Tugboat for Today

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 • 

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 • 

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 • 

David Watson

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 • 

David Watson

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 • 

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 • 

David Watson

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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 • 

David Watson

Favorites: Poland Provocations, PM2.5 Perils

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

Sep 11 • 

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

Sep 9 • 

David Watson

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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 • 

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.

Sep 2 • 

David Watson

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 • 

David Watson