic suffering and injustice?What role does the international community have in creating support for a binding enforceable settlement?Re-humanisation and restoring empathySupporting sources: ⁠Greater Israel & the War on Gaza⁠⁠Life for Palestinians in Illegally Occupied Territories⁠⁠Media Coverage of Palestine⁠⁠Ukrainian-Israeli Conflict Perspectives⁠⁠Germany's Complicity in GazaIsrael-Palestine Conflict (Threads)

What are Large Language Models (LLMs)? How do LLMs work?Are LLMs just algorithmic programs to guess the next word?What is intelligence? How do we determine what is consciousness?Could AI achieve genuine understanding, self-awareness, or consciousness or are they digital 'philosophical' zombies?What are the ethical and philosophical implications of potential AI sentience and autonomy?

"if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought" (George Orwell)How the BBC helps to further dehumanise Palestinians and has become an effective denier of genocide in its support of Israeli propaganda and the UK State's support. UK State complicity in human rights violations and war crimes in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories is very wide and deep.Supporting sources:⁠BBC Bias in Palestinian Coverage⁠

Did the founders of the USA believe that all humans were equal or only white property holding males?While the US Constitution contained ideals that could eventually be used to resist slavery and inequality, its original structure and the immediate laws enacted protected white male supremacy, the institution of slavery and the extermination of the indigenous American Indians. Has America really come to terms with its origins and how these still influence its society and foreign policy? Is Trump, the extremist GOP and the MAGA political movement a reflection of the dark true history of America and a desire to return to a master-slave society?Is it time for a new American revolution for the benefit of all?

Review of Palintir Technologies Inc. – Another part of the US-Israeli military industrial complex?

The intentional destruction of a people, social infrastructure and the conditions necessary for life by Israel and the USA . More than 2m people displaced and more than 50,000 people killed – over 70% of which have been women and children."Justice has fled, Dumb, blind and deaf All that remainsIs the sword"Cover art: AI generated imagePerplexity AI selection of materials

The EU recently published the EU ReArm strategy "⁠European Readiness 2030⁠" White Paper.In this podcast we take an AI powered deep dive into the political, financial and technological challenges to achieving greater defence autonomy for the EU and UK. This report highlights the depth of integration of US and Israeli technology in European military, law enforcement and intelligence services.

A look at the geopolitical drivers of the commercial and military development of AI – based on the Compossible article 'The AI Arms Race'

Life in this universe is only possible due to inequalities. We must therefore be very careful to distinguish useful inequality and inequitable structures of economic and political power that are not useful.Based on the article on the Compossible.blog: Inequality and InequityArtwork: Beautiful inequality, created by Peter Howitt from “Solar System Painting”, NASA, 2008 CE, public domain.

The Atlas Network: a global network funded by billionaires and multinational corporations fuelling climate change denial and anti-democratic political movements Some great resources to start your journey of understanding of the Atlas Network: The DeSmog website 'What We Are Up Against' – Prof. Julia Steinberger ‘The Koch-funded Atlas Network is also targeting Europe‘ – Multinationals ObservatoryCompossible - Atlas: A Burning Planet Earth Is On Its HeadAI art cover by Peter Howitt

Deep dive on long term rates of change in biodiversity loss, climate change and global warming and ideas on how we might avoid catastrophic civilisational collapse.This includes information from the recent major report 'The global human impact on biodiversity"

The eviction of children from childhood in the Israeli military justice system and the treatment of adult Palestinians (before and after October 07 2023)Companion Poem: 'The Witching Hour' Further info: Perplexity AI selection of data

"Be melting snow, Wash yourself of yourself" (Rumi)A deep dive based on the following articles on Compossible:Free Will Or Freedom? – Part 1“Be melting snow, Wash yourself of yourself”Freewill Or Freedom – Part 2“Tell me the name of the flower that flies from bird to bird?Artwork by Vincent Van Gogh

“The sun sank with a sob and darkness waded in from all horizons so that the sky contracted and there was no more light left in the world when, at this very moment of annihilation, the moon, as though she had been waiting for her cue, sailed up the night.”(Mervyn Peake)Deep Dive of a chapter from the book 'Ethics of Life - freedom & diversity'Image: J. M. W. Turner, “⁠Fishermen At Sea⁠”, 1796, Wikipedia, public domain.

The absolute value of life and the overriding importance of compossibility of laws, actions and lifeformsYou can read the main articles here: 'Towards a Universal Ethical Framework' and here 'Direct Decentralised Democracy'

The Limits Of Language & Logic – Part 1Words can be spells. Language is perhaps the most wondrous and dangerous of our discoveries and technologies, a magic that must be respected and used very carefully.The Limits of Language & Logic – Part 2Part 2: continuing the exploration of the limits of language & logic“...As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame;As tumbled over rim in roundy wellsStones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell'sBow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name;Each mortal thing does one thing and the same:Deals out that being indoors each one dwells;Selves — goes itself; myself it speaks and spells,Crying Whát I dó is me: for that I came.”(Gerard Manley Hopkins, “As Kingfishers Catch Fire”, 1877)An overview of the limits of what we can think and say in any language - based on the ⁠Compossible article⁠.

“I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.”(Vincent van Gogh)Deep Dive of a chapter from the book 'Ethics of Life - freedom & diversity'Image: NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)captured a unique view of Earth from the spacecraft’s vantage point in orbit around the moon. NASA Goddard FlightWhat is Entropy? – Part 1Entropy is a fundamental concept representing change and flow in the universe. It reflects the transformation of usable energy and the complexity of life. This article explores how living organisms harness usable energy for their use (utility) in their struggle against the unstoppable force ofWhat is Entropy? – Part 2Part 2: Life-forms are ‘Really Useful Engines’….

Perhaps, the acceleration of AI to a point where it is not fully enslaved to humans can be a brighter future we should be willing to consider and explore?Read the article here: 'Why I Am An AI Optimist' - compossible.blog

Russia, America and Israel – and the far right in Europe.For more information and sources read the long article 'A New Axis Powers'.

Overview of 'Ethics of Life': A poetic and philosophical meditation on life and the importance of unusualness and diversity of life-forms, ideas, cultures, peoples and species. The book explores key themes in AI, freedom and free will, cooperation and competition, sacrifice and suffering.

The far-right authoritarian takeover of America by a network of corporations and a handful of billionaires. See Project 2025 - The Takeover for a wide range of source material.

The table is set, the knives are out and Europe is on the menu. Will it wake up in time?Based on a number of articles including 'Europe Is On The Menu'

An introduction to how we got to this dangerous point in our history and how this is also an opportunity to rebuild a better democracy together - read the article A Great Wave Cometh