Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Smart people commenting on important things

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We're watching a bunch of guys convinced that everyone who had their jobs before them were just stupid slowly discovering - without l...
Monday, April 13, 2026

We can all agree: spaceflight is cool.

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  It’s fun to dream about being an astronaut. Missions like the Artemis program are good things. And we can all be happy about the successfu...
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Friday, April 10, 2026

You thought I was joking about the Iran War going so badly that Trump would start bringing up Epstein as a distraction.

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I’ve been putting off an Epstein thread, not out of concerns over the subject matter or possible reception, but because most of the analysis...
Thursday, April 9, 2026

If podcasts are your thing and you have any interest in the business of AI...

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You should be following Ed Zitron. Monologue: AI Isn't Too Big to Fail | Better Offline The Reality of AI Economics With Paul Kedrosky...
Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Futurism should be careful. Gawker also criticized the NYT and learned that the gray lady doesn't take kindly to that sort of thing.

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It’s no secret that I despise the The New York Times—a century-plus testament to self-righteousness, self-congratulation, and a willingness ...
Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Whatever they paid Goldsmith, it wasn't enough; whatever they paid Bricusse, it was too much

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 Pop culture time here at the blog. I have a certain, slightly embarrassing fondness for James Coburn’s Flint films. Not exactly good, but f...
Monday, April 6, 2026

Never a good sign for journalistic objectivity when the reporter says "Wow"

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 ... particularly when it's a story about robots.  From Planet Money   JUSTIN KRAMON, BYLINE: We're standing in a restaurant kitchen...
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Friday, April 3, 2026

Probably even worse than you realized

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Historian Bret Devereaux (who has been on our must read list for a long time) has posted the best military overview of the war I've see...
Thursday, April 2, 2026

The Double Taco -- updated

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Groundhog Day: Trump saw his shadow, so there’s going to be two to three more weeks of war. (Trying to remember—what happened around 9:00 Ea...
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

I know I said this before, but this is the last one, I promise.

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RAPIDAN: “.. Trump will struggle to declare victory with Iran controlling Hormuz, the regime largely intact, and still in control of .. hig...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!"

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 I know we've been banging this drum for a long time and I realize that I keep promising to move on, but the disconnect between market ...
Monday, March 30, 2026

Introducing the Trump Pressure Index

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From Axios :  How it works: Maximilian Uleer, a strategist at Deutsche Bank, came up with a "pressure index" that considers the ...
Friday, March 27, 2026

I've started a new drinking game where I take a shot whenever a tech bro uses the term "Kardashev scale."

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(Though to be honest, it's less of a game and more of a coping mechanism.) There’s a great quote from an actual authority on the histor...
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Thursday, March 26, 2026

Yes, I know I said we'd drop the subject, but that was before I knew the Onion was going to pick it up.

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[Click here for our last post in this thread ] You should really click through on this one. theonion.com/markets-surg... [image or embed] —...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Today in 11-year-old hyperloop news

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I was feeling a bit nostalgic, so I thought we could look back at the world before "the fifth mode" changed everything. (Make sure...
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