Friday, 18 September 2026

Dissenting Citizen

Questioning the stories we're told.

Dissenting Citizen

Questioning the stories we're told.

Headlines
Editorial illustration of an artificial intelligence system analysing forecasting charts and global data from a London office.

AI forecasting system beats every human competitor in Metaculus tournament

Editorial illustration of a motion-capture worker cutting vegetables while a humanoid robot observes beside an open refrigerator in a robotics lab.

Chinese robot startup targets 2027 breakthrough for natural-language ‘robot brains’

Editorial illustration of a Danish military helicopter near a Russian warship firing flares over rough seas.

Denmark accelerates $276m Ukraine air-defence package after Russian warship confrontation

Editorial illustration of a large gas pipeline with Russian and German flags near Germany's parliament building at dusk.

AfD leaders prepare talks with Putin envoy over restoring Russian gas to Germany

Editorial illustration of a large AI data-centre campus with server racks, electrical substations and transmission infrastructure at dusk.

Crusoe raises $3.9bn as contracted AI capacity passes 6 gigawatts

Editorial illustration of a schoolgirl wearing a hijab speaking with a school official in an Austrian school corridor.

Austria banned the hijab to protect girls from pressure. What happens when the girls refuse to remove it?

Editorial illustration of weapons and ammunition in an evidence room while an unidentified intelligence source sits behind glass in a German institutional setting.

An alleged Hamas ammunition supplier reportedly worked for German intelligence. What did his handlers know?

Editorial illustration of a football manager contemplating an empty stadium after a match.

Amorim rated Milan’s transfer window ’10 out of 10′. Why is he still talking about the squad’s limitations?

Editorial illustration of an England footballer at a stadium representing Trent Alexander-Arnold's return to the national squad.

Ten changes after a World Cup semi-final: Tuchel has already started reshaping England

Editorial illustration of an artificial intelligence system examining a biomolecular protein structure in a laboratory.

Anthropic says Claude optimised 30 scientific AI models in under four weeks

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