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Liberation Day for the world, not the USA

Trump's tariffs will end 20th century America

As the crescendo of our forgetfulness, Trump is preparing tariffs for a Liberation Day while burning international bridges, all because too few Americans remember how we got here and why our world presence mattered.

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Send Michael Myers to Greenland on a Secret Mission

What began as Trump-era satire led to an unexpected question: if Greenland seeks independence, what forms could that sovereignty actually take—and why might Canada make more sense than the United States?

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The Science of Enshittification (ΔI < k⋅I)

Why platforms, products, and even political systems decay so slowly that we barely notice. Using Weber’s Law, this essay explains how gradual, imperceptible change enables enshittification—and why history is the only reliable defense against it.

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