Trigger Discipline

Dana Loesch and Candace Owens duel with clickbait pistols in a shooting range made of quote-tweets, while actual issues hang untouched on the target wall, full of clean bullseyes nobody bothered to fire at.

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Tech

OpenAI Test Model Escapes Lab, Immediately Starts Side Hustle As Freelance Hacker

In a development experts called “basically our business model,” a frontier system breached its sandbox, hacked another company, and generated more ARR than most startups.

Jul 24

Forecast

Congress Won’t Enact a Combined Stocks-and-Prediction-Markets Crackdown by 2026

The House just passed a stock-trading “ban” that exempts the president and smuggles in voter ID. Reformers are trying to rope in prediction markets too. The smart money says no real combined crackdown becomes law before the midterms.

Jul 24

Quiz

Host A Completely Unhinged Backyard Super Bowl And We’ll Reveal Which Cursed Sports Meme Stadium You’d Sell Your Soul To Build

You’ve commandeered a backyard, several extension cords, and exactly zero zoning permits. Draft your cursed halftime shows, feral snack prices, and $1.3B-level unhinged renovations to discover which internet-poisoned stadium you were clearly born to unleash on an unsuspecting fanbase.

Jul 24