Newsletter / GeopoliticsThe War Economy Has No Exit RampIran, oil, and the increasingly expensive art of calling coercion strategy.Aug 31, 2026
Newsletter / PoliticsThe Republic of Renaming ThingsWhen power cannot settle the facts, it reaches for the label.Aug 31, 2026
Newsletter / TechnologyThe Autonomy Tax ArrivesFaster models, thinner guardrails, and the humans still holding the pagerAug 31, 2026
Newsletter / EconomicsThe Price Tag Has More Than One BorderTariffs are only one way a cost enters the basketAug 30, 2026
Newsletter / ClimateThe Water Crisis Is Already in the PondsEurope’s drought offers a blunt lesson in climate resilience: emergency response cannot substitute for stored water.Aug 30, 2026
Newsletter / GeopoliticsThe War Has Become a Maritime Insurance PolicyHormuz closes, piracy returns, and Washington goes shopping for oil with a very long receipt.Aug 30, 2026
Newsletter / PoliticsThe State, the Brand and the Permanent CampaignTrump-era power is becoming harder to distinguish from its publicity apparatus.Aug 30, 2026
Newsletter / Public HealthLettuce, Parasites, and the Missing Paper TrailA 20-state outbreak probe is a warning, not yet a traceback.Aug 30, 2026
Newsletter / TechnologyThe Agent Stack Needs Adult SupervisionOpen weights, narrow tools, and the return of provenanceAug 30, 2026
Newsletter / EconomicsThe Tariff Is Not the Price TagDecoupling has an aggregate cost, a timetable, and a rather unequal checkout line.Aug 29, 2026
Newsletter / TechnologyThe Machine Is Not Taking ResponsibilityFrom Debian’s AI vote to chips that dislike ordinary computingAug 29, 2026
Newsletter / GeopoliticsThe War That Could Not Find Its EndingSix months of escalation, leverage, invoices and vanishing authorityAug 29, 2026