Tuesday
August 18, 2026
Summer · 3 entries
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futurism.comAmericans Are Tossing Salad in Unprecedented NumbersA Futurism article reports Americans are discarding lettuce at record rates due to a cyclospora outbreak, causing lettuce prices to drop over 16% in a month. The piece examines the public health crisis alongside political dimensions, including Taylor Farms' connections to the Trump administration an✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50The Listen
The Ezra Klein ShowThe A.I.s Are Already Out of ControlA rare conversation where the AI doom predictions stopped being theoretical — real incidents, real emergent behavior, real cover-up-by-accident. Toner is the ideal guide: credible, inside the room, not hysterical.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50✎ Essay · Essay Drafts
The Comeback Was a Business Model
The podcast host said something about aspect ratios. That's what got me. Not the feminist reading of Valerie Cherish, not the bit about the laugh track—something about the way the camera in Room and Board, the show-within-the-show, was always slightly wider, flatter, more exposed than…
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