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There were no drones.
No mothership.
No invasion.
Just airplanes, blurry cameras, and a political ecosystem that profits from panic and never apologizes when it’s wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
No mothership.
No invasion.
Just airplanes, blurry cameras, and a political ecosystem that profits from panic and never apologizes when it’s wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Great Drone Panic: America’s Modern War of the Worlds
How a few blurry videos, a reckless claim from a member of Congress, and a right-wing media frenzy turned ordinary airplanes into a national security panic—and then vanished without accountability.
open.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
There were no drones.
No mothership.
No invasion.
Just airplanes, blurry cameras, and a political ecosystem that profits from panic and never apologizes when it’s wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
No mothership.
No invasion.
Just airplanes, blurry cameras, and a political ecosystem that profits from panic and never apologizes when it’s wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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“The United States is now a nation run by public servants who behave no better than internet trolls,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. “Who’s responsible for these choices? Your mother, apparently”:
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“The United States is now a nation run by public servants who behave no better than internet trolls,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. “Who’s responsible for these choices? Your mother, apparently”:
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Donald Trump is already laying the groundwork to throw the 2026 midterms into chaos. His success could have dire consequences for American democracy, @dgraham.bsky.social argues.
The Coming Election Mayhem
Donald Trump’s plans to throw the 2026 midterms into chaos are already under way.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Donald Trump is already laying the groundwork to throw the 2026 midterms into chaos. His success could have dire consequences for American democracy, @dgraham.bsky.social argues.
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Ageing populations a 'ticking time bomb' for GDP growth, says EBRD reut.rs/480z8sX
Ageing populations a 'ticking time bomb' for GDP growth, says EBRD
Countries must act now to keep slowing population growth from wreaking havoc on their long-term economic prospects, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said in a semi-annual report on Tuesday.
reut.rs
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Ageing populations a 'ticking time bomb' for GDP growth, says EBRD reut.rs/480z8sX
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Tech billionaires have an unprecedented ability—and incentive—to manipulate the public's perception of reality, Adam Serwer argued in February.
Americans Are Trapped in an Algorithmic Cage
The private companies in control of social-media networks possess an unprecedented ability to manipulate and control the populace.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Tech billionaires have an unprecedented ability—and incentive—to manipulate the public's perception of reality, Adam Serwer argued in February.
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After nearly five years of high prices, many middle-class earners are weary. Wasn’t life supposed to be more affordable by now?
The Middle Class Is Buckling Under Almost Five Years of Persistent Inflation
Workers are growing tired of an economy in which everything seems to get more expensive.
on.wsj.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
After nearly five years of high prices, many middle-class earners are weary. Wasn’t life supposed to be more affordable by now?
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“We tend to believe that to be happier, we need to become bigger in our own mind, and in the minds of others," Arthur Brooks writes—but that isn't true. On the happiness in insignificance:
To Get Happier, Make Yourself Smaller
Self-esteem is overrated. The better path to enlightenment is through contemplating one’s insignificance.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“We tend to believe that to be happier, we need to become bigger in our own mind, and in the minds of others," Arthur Brooks writes—but that isn't true. On the happiness in insignificance:
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An AI pioneer is convinced that most in his field have been led astray by the siren song of large language models.
He’s Been Right About AI for 40 Years. Now He Thinks Everyone Is Wrong.
Yann LeCun invented many fundamental components of modern AI. Now he’s convinced most in his field have been led astray by the siren song of large language models.
on.wsj.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
An AI pioneer is convinced that most in his field have been led astray by the siren song of large language models.
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Before 2018, the planet didn’t have a single trillion-dollar company—now the equivalent can be generated in three months. Gilad Edelman on what happens when numbers grow faster than our ability to comprehend them:
Something Feels Different About the Economy
Human brains were not meant to think about trillions of dollars.
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Before 2018, the planet didn’t have a single trillion-dollar company—now the equivalent can be generated in three months. Gilad Edelman on what happens when numbers grow faster than our ability to comprehend them:
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How can you avoid getting sick on a plane? The U.S. Olympic team’s top doctor has advice on where to sit—and what to do with your air nozzle. on.wsj.com/3LTLuua
How Do You Avoid Getting Sick on a Plane? Team USA’s Doctor Has Answers
He advises Olympic athletes where to sit, what to wipe down and what to do with the air nozzle to prevent illness.
on.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
How can you avoid getting sick on a plane? The U.S. Olympic team’s top doctor has advice on where to sit—and what to do with your air nozzle. on.wsj.com/3LTLuua
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Millions of Americans use weed to treat chronic pain, but there's little high quality research on whether it works. New findings suggest it can be effective for low back pain, on par with opioids.
Cannabis blunts back pain in 2 new studies
Millions of Americans use weed to treat chronic pain, but there's little high quality research on whether it works. New findings suggest it can be effective for low back pain, on par with opioids.
n.pr
October 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Millions of Americans use weed to treat chronic pain, but there's little high quality research on whether it works. New findings suggest it can be effective for low back pain, on par with opioids.
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This is absolutely a lie. There is no reason shutdowns trigger layoffs. They never have before. Trump is simply using the shutdown as an excuse to take federal employees hostages and to further gut the government.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...
Trump: "When you shut it down, you have to do layoffs. So, we'd be laying off a lot of people that are going to be very affected, and they're gonna be Democrats."
September 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is absolutely a lie. There is no reason shutdowns trigger layoffs. They never have before. Trump is simply using the shutdown as an excuse to take federal employees hostages and to further gut the government.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...
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DOGE was a success because the entire point of it was the greatest data theft scheme in history and they did it
DOGE was a failure because its entire premise was flawed, and, on top of that, the people who ran and implemented it were both arrogant and ignorant.
New - “Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.”
www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...
September 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
DOGE was a success because the entire point of it was the greatest data theft scheme in history and they did it
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Autism was first differentiated from schizophrenia in 1911.
Autism was fully recognized as a distinct condition in 1943.
Tylenol wasn’t introduced until 1955.
Anyone who tells you Tylenol causes Autism is completely full of shit.
Autism was fully recognized as a distinct condition in 1943.
Tylenol wasn’t introduced until 1955.
Anyone who tells you Tylenol causes Autism is completely full of shit.
September 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Autism was first differentiated from schizophrenia in 1911.
Autism was fully recognized as a distinct condition in 1943.
Tylenol wasn’t introduced until 1955.
Anyone who tells you Tylenol causes Autism is completely full of shit.
Autism was fully recognized as a distinct condition in 1943.
Tylenol wasn’t introduced until 1955.
Anyone who tells you Tylenol causes Autism is completely full of shit.
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The best technology rule for kids is refreshingly simple, Rheana Murray argues: no screens in the bedroom, ever.
The One Screen-Time Rule All Parents Should Enforce
No tech in the bedroom. Ever.
bit.ly
August 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
The best technology rule for kids is refreshingly simple, Rheana Murray argues: no screens in the bedroom, ever.
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The rise of the cheap, daily newspaper in the 19th century created the first true attention economy—an endless churn of spectacle and sensation that remade the American mind, Jake Lundberg writes in Time-Travel Thursdays.
The Birth of the Attention Economy
The rise of the cheap, daily newspaper in the 19th century remade how Americans engaged with the world.
bit.ly
August 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The rise of the cheap, daily newspaper in the 19th century created the first true attention economy—an endless churn of spectacle and sensation that remade the American mind, Jake Lundberg writes in Time-Travel Thursdays.
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For many people, Sundays used to be a time of solace; a soft place where they experienced belonging, felt an abiding sense of community, and believed they saw the face of God, if only for a few moments.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/sunday-mou...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/sunday-mou...
Sunday Mourning (A Letter to Religious Prodigals and Church Orphans)
The calendar can be cruel sometimes.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
For many people, Sundays used to be a time of solace; a soft place where they experienced belonging, felt an abiding sense of community, and believed they saw the face of God, if only for a few moments.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/sunday-mou...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/sunday-mou...
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BREAKING: Trump (is deliberately crashing the economy – and after yet another weak jobs report, he) fires the Commissioner of Labor Statistics – accusing her of falsifying jobs numbers.
August 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
BREAKING: Trump (is deliberately crashing the economy – and after yet another weak jobs report, he) fires the Commissioner of Labor Statistics – accusing her of falsifying jobs numbers.
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“This is the worst economic jobs report since the end of the pandemic.” - CNN
August 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“This is the worst economic jobs report since the end of the pandemic.” - CNN
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The truth here is so ever relevant, is so simple and profound. I think I might pop it into my next book. Sharing yet again:
July 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The truth here is so ever relevant, is so simple and profound. I think I might pop it into my next book. Sharing yet again:
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The U.S. Army's head of aviation has changed jobs to become chief of the branch's enterprise marketing office, a move that comes before the NTSB holds hearings next week on January's midair collision between an Army helicopter and a commercial jet that killed 67 people.
Army’s head of aviation, who faced questions over deadly midair collision, has new role
www.stripes.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The U.S. Army's head of aviation has changed jobs to become chief of the branch's enterprise marketing office, a move that comes before the NTSB holds hearings next week on January's midair collision between an Army helicopter and a commercial jet that killed 67 people.
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NTSB finds Army chopper in fatal midair crash with plane near Reagan Airport was above altitude limit
NTSB finds Army chopper in fatal midair crash with plane was above altitude limit
The January incident was the first in a string of crashes and near misses this year.
buff.ly
July 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
NTSB finds Army chopper in fatal midair crash with plane near Reagan Airport was above altitude limit
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There were five separate TCAS activations for PSA flights flying into DCA in the months leading up to the Jan. 29 accident, including one just the day before the CRJ & Black Hawk mid-air collision. Follow @theaircurrent.com's updates here from NTSB hearing. theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc...
Live Updates: NTSB investigative hearing on DCA mid-air collision
Air safety investigators conduct three-day hearing to gather sworn testimony regarding January’s D.C. midair collision
theaircurrent.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
There were five separate TCAS activations for PSA flights flying into DCA in the months leading up to the Jan. 29 accident, including one just the day before the CRJ & Black Hawk mid-air collision. Follow @theaircurrent.com's updates here from NTSB hearing. theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc...
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Why Are POC going MAGA? Inside the Rise of the Multiracial Right-wing in America
Daniel HoSang has done the research and explains the nuanced reasons why so many people of color voted for Trump and have gone MAGA. However, he sees an opening to win them back.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Daniel HoSang has done the research and explains the nuanced reasons why so many people of color voted for Trump and have gone MAGA. However, he sees an opening to win them back.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
July 29, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Why Are POC going MAGA? Inside the Rise of the Multiracial Right-wing in America
Daniel HoSang has done the research and explains the nuanced reasons why so many people of color voted for Trump and have gone MAGA. However, he sees an opening to win them back.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Daniel HoSang has done the research and explains the nuanced reasons why so many people of color voted for Trump and have gone MAGA. However, he sees an opening to win them back.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...