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Favorites: Waymo Wins, Weary Fusion, and Whole-Aisle Coca-Cola
November 25, 2025 — Charm turns out to be a real political asset in one surreal White House exchange, a social rule about who demands the “doctor” title…
 • David Watson
Favorites: Fission, Forgeries, and Foreign Policy
November 20, 2025 — A big tent for Democrats, skepticism on school laptops, and a new cloud for fights.
 • David Watson
Favorites: Some Dormant Drafts: Darth Vader, and Deficits
November 12, 2025 — A long-delayed tour through remedial math and missing test scores, electric trash trucks and aging EVs, and the awkward middle…
 • David Watson
Favorites: Data Centers, Democrats, and Disavowals
November 6, 2025 — Abundance earns policy praise, a wild SF cat saga spirals, open-weight TTS turns heads.
 • David Watson

October 2025

September 2025

Favorites: AVs replace human drivers, AI makes radiologists faster
September 24, 2025 — Broadway’s profits lag, Discord drama lingers, and The Argument's comment section AI-doom critique keeps the temperature down.
 • David Watson
Favorites: Fee Fiascos, Free Speech, and $150B
September 21, 2025 — Voters say climate matters but pocketbooks matter more—talk cheaper energy if you want the win.
 • David Watson
Favorites: Factory Fumbles, Fare Findings, and Football’s GOAT
September 16, 2025 — ICE’s Hyundai/LG raid stalls the plant until 2026, SB 79 clears the finish line, and TikTok’s “deal” leaves editorial control in…
 • David Watson
Favorites: Poland Provocations, PM2.5 Perils
September 10, 2025: GOP skipped one condemnation, and stupid trolley problem variations.
 • David Watson
New factories need nurturing, ICE raids backfire
September 8, 2025: Flock touts 700k cases solved, inspection robots replace scaffolds, and a missile from a drone downs a Russian jet
 • David Watson
Gemini Gains, Factories and Getting to One Stair
September 4, 2025 — Solar keeps winning in Africa, a vaccine-efficacy tweak fixes the math, and Newsom looks weak for a national run.
 • David Watson
Favorites: Vanishing Acts to Vanishing Vacancies
September 1, 2025 — GLP-1 remakes celebrity bodies, toilet cams promise stool analytics, and small-dollar donations tug Democrats left.
 • David Watson
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