Brain Rot: LLMs, Long Covid Edition
Brain rot explains a lot about LLMs, long covid, bad economics and polisci, or maybe it’s the other way around.
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Coffee Break: Gerontocrats Bad Jacket Tactics Not Working in U.S. Senate Primary?
The gerontocrats led by Chuck Schumer, are trying to crush the “viral fantasy” of progressive Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner.
Read more...Generational Political War in a Hypernormalized Context
The hypernormalized state of 2025 America is dramatically impacting political campaigns in the U.S. as the empire rapidly loses hegemony.
Read more...Who’s Delusional, Who’s Drugged, Who’s Disinformed? It’s Hard to Tell
From Trump on down to the voters, it’s almost impossible to figure out who is deluded, who’s drugged, and who’s been disinformed.
Read more...Coffee Break: Pyrrhic Victory Drives Dystopian High Tech Drive for Control
After claiming a pyrrhic victory in Gaza, Israel and its allies in Silicon Valley make a dystopian grab for control.
Read more...Coffee Break: Russell Vought, Stephen Miller, and Eric Trump Trio of the Week
A Trump Trio stood out in news coverage of the administration this week: Russell Vought, Stephen Miller, and Eric Trump.
Read more...Coffee Break: Bad Jacketing Katie Porter
Last week, California gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter got the bad jacketing treatment after a snippy interview with CBS.
Read more...Will Trump Work Himself Into a Shoot Versus Illinois Governor?
Trump seems to be baiting the Democrats into civil conflict, but does anyone involved actually know what they’re doing?
Read more...Coffee Break: Ken Paxton Takes His Anti-Antifa Fight Undercover
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced “undercover operations to infiltrate and uproot leftist terror cells in Texas.”
Read more...TINA Never Die: Is Taxing the Rich Unthinkable Forever?
Establishment Democrats and Donald Trump both agree there is no alternative to the relentless upward mobility of wealth, is there any hope of change?
Read more...Coffee Break: Bari Weiss, CBS News, Meet the New Boss, Same as the Same Old
David Ellison is installing Bari Weiss as the new EIC of CBS News, paying $150 million for her publication The Free Press. She will likely handle hasbara for the network.
Read more...Nat Wilson Turner: Naked Capitalism – Your Antidote to The Stoopid
Thanks to your support, Naked Capitalism has been able to keep telling truths that the officialdom tries hard to hide. Please chip in!
Read more...Trump Admin Moving Fast, Breaking Things as Shutdown Continues
The Trump administration is moving fast to capitalize on the opportunities presented by the government shutdown, compliant courts, ethically flexible corporations, and generous foreign governments.
Read more...Coffee Break: Shutdown, Clampdown, Clownshow or Horror Movie?
Trump, Hegseth and Russell Vought are clamping down and lashing out as the US government shuts down, but how much is clown show and how much is horror?
Read more...Censorship, Surveillance, and Spin: EU, UK, and Ukraine Try to Drive the Narrative
The EU, UK, and Ukraine are using a mix of expanded surveillance, censorship, and spin in an attempt to influence the narrative in their homeland and in the U.S.
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