# James Macleod — RSS Amplifier Everything James Macleod publishes, via the RSS Amplifier directory. Page: Feed: --- ## [Party Over, Redux: The Case for Sacking Political Parties Has Only Gotten Stronger...](https://jamesmacleod.substack.com/p/party-over-redux-the-case-for-sacking) _2026-08-18 · Truth Decay by James Macleod_ Two years ago I wrote this half formed. The argument was right. Here’s the sharper version, plus the blueprint nobody built. ## [The Stupidest Thing We Grow...](https://jamesmacleod.substack.com/p/the-stupidest-thing-we-grow) _2026-08-07 · Truth Decay by James Macleod_ Solar panels beat corn ethanol by a factor of thirty for land use and generate more power than the whole grid needs. So why do we keep growing fuel in a field. ## [Friendly Fire: What Merging With the IDF Will Actually Cost Western Soldiers.](https://jamesmacleod.substack.com/p/friendly-fire-what-merging-with-the) _2026-07-31 · Truth Decay by James Macleod_ We know about Five Eyes, now Congress is quietly looking to add a “Sixth Eye” with Israel. The IDF’s own casualty data shows exactly what that partnership will cost the soldiers standing next to it. ## [The farmer who milked the elites.](https://jamesmacleod.substack.com/p/the-farmer-who-milked-the-elites) _2026-07-28 · Truth Decay by James Macleod_ A true story about confidence, catastrophe, and how global power kept mistaking a nice accent for genius. ## [The Big Screen Trick: How to Catch AI Before It Catches You.](https://jamesmacleod.substack.com/p/the-big-screen-trick-how-to-catch) _2026-07-22 · Truth Decay by James Macleod_ Deepfakes are good enough to fool you on your phone right now. Here’s the low-tech trick that still catches them — and the questions that catch everything else. ## [The Envoy Who Cried Genocide-Denial...](https://jamesmacleod.substack.com/p/the-envoy-who-cried-genocide-denial) _2026-07-19 · Truth Decay by James Macleod_ A government advocate told a Royal Commission the UN had disowned Gaza’s death toll. It hadn’t. That's what happens when the person pushing is already on the inside, and it isn’t unique to Australia. ## [Push, Push and Push Again.](https://jamesmacleod.substack.com/p/push-push-and-push-again) _2026-07-17 · Truth Decay by James Macleod_ Apologise, capitulate, self-censor — and it still isn’t enough. Inside the pattern that punishes even total compliance. ## [The Line That Moved.](https://jamesmacleod.substack.com/p/the-line-that-moved) _2026-07-12 · Truth Decay by James Macleod_ Aboriginal Australians never crossed a border. Most Mexican Americans didn’t either. The line moved around them — and two education systems have spent generations making sure nobody notices. ## [Six Prime Ministers, One Long Scream: A Decade of Britain Eating Itself.](https://jamesmacleod.substack.com/p/six-prime-ministers-one-long-scream) _2026-07-10 · Truth Decay by James Macleod_ From Cameron's austerity to Starmer's resignation, the UK is about to crown its seventh leader in ten years. Here's who broke what, and in what order. ## [Anthony Ettinger on LinkedIn (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FjLea2G4n2RI) _2026-07-10 · **Sponsored**_ Public LinkedIn profile at linkedin.com/in/anthonyettinger. ## [Hamas Just Blinked. Israel Just Moved the Goalposts. Again.](https://jamesmacleod.substack.com/p/hamas-just-blinked-israel-just-moved) _2026-07-07 · Truth Decay by James Macleod_ Gaza dissolved its government for peace. Israel expanded the buffer zone instead. This is what “peace” looks like when only one side has to keep promises.