Gary Singh

Megaproject to Megadump: North Macedonia’s Ancient City Surrounded by Garbage The archaeological site of Skupi, the ancient predecessor of today’s capital Skopje, has been spared inept restoration – only to fall into neglect and oblivion.

My kind of travel writing ...

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278. India’s First Partition: Burma’s Brexit (Part 1) Why did Japan’s invasion of Burma in WW2 affect its path to independence? Who was the Burmese fascist leader who praised Hitler for his views on immigration? How did the separation of Burma link to th...

Still my favorite history podcast. Empire.

India’s First Partition: Burma’s Brexit (Part 1) on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ea/dir-uz26g...

This is what I do every week. In case you don't know.

ImperialAI: the empire strikes back An essential conversation with journalist and author, Karen Hao, about OpenAI and its ambition to dominate and conquer all before it

“...it has been incredibly alarming to just see how this frame of understanding these companies as Empire has just come to be more and more true by the day.”

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RIP, CBS Trump's cronies move in at the Tiffany Network

“The CEOs always think they can somehow pacify Trump or buy him off with concessions. And they are always wrong.”

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“He Stole Her” Donald Trump’s Chilling Admission About Epstein, Mar-a-Lago, and Virginia Giuffre

He stole her. That's what Trump said.
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How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.

WIRED is doing great work these days...

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Geezer Butler: Ozzy Osbourne was the Prince of Laughter From the day Ozzy arrived barefoot on his doorstep to their emotional final show three weeks ago, the Black Sabbath bassist reflects on 57 years of friendship

Geezer speaks!

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Phillip: He denied being briefed on the files, which he was.

He denied knowing Prince Andrew, despite pictures of them together, including at mar-a-lago.

And he denied being on Epstein's plane when he had many times.

It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.

It's not quite Hunter S. Thompson's obituary of Nixon, but a very satisfying read. 👇

Joey Mannarino 180 degree turn.

Joey did a 180 so hard the Lolita Express had to re-calculate its flight path.

Drip, drip ...

Predatory Strongmen II: Berlusconi and Trump The coverage of Epstein and Trump reminds us of the power of a free press and independent judiciary

More excellent comparisons.

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The paperback, with new preface, coming next month. Preorder now!
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Pat Tillman’s brother arrested in suspected arson of San Jose post office Richard Tillman, 44, of San Jose, is suspected of crashing his vehicle into a United States Postal Service building in the 6500 block of Crown Boulevard in South San Jose.

My home town. (In case you don't live here.) 👇

Pat Tillman's brother arrested in suspected arson of San Jose post office www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/20/f...

photos from the edge 15 - chinatown's living room CHINATOWN'S LIVING ROOM Photos by David Bacon Without doubt, Portsmouth Square is the best-used public space in San Francisco, affectionatel...

Some great photos of Portsmouth Square in San Francisco. I wander through there almost every time I go anywhere near North Beach or Chinatown.
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What an important point by @jkbjournalist.bsky.social back in February and ever more relevant.

"Pam Bondi was Florida's attorney general 2011-2109 ... So questions should be asked about why she didn't take up the [Epstein] case -- or launch a probe -- when she was attorney general in Florida."

Exclusive | Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump. The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’

gift link to the WSJ story Trump didn’t want anyone ever to see

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Yep.

When we interviewed provincial Communist Party officials in remote parts of China, they had same whipped-dog "whatever the Big Boss says, is right" tone as this... US State Dept spox!

The only people better prepared for today's US than China correspondents, are those w experience in North Korea.

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I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book. What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.

Now seems the time to repost this big story we did a few years ago... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Yep.

The folks at @wired.com are doing great work. Keep it up!

People who feel bad for JD Vance’s kids as family gets booed at Disneyland. I get it, but better those kids know now what their father is about. Other kids are watching their parents get shipped off to gulags.

For the last 50 years, basically.

“Morale is in the crapper,” one former ICE agent said. “Even those that are gung ho about the mission aren’t happy with how they are asking to execute it—the quotas and the shift to the low-hanging fruit to make the numbers.”

https://trib.al/mcbW3zX

The Kool-Aid Presidency: How Donald Trump Created America’s Jonestown He didn’t need a jungle. With lies, fear, and blind loyalty, Trump built his Jonestown in the heart of our republic — and millions are still drinking…

"Jim Jones didn’t start out plotting mass suicide. He got there one lie, one power grab, one act of cruelty at a time. ..."

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King Charles and Macron toast 'ever closer' UK-France ties at state banquet Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte are in the UK for a three-day trip.

In attendance: Elton John and Mick Jagger.
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