Editorial - The HighWire

The UN’s “Non-Binding” Pandemic Declaration: Sequence In, Shot Out

Updated 2:36 PM EDT, Wed October 21, 2026

On October 12, with little to no media coverage, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response. The vote was 153 in favor and 3 against. The United States, Israel, and Argentina voted no, and New Zealand and Paraguay abstained. The scant headlines moved on within a day,…Continue reading The UN’s “Non-Binding” Pandemic Declaration: Sequence In, Shot Out

The Kind of People Who Build Bridges for Animals

Updated 6:14 AM EDT, Tue October 20, 2026

Three mule deer wandered up to a brand-new bridge near Grass Lake, in the far north of California, and walked across it. The bridge was built just for them, and other animals, and a trail camera caught them taking advantage of it. Remarkably, the bridge was not even finished being built when they used it.…Continue reading The Kind of People Who Build Bridges for Animals

From Lockdowns to Large Language Models: How AI Became the Post-COVID Companion We Never Asked For

Updated 5:54 AM EDT, Mon October 19, 2026

The Trillion-Dollar AI Boom Built on a Generation Already Isolated by COVID The date was May 11, 2023, and the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency officially ended in the United States. An entire generation of children and adolescents had been artificially masked and forced onto devices for their education and socialization. Already struggling with mental…Continue reading From Lockdowns to Large Language Models: How AI Became the Post-COVID Companion We Never Asked For

Rewiring the Brain Without the Reckoning

Eli Lilly, the Big Pharma player that introduced Prozac to the world, just spent up to $3.8 billion to move into psychedelics. The main drug in the deal—a manufactured form of 5-MeO-DMT, a psychedelic found in the venom of the Sonoran Desert Toad—is a chemical cousin of the compound psilocybin found in magic mushrooms, often…Continue reading Rewiring the Brain Without the Reckoning

Updated 3:41 PM EDT, Mon July 27, 2026

Will MAHA Plug In to Data Center Pushback?

The Make America Healthy Again movement and its figurehead, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have a full plate. The historical changes his administration has made have also been met with several speed bumps, to put things lightly. While the push-pull dynamic plays out, some causes wait on the sidelines to be activated. What appears…Continue reading Will MAHA Plug In to Data Center Pushback?

Updated 5:45 AM EDT, Mon July 27, 2026

Playground for Predators. Profit for Platforms. Who’s Really Grooming Our Kids?

In 2019, the online platform and game creation system Roblox told the U.S. government about 675 suspected cases of child sexual exploitation on its platform. Four years later, that number had grown to more than thirteen thousand. In 2025, that number had grown to over 65,000. Nobody had to go undercover and coax those figures…Continue reading Playground for Predators. Profit for Platforms. Who’s Really Grooming Our Kids?

Updated 12:57 PM EDT, Wed July 22, 2026

Twins, Vaccines, and a Mother’s Arrest

Andrea Shaw gave birth to her third child on June 25, 2026. Four days later, a Payette County, Idaho grand jury indicted her for previously murdering her twin toddlers, and the following day, the new mother was arrested in Boise. Her newborn, three weeks premature, went home with her husband. She did not. Andrea instead…Continue reading Twins, Vaccines, and a Mother’s Arrest

Updated 4:48 AM EDT, Tue July 21, 2026

HHS Moves to Establish COVID-19 Vaccine Injury Table

It’s official. Published in the latest edition of what’s called the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, HHS states its formal, public declaration to “…establish the COVID-19 Countermeasures Injury Table for the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP).” Specifically, HHS declares: “The Table will list and explain injuries that, based on compelling, reliable, valid,…Continue reading HHS Moves to Establish COVID-19 Vaccine Injury Table

Updated 5:24 AM EDT, Mon July 20, 2026

Latest Lab Creation: Supercharged Fiber or GLP-1 Hormone Hack?

There is a new food additive powder set to enter the UK food supply, and its developers claim it is nothing more than fiber that will help prevent weight gain. The University of Glasgow and Imperial College London announced last month that their invention, inulin propionate ester (IPE), has cleared regulatory review and snagged a…Continue reading Latest Lab Creation: Supercharged Fiber or GLP-1 Hormone Hack?

Updated 4:50 AM EDT, Thu July 16, 2026