I am an independent journalist who observes the world without filters and speaks freely about what I see, hear, and experience.

Publisher and Editor of The Ugly Monster and Getting Into Chess. News junkie. Music lover. Game fiend. Sci-fi devotee. Anti-conservative. Societal disaster.

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Defence technology, geopolitics, energy & AI analysis. Creator of the Geopolitical Viscosity Index, measuring the structural friction of sovereign power.

The Joyful Collapsologist

Scholar, writer, lover, fool. General failure and a disappointment. Possibly the best writer in the world, but anything is possible.

Retired, minimalist, gardener, post doomer.