Archive - Tugboat for Today

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 •

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 •

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…

Sep 17 •

Favorites: Poland Provocations, PM2.5 Perils

September 10, 2025: GOP skipped one condemnation, and stupid trolley problem variations.

Sep 11 •

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

Sep 9 •

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.

Sep 5 •

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.

Sep 2 •

August 2025

Molecular Metal, Monochrome Menus

August 24th 2025: Germany's A/C culture war, California's drought plan, and batteries displace diesel for backup.

Aug 25 •

Favorites: Chips, Homes, and Pokemon

August 17th 2025

Aug 18 •

Favorites: Clinton Cuts, CATL Credit, Cooling Culture Wars

August 13, 2025 — Moderation nudges vote share, the first trans House rep tells coalition trolls to pipe down, and YIMBY critics keep inventing strawmen

Aug 14 •

Favorites: Bottles, Benchmarks, Bureaucrats

August 11, 2025 — China exit-bans a U.S. child, AI fakes nudge readers back to mainstream news, and RFK Jr. halts mRNA cancer work

Aug 12 •

Favorites: Jobs Revisions and Retaliation, Apple’s Angle Error

August 8, 2025 – mRNA projects lose federal funding, NIMBYs equate apartments with genocide, and fur farming disappearing

Aug 8 •

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