Why cats eat grass and why khat makes a good energy drink
Why cats eat grass plus AI privacy breakthroughs, rising spyware investment, gravitational-wave milestones, a UK–US nuclear pact, and new media power centers.
A quiet hurricane season and what the 1970s can tell us about the life and death of Charlie Kirk
Evergreen HS Shooting • Charlie Kirk Killed • Political Violence & the 1970s • Atlantic Hurricane Lull • Detained Korean Workers Flight • College Importance Poll • Ellison Tops Musk (Briefly) • School Prayer Guidance • U.S. vs. EU Climate Rules • Inflation Reports • Collins vs. Schumer • “Dead Internet” Viral • Ant Humanoid Robot • Grok & Wikipedia • Atlas of Space • Reddit Labeling Bug • LTE: Energy Costs • Rebuttal: “Tax Fairness”
The National Book Award longlist for poetry and a chlamydia cure for koalas
The latest on Koala chlamydia vaccine, MAHA Report, Cracker Barrel remodels, AI Darwin Awards, the
National Book Award for Poetry, and more.
Hyundai ICE & Where Consciousness Begins
What's up with the Hyundai plant raid? • Stabbing Video Fuels MAGA’s Crime Messaging • U.S. Deploys F-35s, Trump on Venezuela • AI Inbreeding • Google AI Mode & the Open Web • Consciousness in the Body • Open AI Vision vs Big Tech • Russia’s Oil Discovery • Why AI Hallucinates • Thompson on Stagflation • Stupidogenic Society • Blueskyism & the Left • Zeteo vs. Politico Playbook • Trump & Conspiracies
Kochs Buy Giants and Loomer Battles MTG for the Epsteinth Time
Koch Cultural Power Moves• NY Climate Superfund • Global Emissions & Fossil Fuels • Brazil Mosquito Factory • Nick Clegg on U.S. Internet Decline • AI-Powered Stethoscope • Peabody Coal Demand Forecast • Interior Secretary Coal Push • Trump Deregulation & Coal • Coal as Critical Mineral • Government Shutdown Risk • MTG Names Epstein Abusers • Survivors’ Client List • Giuffre Family Rebuke • Discharge Petition for Transparency • Loomer vs. MTG
In the Valley of AI Underdeliverance
Top-down AI overhauls aren’t working; Peer-to-peer tool sharing and exploration is good; The machines train us as much as we train the machines, so be very wary of “sycophantic” AI gassing up people who have a lot of org power but not a lot of implementation experience.
No data for MAGA & The Sad Parade
Trump’s Parade Do-Over • NWS Hiring & EO Question • Park Police Pursuit Policy • Koch vs. VT Climate Policy • Veteran Arrested After ICE Protest • Climate Satellites Cut • WH Portrait & Autopen • NY Climate Superfund Act Challenge • Sierra Club Misconduct Complaint • Probe of Solar Imports • No Green Proposals Passed • Project 2025 @ DOE • ND Coal Leases Fast-Tracked • CA Pauses ‘Excess Profit’ Penalties • New Anti-Renewables Rule
Racist Grok Slop & Climate “Lawfare”
MAGA wants to make DC brutalist in a different way, dox wikipedia, and smother climate groups in legal slop.
New GOP Sensation: No Taxation! No Representation!
The latest Instrum-Intel roundup breaks down major U.S. political and cultural stories, from GOP voter support for a potential third Trump term to scientific criticism of Trump administration climate reports. It also covers Exxon’s quiet talks with Rosneft on Russian oil, RFK Jr.’s controversial shake-up of CDC vaccine policy, and shifting definitions of domestic terrorism under Trump. With sharp “What, So What, Now What” analysis plus punchy #TabloidDroid and #HaikuTheNews recaps, the piece explores power, governance, and public trust at the intersection of politics, climate change, and civil liberties.
AI Gives Bong-Rippers & Pearl-Clutchers “The Fear”
Exploring “AI psychosis,” this piece unpacks how chatbot interactions spark paranoia, cultural fear, and debate over mental health in the AI era.