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The House Always Wears a White Coat

Oct 11, 2026

The House Always Wears a White Coat

When your anti-gambling nonprofit is bankrolled by Kalshi, the conflict of interest isn’t a bug—it’s the business model.

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The Algorithm Pleads the Fifth

Oct 8, 2026

The Algorithm Pleads the Fifth

Courtroom drama where the only one who can’t be cross-examined is the one running everyone’s lives.

AIlawregulationBig Techaccountabilitycourtsautomation
The Friendly Skies, Now With Patch Notes

Oct 6, 2026

The Friendly Skies, Now With Patch Notes

Flydubai discovers the hard way that your real co‑pilot is a Terms of Service checkbox.

aviationsecurityterrorismMiddle EastregulationairlinesIsraelGulf states
Tom Brady and the 500-Touchdown Trickle-Down

Oct 4, 2026

Tom Brady and the 500-Touchdown Trickle-Down

When you’re the GOAT in a league that worships quarterback royalty, every pass is a tax break and every lineman is ‘essential labor’ without benefits.

Tom BradyNFLsports politicslabormediainequalitycorporate power
The Algorithm Will Not Be Televised

Oct 2, 2026

The Algorithm Will Not Be Televised

Pew says social media is shredding democracy. The platforms respond: by tweaking the font on the ‘I Agree’ button.

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The HIPAAcrisy Connector

Sep 30, 2026

The HIPAAcrisy Connector

Microsoft and BastionGPT roll out ‘privacy-first’ AI for hospitals—because nothing says patient trust like wiring your medical records through another corporate pipeline.

healthcareAIprivacyMicrosoftBastionGPTHIPAAsurveillance capitalism
The Hills Have Data

Sep 28, 2026

The Hills Have Data

Twelve village councils say no to bauxite. New Delhi hears: ‘Maybe if we turn up the ESG reverb?’

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The Departures of Silvio Berlusconi International

Sep 26, 2026

The Departures of Silvio Berlusconi International

Italy names its second-busiest airport after a man who treated the state like a private jet — now every landing comes with turbulence to ethics.

ItalyBerlusconiMatteo Salvinicorruptioncronyismpublic spacemedia power
No College, No Fees, No Unions

Sep 24, 2026

No College, No Fees, No Unions

Andreessen Horowitz discovers a bold new future for tech: the company town, but make it venture-backed.

Andreessen HorowitzSilicon Valleyhigher educationlaborsurveillance capitalismtech jobs
The Trial of Osagyefo, Held in Absentia

Sep 22, 2026

The Trial of Osagyefo, Held in Absentia

Sixty-nine years after independence, Kwame Nkrumah finally gets his truth and reconciliation commission — it’s just all the culprits are still in office.

GhanaKwame NkrumahOsagyefoindependenceIMFcorruptionAfrica politicspostcolonialism
Swipe Right for Subsidized War

Sep 20, 2026

Swipe Right for Subsidized War

Congress ghosts student debt but thirst-texts Kyiv $2.7 billion in air-defense at 3 a.m.

US foreign policyUkraine warmilitary-industrial complexdefense spendingCongressbudget priorities
The Tungsten Curtain

Sep 18, 2026

The Tungsten Curtain

Washington spends $450 million to secure tungsten, because apparently the real strategic reserve is hard metals, not soft humans.

tungstenGoldHaven ResourcesUS industrial policymilitary industrial complexcritical mineralscorporate welfare
The Algorithmic Foul

Sep 16, 2026

The Algorithmic Foul

When the real game is played courtside on a phone, not on the floor in France.

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No-Fly Zone, Now With In-App Purchases

Sep 14, 2026

No-Fly Zone, Now With In-App Purchases

Vilnius shuts an airport over a maybe-drone while NATO speedruns World War III LARP on ‘easy mode’.

NATOVilniusdronessurveillancemilitarizationairportssecurity-theaterEurope
Consumer Confidence: Now With Extra Gaslighting

Sep 12, 2026

Consumer Confidence: Now With Extra Gaslighting

UMich says expectations crater, inflation fears spike, and somehow every partisan subgroup feels fine. Behold: the Schrödinger’s Economy survey.

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The World Series of Monetization

Sep 10, 2026

The World Series of Monetization

NFTE’s ‘young changemakers’ pitch disruption to the same adults who broke the world, now rebranded as judges.

NFTEWorld Series of InnovationeducationyouthinequalitystartupsneoliberalismIPtechpolitical-cartoon
The 45-Day Hunger Games

Sep 8, 2026

The 45-Day Hunger Games

Suresh Gopi calls it “temporary demand management.” Rural India calls it eating smoke for a month and a half.

IndiaLPGruralSuresh Gopienergy policyWest Asia crisisausterityinequality
The Kushner-Kremlin Peace Accelerator

Sep 6, 2026

The Kushner-Kremlin Peace Accelerator

When your cap table looks like a sanctions list but you still pitch ‘disruption in the ceasefire space.’

TrumpJared KushnerSteve WitkoffRussia-Ukraine warMoscowpeace negotiationsoligarchscrony capitalismUS foreign policy
The $13 Billion Hug

Sep 4, 2026

The $13 Billion Hug

When ‘open-weight’ means your wallet, not your models.

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The Falklands Crypto Rug-Pull

Sep 2, 2026

The Falklands Crypto Rug-Pull

Trump discovers you can tokenize sovereignty and flip it for NATO upgrades.

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