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They don’t conquer—they optimize. They don’t build—they benchmark. The modern manager has replaced the tyrant, the priest, and the entrepreneur, all while pretending to “lead.” Civilization was suffocated not by force, but by compliance. www.grimwright.com/the-cult-of-...
The Cult of the Manager
When Orwell warned us about totalitarian control, he imagined boots and banners. What he missed was the spreadsheet. The tyranny arrived in ergonomic chairs, bearing KPIs and ESG reports.
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December 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
They don’t conquer—they optimize. They don’t build—they benchmark. The modern manager has replaced the tyrant, the priest, and the entrepreneur, all while pretending to “lead.” Civilization was suffocated not by force, but by compliance. www.grimwright.com/the-cult-of-...
Fear was once our greatest ally. It made us jump at lions, flee from fire, survive the night. Now it makes us panic over tweets. www.grimwright.com/the-gospel-o...
December 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Fear was once our greatest ally. It made us jump at lions, flee from fire, survive the night. Now it makes us panic over tweets. www.grimwright.com/the-gospel-o...
1989 taught a simple truth: when systems crack, the ones who open early survive; the ones who resist get crushed. Hungary adapted. East Germany was shoved aside. Romania held out—and got shot. There’s always a price for fighting the tide once it turns. www.politico.eu/article/what...
There’s no green backlash, EU climate chief insists
The bloc’s new climate goal for 2040 “is actually an acceleration, rather than a downgrade, of what we are having today,” says Wopke Hoekstra.
www.politico.eu
December 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
1989 taught a simple truth: when systems crack, the ones who open early survive; the ones who resist get crushed. Hungary adapted. East Germany was shoved aside. Romania held out—and got shot. There’s always a price for fighting the tide once it turns. www.politico.eu/article/what...
We’re only seeing the tip of a decades-old money-printing iceberg. Developed economies coast on hopium until the bubble cracks—then inflation robs everyone for years. This isn’t the meal. It’s the welcome drink before we’re served to the system. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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December 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
We’re only seeing the tip of a decades-old money-printing iceberg. Developed economies coast on hopium until the bubble cracks—then inflation robs everyone for years. This isn’t the meal. It’s the welcome drink before we’re served to the system. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
A society that refuses to punish abuse is like a body that refuses to run a fever. The infection spreads—quietly at first, then catastrophically. www.grimwright.com/the-age-of-u...
December 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A society that refuses to punish abuse is like a body that refuses to run a fever. The infection spreads—quietly at first, then catastrophically. www.grimwright.com/the-age-of-u...
Servers in space? Heat only dissipates by radiation in vacuum—the least efficient method. Massive radiators, massive power, massive cost. Even Earth’s priciest electricity is cheaper. This isn’t engineering. It’s PR theatre. www.businessinsider.com/google-proje...
Sundar Pichai says Google will start building data centers in space, powered by the sun, in 2027
Google announced Project Suncatcher earlier this month. CEO Sundar Pichai now says it could begin building data centers in space as soon as 2027.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Servers in space? Heat only dissipates by radiation in vacuum—the least efficient method. Massive radiators, massive power, massive cost. Even Earth’s priciest electricity is cheaper. This isn’t engineering. It’s PR theatre. www.businessinsider.com/google-proje...
“Tax the rich” is a fantasy. The truly wealthy are mobile, shielded, and untouchable—and even squeezing them dry barely dents a national budget. So the system turns, as always, to the Middle Class. The real target isn’t the rich. It’s you. www.masterresource.org/net-zero-fal...
"Tax the Rich": The Successor to Net Zero? - Master Resource
“The fact that Roger Hallam wants to use coercive government to impose his ‘solutions’ on others is a bulls-eye refutation that he is more of a megalomaniac than a clear-eyed scholar. His fringe views...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“Tax the rich” is a fantasy. The truly wealthy are mobile, shielded, and untouchable—and even squeezing them dry barely dents a national budget. So the system turns, as always, to the Middle Class. The real target isn’t the rich. It’s you. www.masterresource.org/net-zero-fal...
The amygdala—our internal alarm bell—has been ringing for 200 million years.
It was built for predators in tall grass, not algorithms in Silicon Valley. www.grimwright.com/the-gospel-o...
It was built for predators in tall grass, not algorithms in Silicon Valley. www.grimwright.com/the-gospel-o...
December 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The amygdala—our internal alarm bell—has been ringing for 200 million years.
It was built for predators in tall grass, not algorithms in Silicon Valley. www.grimwright.com/the-gospel-o...
It was built for predators in tall grass, not algorithms in Silicon Valley. www.grimwright.com/the-gospel-o...
A country burning over half the world’s coal gets hailed as a green savior because it makes the right noises. The hypocrisy is breathtaking. Totalitarian regimes and apocalyptic climate cults always find each other—they speak the same language. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/17/w...
Could the world’s biggest polluter be its savior against climate change? | CNN
China is positioning itself as a leader in the global green transition, sending a large delegation to COP 30 and pledging to reduce emissions by up to 10% from their peak by 2035, even as it continues...
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December 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A country burning over half the world’s coal gets hailed as a green savior because it makes the right noises. The hypocrisy is breathtaking. Totalitarian regimes and apocalyptic climate cults always find each other—they speak the same language. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/17/w...
Protesters railing against conventional energy while living off its comforts is peak incoherence. If their dreams came true, all our modern luxuries—including theirs—would vanish. But maybe they imagine they’ll be in the elite bubble while everyone else toils. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Protesters arrested for blocking world's largest coal export port
Police arrest 141 people in Newcastle Harbour for alleged marine-related offences during an anti-fossil fuel protest that began on Thursday.
www.abc.net.au
December 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Protesters railing against conventional energy while living off its comforts is peak incoherence. If their dreams came true, all our modern luxuries—including theirs—would vanish. But maybe they imagine they’ll be in the elite bubble while everyone else toils. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Stillness is the last luxury. Everything else is noise. www.grimwright.com/the-lost-art...
December 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Stillness is the last luxury. Everything else is noise. www.grimwright.com/the-lost-art...
Argentina keeps chasing quick cash, but Vaca Muerta could be the foundation of real recovery—if there were long-term vision and courage. The country has the land, the rivers, the resources. What it lacks is nerve. worldoil.com/news/2025/12...
Vaca Muerta boom drives Argentina’s first long-term LNG export agreement
Argentina has reached its first long-term LNG sales agreement, marking a pivotal moment for Vaca Muerta’s gas ambitions. A producer consortium led by Pan American Energy will supply up to 2 MMtpa to G...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Argentina keeps chasing quick cash, but Vaca Muerta could be the foundation of real recovery—if there were long-term vision and courage. The country has the land, the rivers, the resources. What it lacks is nerve. worldoil.com/news/2025/12...
Peter got this one right: the U.S. shale boom happened because America is the only place where you can own what’s under your land. That incentive turbocharged innovation. Will the world copy U.S. subsurface rights? Not a chance. youtu.be/1rsdHTjYJsc?...
Can Anyone Replicate the US Shale Revolution? || Peter Zeihan
YouTube video by Zeihan on Geopolitics
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December 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Peter got this one right: the U.S. shale boom happened because America is the only place where you can own what’s under your land. That incentive turbocharged innovation. Will the world copy U.S. subsurface rights? Not a chance. youtu.be/1rsdHTjYJsc?...
Every century finds its witches—heretics, communists, viruses, CO₂.
The choreography never changes; only the costumes do. www.grimwright.com/the-gospel-o...
The choreography never changes; only the costumes do. www.grimwright.com/the-gospel-o...
December 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Every century finds its witches—heretics, communists, viruses, CO₂.
The choreography never changes; only the costumes do. www.grimwright.com/the-gospel-o...
The choreography never changes; only the costumes do. www.grimwright.com/the-gospel-o...
Woke capital vs. “regular” capital? Cute idea. Wall Street has no politics—just profit. It’ll wear any costume that moves money: woke today, MAGA tomorrow, whatever the wind demands. Momentum isn’t conviction; it’s just the shark circling. Conviction is irrelevant. nypost.com/2025/11/21/o...
How Trump can end 'woke capital' — and get US companies back to business
Political activists have been using America’s biggest corporations as vehicles for their leftist social agenda, but new federal securities rules could stop their shenanigans cold.
nypost.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Woke capital vs. “regular” capital? Cute idea. Wall Street has no politics—just profit. It’ll wear any costume that moves money: woke today, MAGA tomorrow, whatever the wind demands. Momentum isn’t conviction; it’s just the shark circling. Conviction is irrelevant. nypost.com/2025/11/21/o...
Africa keeps chasing “empowerment” through the same old extraction-and-export game. A giant continent reduced to an economic minnow. Stop digging and selling. Start building domestic economies that actually create value instead of enriching a tiny elite. globallnghub.com/report-prese...
African gas offers potential but major challenges remain | Global LNG Hub
African gas reserves are large, but high costs, slow project development, limited infrastructure and financing hurdles mean only a few projects may advance at scale.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Africa keeps chasing “empowerment” through the same old extraction-and-export game. A giant continent reduced to an economic minnow. Stop digging and selling. Start building domestic economies that actually create value instead of enriching a tiny elite. globallnghub.com/report-prese...
Three hundred years ago, Salem hanged its witches. Today, we just deplatform ours.
Fear hasn’t vanished — it’s evolved. What once triggered survival on the savannah now fuels compliance in the digital village.
www.grimwright.com/the-gospel-o...
Fear hasn’t vanished — it’s evolved. What once triggered survival on the savannah now fuels compliance in the digital village.
www.grimwright.com/the-gospel-o...
The Gospel of Fear
We haven’t outgrown witch hunts—we’ve digitized them. The bonfires are online, the sermons televised, the priests replaced by experts clutching data instead of crosses. The liturgy is unchanged: fear…
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December 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Three hundred years ago, Salem hanged its witches. Today, we just deplatform ours.
Fear hasn’t vanished — it’s evolved. What once triggered survival on the savannah now fuels compliance in the digital village.
www.grimwright.com/the-gospel-o...
Fear hasn’t vanished — it’s evolved. What once triggered survival on the savannah now fuels compliance in the digital village.
www.grimwright.com/the-gospel-o...
We’ve mistaken motion for meaning. The world twitches, scrolls, reacts—convinced that perpetual motion equals life. But the quiet, the pause, the refusal to dance to the algorithm’s drum—these are acts of rebellion now. www.grimwright.com/the-lost-art...
December 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
We’ve mistaken motion for meaning. The world twitches, scrolls, reacts—convinced that perpetual motion equals life. But the quiet, the pause, the refusal to dance to the algorithm’s drum—these are acts of rebellion now. www.grimwright.com/the-lost-art...
If there’s one race I’m glad to lose, it’s EVs. Let China have the whole mess. Without subsidies, sales fall like someone leaping off the Burj Khalifa. Factor in road wear and fire risks, and the economics collapse entirely. Best to walk away. thehill.com/opinion/tech...
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December 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
If there’s one race I’m glad to lose, it’s EVs. Let China have the whole mess. Without subsidies, sales fall like someone leaping off the Burj Khalifa. Factor in road wear and fire risks, and the economics collapse entirely. Best to walk away. thehill.com/opinion/tech...
Has Trump learned since 2020? Maybe. He’s gone from chaotic outsider to chaotic-but-calculating politician. Sharper, tougher—and now part of the machine he once rattled. I’m not mad. Seeing how momentum rules everything cured me of hope and resistance. I enjoy the show. www.wmbriggs.com/post/59198/
Donald vs Ishmael vs Esau — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
I haven’t written for a year. Since Donald won his third term. The reason is because I wanted to see if he learned any lessons. Therefore, I had to watch what he did (and ignore what was said). It …
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December 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Has Trump learned since 2020? Maybe. He’s gone from chaotic outsider to chaotic-but-calculating politician. Sharper, tougher—and now part of the machine he once rattled. I’m not mad. Seeing how momentum rules everything cured me of hope and resistance. I enjoy the show. www.wmbriggs.com/post/59198/
To endure solitude without collapsing is the first taste of freedom. www.grimwright.com/fortress-of-...
December 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
To endure solitude without collapsing is the first taste of freedom. www.grimwright.com/fortress-of-...
Britain could still tap plenty of North Sea oil & gas if it actually wanted to. It’ll need it when the fantasy economy finally collapses and manufacturing must rise from the grave. Politicians won’t act until every stupid option is exhausted. notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/b...
Britain threatened by gas shortages as North Sea output plummets
By Paul Homewood h/t Philip Bratby From the Telegraph: Britain faces the risk of severe gas shortages as plummeting North Sea production leaves the country dangerously reliant …
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December 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Britain could still tap plenty of North Sea oil & gas if it actually wanted to. It’ll need it when the fantasy economy finally collapses and manufacturing must rise from the grave. Politicians won’t act until every stupid option is exhausted. notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/b...
Pedaled from Vienna to Khartoum as a younger fool. Slept warm on Greek beaches, froze in the Sudanese desert. Same sun—different nights. The reason? Water vapor traps heat; dry desert air bleeds it. Everything else is noise. wattsupwiththat.com/2025/11/24/a...
A World Without Air
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach (@weschenbach on X, blog at Skating Under The Ice) Like Don Quixote suffering a coffee overdose, once again I mount my steed, take up my lance, and go tilting at win…
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December 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Pedaled from Vienna to Khartoum as a younger fool. Slept warm on Greek beaches, froze in the Sudanese desert. Same sun—different nights. The reason? Water vapor traps heat; dry desert air bleeds it. Everything else is noise. wattsupwiththat.com/2025/11/24/a...
Stillness exposes the machinery. The endless, useless motion that keeps the illusion alive. www.grimwright.com/the-lost-art...
December 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Stillness exposes the machinery. The endless, useless motion that keeps the illusion alive. www.grimwright.com/the-lost-art...
My father told me at 15: “Every Schilling you don’t spend is one you don’t have to earn.” Still true. Frugality buys freedom. Today families need two incomes, yet we live well on one—because we keep our spending sane. Freedom starts with what you don’t buy. youtu.be/KSBWCi15lks?...
Charlie Munger: How to Live on an Extremely Low Income
YouTube video by The Munger Files
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December 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My father told me at 15: “Every Schilling you don’t spend is one you don’t have to earn.” Still true. Frugality buys freedom. Today families need two incomes, yet we live well on one—because we keep our spending sane. Freedom starts with what you don’t buy. youtu.be/KSBWCi15lks?...