Tugboat for Today

Favorites: Translations, Transit, and Tribal Rights

April 6, 2026 — Gene therapy restores hearing in weeks, Outlook crashes in orbit, NYC fills potholes in 90 seconds.

Apr 7 • David Watson

March 2026

Favorites: Senate Sabotage, Seaside Density, and Saturated Benchmarks

March 11, 2026 — GLP-1 patients keep weight off at lower doses, Ford's wiring harness weighs 70 pounds more than Tesla's, tech news sites lose up to 97…

Mar 12 • David Watson

Favorites: Tanker Escorts, Drone Swarms, and Cheating Chatbots

March 8th, 2026 — California rewards destructive ballot propositions, Japan approves stem cells for Parkinson's, virtual fruit flies walk on their own.

Mar 9 • David Watson

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Favorites: Vintage Jets, Tax Brackets, and Building Permits

March 2, 2026 — BullshitBench v2 tests 70 models on hallucination, secretarial work disappeared across two decades, and Seedance 2.0 generates cinematic…

Mar 3 • David Watson

Favorites: Bechamel Benchmarks, Gun Prosecutions, and Driving Negligence

February 28, 2026 — How students use AI matters more than whether they do, post-2020 SF traffic enforcement finds new footing, Daring Fireball tames…

Mar 1 • David Watson

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November 2025

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…

Nov 25, 2025 • 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.

Nov 21, 2025 • 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…

Nov 13, 2025 • 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.

Nov 7, 2025 • David Watson

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October 2025

Favorites: Minecraft, Medicine, and Minerals

October 19, 2025 — GLP-1s hit mainstream adoption, cabinet small talk reveals big regrets, AI revenue expectations

Oct 20, 2025 • David Watson

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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.

Sep 26, 2025 • David Watson

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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.

Sep 23, 2025 • David Watson

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