Tuesday
August 11, 2026
Summer · 12 entries
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aljazeera.comHunter Biden defends Tucker Carlson over Netanyahu commentsHunter Biden defended Tucker Carlson against antisemitism allegations after Carlson called Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu 'evil incarnate,' arguing that criticizing Netanyahu should not automatically be labeled antisemitic. The incident highlights ongoing tensions around distinguishing criticism of I✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
futurism.comAmazon’s New AI Data Center Is So Enormous That It Appears It Will Become the Largest Single Source of Pollution in the United StatesAmazon Web Services plans to build a massive gas-burning power plant in Texas to supply 7.65 gigawatts to an AI data center, which would emit 33 million tons of CO2 annually—making it the largest single source of emissions in the United States. This directly contradicts Amazon's stated goal of reach✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
highsnobiety.comWhy Does Everything Look Like 2000s-era Emo?The article explores a resurgence of 2000s emo and alternative aesthetics among Gen Z and Gen Alpha, driven not by millennial nostalgia but by young people discovering these styles and sounds for the first time. The author attends Vans Warped Tour to understand why this cultural moment feels differe✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50The Listen
Life KitShrink your grocery billBeth Mansell delivers genuinely actionable, non-obvious tactics — from freezer lists to pre-shopping online to food bank nuance — that reframe grocery spending as a skill, not a sacrifice. Practical enough to use this week.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
Membership Geeks Podcast with Mike Morrison486 – Ask Mike: Should I Drip Content to Improve Retention?A practitioner with a decade of live Q&A reps cuts through the drip-content myth and replaces it with a concrete retention framework — roadmaps, rituals, and onboarding — grounded in a real membership case.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
The Next Big Idea DailyThe Power of QuestionsTwo researchers — a philosopher of questions and a psycholinguist — make a quietly radical case: the questions we ask (or stop asking) shape attention, memory, relationships, and even resistance to manipulation. Concrete, surprising, and practically urgent.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50Amazon’s New AI Data Center Is So Enormous That It Appears It Will Become the Largest Single Source of Pollution in the United States · Futurism
Hunter Biden defends Tucker Carlson over Netanyahu comments · Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera
Why Does Everything Look Like 2000s-era Emo? · Highsnobiety
Hunter Biden defends Tucker Carlson over Netanyahu comments · Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera
Why Does Everything Look Like 2000s-era Emo? · Highsnobiety
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