Just Get it Running to Get Past Trump
Car-revival culture has a mantra: don't get it right, just get it running. It may also be the smartest way to think about rebuilding democracy after Trump.
Eric Hensal
Everyone a Sovereign: Fear and Self-Loathing on No Kings Day
Curmudgeon's take on No Kings Day: the protests are therapeutic. The real problem — a 45-year orchestrated attack on American political self-worth — is where we need to look.
Iran's Rope-a-Dope (and email test)
WWII proved bombing doesn't break police states. Iran's leaders know it. Their strategy: absorb punishment, blockade the Strait of Hormuz, and let economic pain end the war for them.
Iran's Rope-a-Dope
WWII proved bombing doesn't break police states. Iran's leaders know it. Their strategy: absorb punishment, blockade the Strait of Hormuz, and let economic pain end the war for them.
The Fault Lies not in AI
Updated: Trump moved against Anthropic to break or bend it to his will. Meanwhile, the panic about AI taking jobs misses the point — capital has used technology to strip workers of power for decades. The real threat was never artificial intelligence.
A Day in the Life of Epstein-with Andrew Update.
What did Jeffrey Epstein’s day actually look like? Using a random sample of the DOJ email release, I estimate his outgoing email volume and show how a steady stream of short, operational messages helped administer a trafficking enterprise. UPDATE: Andrew arrested--what did our emails have.
Unsupervised ICE: Built for Violence
ICE’s hiring surge did not just add inexperienced agents — it purposefully dismantled standards meant to restrain them. With academy screening collapsed and first-line supervision stretched past professional limits, Trump's ICE has constructed a system that predictably loses control of force.