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October 15, 2026
My Hourlong Interview With Rhein Amacher, Whose Phone Calls Sparked The James Talarico Hoax
“When that lady said that, ‘Oh he was discharged,’ it didn’t matter if she was lying, that gave me the okay.”
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October 14, 2026
Reality Is Micro-Fracturing
It’s only going to get worse
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October 10, 2026
Pete Hegseth’s Stunt Will Probably Get People Killed
What can you say about something like this?
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October 6, 2026
How To Navigate The Increasingly Unhinged AI-Commentary Cacophony
Things are weird and very noisy
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September 4, 2026
The University Of Austin’s President Sent Out An AI-Generated Fundraising Email About Rigor And Excellence
And he shan’t be deterred from doing so again in the future
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September 3, 2026
Nature, You Need To Figure Out What You Do
You had allllllllll summer to think of it
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September 1, 2026
CNN Put A Lifted, Unattributed Quote In The Mouths Of At Least 29 Of Its Journalists
But it was for a good cause
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August 31, 2026
See You [This] Tuesday
I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaaack. . . -ish
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August 8, 2026
A Lot of the Attacks on Higher Ed Are Unfair. Not This One.
By protecting a star from plagiarism charges, a storied college undermined its values.
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