The latest on Charlie Kirk and the first “AI Minister” emerges in Albania
Reddit launches tools for publishers to track and share stories, Amazon is Developing AR Glasses in Challenge to Meta, Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines . . . and more.
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.
Patagonia’s Dirtbag Billionaire and the Collapse of the French Government
Kenya Calls Out Western Leaders • US Defense Chief: Not Training • France's Government Crisis • FDA Report Delay on Autism • Meta Allegedly Suppressed VR Safety Research • Anglo American‑Teck Merger • Inside DOGE’s SSA Takeover • California GOP Braces for Redistricting • Oversight Releases Epstein Estate Records • AI Adoption Slows Among Large Enterprises • Walmart’s AI Training for Associates • Tiny Vinyl, Spotify-Age Format • SpaceX $17B Spectrum Deal With EchoStar • Trump Downplays Domestic Disturbances • Democrats Press on Energy Bill Messaging • Nepal’s Social Media Ban Sparks Deadly Protests • Apple’s “Awe‑Dropping” iPhone Event • Zohran Mamdani Widens Lead in NYC Mayoral Race • Patagonia's Dirtbag Billionaire
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
The LEGO Death Star and the Green New Deal
Civil Rights Enforcement in Schools • Trump’s Alternate Reality Strategy • Trans Gun Ban Proposal • Political Oversight at NIH • Trump Cuts NATO Security Aid • OpenAI’s Job Access Platform • Winklevoss Crypto Influence • USDA Ant Smuggling Gap • Government Stake in Intel • Florida Vaccine Mandate Elimination • Progressive Candidate Moderation • Lunar Eclipse Viewing Guide • Santa Barbara Clinic TikTok Firing • LEGO UCS Death Star Launch • Stephen Miller’s USCIS Force • Is Biden’s Green New Deal Dead?
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