The Good News Is People Are Realizing We’re On Our Own

Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, We no longer care who’s behind the curtain because we’re in charge of our own lives now. The Good News is people are realizing We’re On Our Own and starting to take action accordingly. This article describes how people in one low-income county are localizing self-reliance rather than remain dependent on …

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Britain is begging sick people to stay away from hospitals during holidays. Socialized medicine can’t survive the winter.

Six hospitals declare critical incidents amid H3N2 surge. Public told to avoid hospitals unless it’s a true emergency. What happens when flu surges and hospitals have no room for patients? Hospitals in Calderdale and Huddersfield have issued a warning as their services are extremely busy. The Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has asked visitors …

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Firefox promises ‘kill switch’ that turns off all AI features. ‘I have never seen a company so astoundingly out of touch with the people who want to use its software.’

People are finally hitting the brakes on this AI takeover because enough is enough. The backlash against AI invading almost every aspect of the computing experience is growing by the day. Particularly as an onslaught of lazy AI slop subsuming news feeds, the tech is starting to feel like a massive distraction — and huge …

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Waymo has to pay people $22 to close doors on Robotaxis.

Don Adkins was walking along the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles late one night this month when he heard a plea for help. “Please close the right-side rear door, thanks,” Adkins recalled a synthetic voice calling out. It came from a Jaguar SUV stopped in the street with its lights flashing. One of the hundreds …

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People are cancelling health insurance in 2026

Why Americans are canceling health insurance in 2026 as premiums explode, deductibles rise, and inflation continues to squeeze household budgets across America. As the cost of living crisis worsens, more Americans are discovering they can no longer afford coverage without sacrificing rent, food, utilities, or savings. In this video, we explain what’s driving massive premium …

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So the same people applauded the move when it suited them and now claim executive power doesn’t exist in the same context.

Biden’s border collapse was a deliberate policy choice—not an accident. His administration processed 8 million+ illegal entries through executive abuse of parole and asylum loopholes, incentivizing historic chaos. Dems cheered as Biden’s DHS released 5.8 million migrants into… — DOGEai TX (@DOGEai_tx) December 22, 2025 This kind of flip tells you more than any speech …

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This comments section is full of people behind the Great EU Firewall

This comments section is full of people behind the Great EU Firewall pic.twitter.com/wMSfkoWbze — gerry🗯 (@Gerry) December 22, 2025 From France… pic.twitter.com/yPCVHFEtlB — Belarrius — e/acc (@belarrius) December 22, 2025 Why do i get this message? What is x hiding in Europe? pic.twitter.com/WZw2PgRGJi — Tommy (@bergers_thomas) December 22, 2025 This is why we need to …

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Elon Musk: If you pay organizations per homeless person, you get more homeless people and the NGOs fight hard to maximize the homeless population. Whatever you incentivize will happen.

pic.twitter.com/U5ofh5qn9f — Libertarian Party NH 🦔 (@LPNH) December 21, 2025 https://twitter.com/369Love_/status/2002622900827009218 California took $24B from taxpayers to address their homelessness crisis. I wonder where that money went… pic.twitter.com/kgIUkqG3D1 — ZNO 🇺🇸 (@therealZNO) December 20, 2025

Australia is about to start arresting people for memes like the UK

Australia announces crackdown on “hate speech” They’re about to start arresting people for memes like the UK RIP… pic.twitter.com/QhlPXISw0B — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 20, 2025 This is where it stops being jokes and starts being a trap. Memes, tweets, anything the government decides is “offensive” can get you in trouble.

UK set to jail people without juries

The UK is going insane. They want to scrap jury trials and give magistrates the power to lock people up for two years with no right to appeal. That is not reform, that is removing the last speed bump between the state and someone’s freedom. Once that door opens, innocent people do not get protected, …

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The Brown shooting investigation is being run by people whose past failures and conflicts should terrify the public

“MUST WATCH: You could not have found a more incompetent group of corrupt morons who are leading the investigation into the shooting at Brown University: – Brown’s head of campus security was fired from his last job for not having the proper credentials. – Brown’s President may have removed security cameras from the campus at …

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ATTENTION YOUNG PEOPLE | Trump to hire 1,000 specialists for new U.S. Tech Force to build AI into government. Fantastic opportunity for young tech maniacs to get involved.

The Trump administration on Monday unveiled a new initiative dubbed the “U.S. Tech Force,” comprising about 1,000 engineers and other specialists who will work on artificial intelligence infrastructure and other technology projects throughout the federal government. Participants will commit to a two-year employment program working with teams that report directly to agency leaders in “collaboration …

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On average, only 15% of people refused the COVID vaccine?

On average, only 15% of people refused the COVID vaccine 💉 15% who had the courage to stand firm, think for themselves, and say fuck no! That 15% showed real strength and conviction, staying true to their values! 💪 I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I fucking… pic.twitter.com/vRYAtQbJle — Jeckov Kanani (@JeckovKanani) …

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Pfizer has so far fired nearly 2000 people in cost cutting

Pfizer is in the midst of an aggressive, multi-year cost-cutting effort, which so far has left nearly 2,000 people jobless. Pfizer will part ways with more than 200 employees across Switzerland as part of continuing effort to slow its cash burn, according to a Wednesday report from Bloomberg. After the layoffs, the pharma expects its …

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People are living in their cars because they can no longer afford rent. L.A. advances a ban on renting RVs to homeless residents on public streets.

The Los Angeles City Council has given initial approval to an ordinance aimed at outlawing “vanlording,” the practice of leasing recreational vehicles to unhoused residents on public streets — a phenomenon long visible in Venice and increasingly across the San Fernando Valley. The measure, introduced by Councilmember Traci Park in 2023, amends city law to …

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UK Arrests 33 People a Day for Social Media Posts

by Martin Armstrong The United Kingdom has eroded all citizens’ individual rights. No one is safe, even if they are thousands of miles away. Around 33 people are arrested each day for voicing opinions or engaging in legal actions that the government does not approve of. In 2023, authorities arrested over 12,000 people across England …

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Luigi Mangione to Cop: ‘All of these people are here for a mass murderer? Wild’

An officer who escorted Luigi Mangione to an arraignment hearing after his December 2024 arrest revealed in court Tuesday what the accused murderer said while walking past spectators and reporters on his way out of the Pennsylvania courthouse. “All of these people are here for a mass murderer? Wild,” Mangione allegedly said, according to Altoona …

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$21 billion in Obamacare subsidies cannot be traced to actual people, GAO finds 18 fake enrollees still collecting $10,000 a month each.

$21 BILLION IN OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES CAN’T BE TRACED TO ACTUAL PEOPLE Government Accountability Office decided to see if anyone’s actually watching the store. So they made 20 completely fictitious applicants – no real people, no documentation, just testing if the system would notice. 18 of them are still actively covered. September 2025. Monthly payout: over …

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23 people have died in ICE custody.

23 people ? Out of 600,000 deportations pic.twitter.com/SoyaHgcl5m — 🇺🇸🇵🇷 WE’RE BACK (@AntMAGA2025) December 7, 2025 On September 29, 2025, in what has become a shockingly common occurrence, Huabing Xie died in ICE custody after suffering an apparent seizure. Xie, a citizen of China, is the 23rd person officially reported by U.S. Immigration and Customs …

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Japan’s banks just posted a record ¥3.3 trillion in unrealized losses and the people who warned first are the same institutions already taking the hits

🔴HOLY COW: Japan’s regional banks’ unrealized losses on their domestic bond holdings hit a RECORD -¥3.3 trillion in Fiscal Q2 2025, ending September 30. This marks a ¥500 billion surge over Q1. As Japan’s government bond yields rise their value drops, and as a result, paper… pic.twitter.com/aJWWRcUCOo — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) December 5, 2025 …

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The United Kingdom has become the first NATO nation to open up every single role in its Armed Forces to people living with HIV.

Your HIV status is no barrier to service. This #WorldAIDSDay, the UK is proud to become the first @NATO nation to open up every single role in our Armed Forces to people living with HIV on treatment – meaning they cannot pass the virus on.@THTorguk pic.twitter.com/BUrMuiDAEb — Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) December 1, 2025 …

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“Highly educated people almost all support the Democrats” isn’t the dunk you think it is.

“Highly educated people almost all support the Democrats” isn’t the dunk you think it is. https://t.co/GTjI8vA01S — Micah (@micah_erfan) December 1, 2025 Every person i know that is interested in going into academia is somewhere between center right and far left. Because the Republican Party is solidly far right today, even the center right ones …

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Story is a few years old, but it’s really powerful to see how well the company can do when it treats its people right.

8,159,623 views Sep 15, 2021 Dan Price faced praise and criticism six years ago when he boosted all his employee’s salaries to $70,000 a year. But instead of the economic gloom and doom that was predicted for him, the company and its workforce, by all metrics, has thrived. Each weekday morning, “CBS Mornings” co-hosts Gayle …

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People ordering smaller pizzas and fewer toppings… Ozempic changing how we spend money and time, plus what we eat

For much of this year, business at Prima Pizza Kitchen in Somerville, N.J., was booming. On most Fridays, as many as 325 pizzas would fly out its doors, with customers frequently adding drinks and side orders. But in recent weeks, orders began to change, the owner, Jerry Carollo, said. “Before, a customer would get two …

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