Before Trump Meets Xi, Look at What China Just Gave BRICS America is trying to hold onto its superior tech while China is sharing with the rest. By John Feffer

 https://fpif.org/before-trump-meets-xi-look-at-what-china-just-gave-brics/

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What China has been doing with open-source models these past few years comes closer to the phrase “keep humans in the loop” than any alignment manifesto does. and how to keep everyone in the loop.

https://asiatimes.com/2026/09/we-must-not-be-scared-by-silicon-valleys-ai-slowdown-theory/
What China has been doing with open-source models these past few years comes closer to the phrase “keep humans in the loop” than any alignment manifesto does.
and
how to keep everyone in the loop.
https://asiatimes.com/2026/09/why-south-korea-is-giving-51-million-people-unlimited-ai/

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China Takes the Wheel

 https://dissentmagazine.org/article/chinese-automakers-electric-vehicles-labor/

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China - progress, dominance and solving problems

 https://thedissidentvoice.org/2026/07/80-of-american-companies-are-switching-to-chinese-ai-models/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/30/asia/air-pollution-report-china-south-asia-intl-hnk-scn

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Meta accused of targeting employees with medical conditions - and other news of other Oligarch abuses

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=3569073&post_id=207427847&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjA3NDI3ODQ3LCJpYXQiOjE3ODQyOTk1OTAsImV4cCI6MTc4Njg5MTU5MCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTM1NjkwNzMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.ddCGe7D2PSIyrb4Q-vBD0GCpfjAHtzFHNkLI_SIUq50

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Marginalia on a Burning System: Rereading Deleuze and Guattari in the Age of Financial Axiomatics

 https://www.thephilosophicalsalon.com/marginalia-on-a-burning-system-rereading-deleuze-and-guattari-in-the-age-of-financial-axiomatics/

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Why AI Doesn’t Think, Cannot Reason, Isn’t Intelligent and Will Never Achieve Consciousness and You Don't Know How Much 6G Will Change the World

 What AI cannot do but 6G can

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/06/why-ai-doesnt-think-cannot-reason-isnt-intelligent-and-will-never-achieve-consciousness/

and
https://thedissidentvoice.org/2026/07/you-dont-know-how-much-6g-will-change-the-world/

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The Left and Breaching Capitalism’s Digital Fortress Rezgar Akrawi

 Advice for the Class Struggle

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/26/the-left-and-breaching-capitalisms-digital-fortress/

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Silicon shock: the macro of technology inflation

 https://asiatimes.com/2026/05/silicon-shock-the-macro-of-technology-inflation/

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When AIs Can Tell They’re Being Watched ~~ AND ~~ ‘A Big F*ck You to Big Tech’: New Jersey Residents Defeat AI Data Center

https://controlai.news/p/when-ais-can-tell-theyre-being-watched/utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true

https://scheerpost.com/2026/02/20/a-big-fck-you-to-big-tech-new-jersey-residents-defeat-ai-data-center/

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Defending Against the Next Bioweapon: the mRNA Imperative

 https://warontherocks.com/2026/01/defending-against-the-next-bioweapon-the-mrna-imperative/

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American fascism is both homegrown and imported ~~ and ~~ Karl Marx Was Right About Everything (The AI Revolution is Here)

 https://mronline.org/2026/02/07/american-fascism-is-both-homegrown-and-imported/

https://youtu.be/6dAvs-oDaBE?si=VM-iu57xRUCZZ5Ue

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Israel's all-seeing eye is the stealthiest cruelty of all in Gaza

 https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-surveillance/

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Interview of an Author who is an Expert on the Many Facets of Mining and Mineral Extraction, Focusing on Lithium

"Extraction w/ Thea Riofrancos”, Nov 13, 2025, Daniel Denvir interviews Thea Riofrancos about her book on resource extraction. She investigated and wrote about the upcoming rounds of mineral extraction (rare earths particularly Lithium) associated with high-tech equipment and electric cars and trucks, duration of audio 2:34:14, The Dig a podcast series from Jacobin Magazine, at < https://thedigradio.com/podcast/extraction-w-thea-riofrancos/ >

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Data Centers Devour Electricity. Private Equity Is Buying Utilities to Cash In.

 https://truthout.org/articles/data-centers-devour-electricity-private-equity-is-buying-utilities-to-cash-in/

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AI Could Wipe Out the Working Class | Sen. Bernie Sanders

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dthbi4lzO58

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Some Ramifications of the end of American / Western Hegemony: The Case of Rare Earth Minerals, and the Economic and Military Effects of China Restricting Access

1). “Shocking U.S. Defeat: China's Rare Earth Checkmate Is NOT What Media Pretends”, Oct 13, 2025, Pascal Lottaz discusses the Chinese actions to limit U.S. Military Industrial Complex access to Rare Earth Minerals, Neutrality Studies, duration of video 30:14, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX3WlHcTvF8 > .

2). “China’s New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten U.S. Defense Supply Chains”, Oct 9, 2025, Gracelin Baskaran, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), at < https://www.csis.org/analysis/chinas-new-rare-earth-and-magnet-restrictions-threaten-us-defense-supply-chains >.

3). “The Consequences of China’s New Rare Earths Export Restrictions”, Apr 14, 2025, Gracelin Baskaran & Meredith Schwartz, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), at < https://www.csis.org/analysis/consequences-chinas-new-rare-earths-export-restrictions >.

4). “What China’s Ban on Rare Earths Processing Technology Exports Means”, Jan 8, 2024, Gracelin Baskaran, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), at < https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-chinas-ban-rare-earths-processing-technology-exports-means >.

5). “Rare Earth Elements: Where in the World Are They?”, Nov 23, 2021, Nicholas LePan, Visual Capitalist, at < https://www.visualcapitalist.com/rare-earth-elements-where-in-the-world-are-they/ >.

6). “The REAL reason why Trump is attacking Latin America”, Oct 25, 2025, Ben Norton discusses the moves of the U.S. Ruling class, as embodied in the Donald Trump regime, Geopolitical Economy Report, duration of video 36:42, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcWH-LPyTow&t=2s >.

7). “Chas Freeman: Imperial Overstretch - 500 Years of Dominance Come to an End”, Oct 25, 2025, Glen Diesen interviews Chas Freeman, Glen Diesen, duration of video 45:23, at < https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/chas-freeman-imperial-overstretch >.

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Can urban farming play a key role in food security?

 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/03/06/environment/japan-urban-farming/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=pianoex&utm_campaign=723683226

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Robots Are Learning to Make Human Babies

 https://humanprogress.org/robots-are-learning-to-make-human-babies/

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The Case for America With Some Chinese Characteristics

 https://jacobin.com/2025/09/china-us-breakneck-engineering-law

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