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September 2, 2026
Autumn · 9 entries
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eff.orgJudge Rules DOD Unlawfully Retaliated Against AnthropicA federal judge ruled the Department of Defense illegally retaliated against AI company Anthropic by labeling it a supply chain risk after Anthropic refused to let the military use its technology for mass surveillance of U.S. persons. The court found this designation violated the First Amendment, th✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50The Listen
The Next Big Idea DailyWhen Quitting is the Winning MoveTwo journalists independently dismantle the grit gospel with neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and real human stories. The case isn't anti-ambition — it's a precision argument for knowing when persistence becomes self-sabotage.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
On the MediaA Look Back at *The* 9/11 Truther MovieA sharp autopsy of how Loose Change went viral — not because the internet broke our brains, but because the Bush administration already had. The sequencing of polling data and historical context is the real argument here.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
The 404 Media PodcastWe Spoke to an Amazon Worker Destroying Books for AIRare inside account of Amazon's book-destruction pipeline for AI training, plus a genuinely weird finding about how LLMs keep hallucinating the same fictional names — two stories that reveal how AI is quietly reshaping publishing from both ends.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
The Ezra Klein ShowBest Of: The Tao of Rick RubinRubin operationalizes mysticism — belief, ritual, antenna, vessel — into a coherent creative philosophy that applies well beyond music production, and the Johnny Cash story is a masterclass in how to resurrect dormant greatness.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
Freakonomics RadioHow to Run an Institution in an Anti-Institution Era | Better in PersonTwo institution-runners with actual skin in the game — not think-tank theorists — talk candidly about vandalism, Scalia, AI in the classroom, and why they still love their impossible jobs. The specificity earns every abstraction.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
Membership Geeks Podcast with Mike Morrison489 – Here’s How to Make Your Member Experience Truly MemorableA tight, actionable framework for turning a forgettable membership into a sticky one — the AAA onboarding model and the overwhelm taxonomy alone are worth the runtime. Morrison earns his prescriptions by naming the exact traps operators walk into themselves.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
The Economics of Everyday Things70. Prison LaborA clear-eyed tour through the hidden economics of incarcerated labor — who profits, who pays, and what 'choice' actually means behind bars. The numbers and personal detail make the abstraction impossible to dismiss.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
✎ Essay · Shala Digest
Sourced, Not Sold
Slop sells a sourceless myth. I could have posted a warning — instead I built the humanities companion that hands you the real sources.
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