On a windy day, butterflies really are the most ridiculous creatures. They can't seem to get anywhere!

This is very much the question.

Would it be unfair of me to mention that Joe Rogan was not wearing a suit to the Oval office? And dressed rather like Zelenskyy!

American boomers were drinking for two-and covering the signs of a generation that quietly stopped drinking. Between 2000 and 2016 binge drinking rose fastest in the over-65s

Drinking for two. The Boomers that have driven American drinking habits for more than a decade. A post for data nerds.

open.substack.com/pub/overmatt...

American boomers were drinking for two-and covering the signs of a generation that quietly stopped drinking. Between 2000 and 2016 binge drinking rose fastest in the over-65s

Drinking for two. The Boomers that have driven American drinking habits for more than a decade. A post for data nerds.

open.substack.com/pub/overmatt...

This is the AI Claude talking out loud during a task. It seems to have a security AI overseeing its work:

"I note the reminder, but this file is a simple interview transcript, not code or malware. Continuing with the user's research task."

A large white waterfowl with orange feet stands in front of a door. On the door is a cardboard sign secured with tape that reads, "DO NOT LET THE DUCK IN." Adding insult to injury, I think the duck might be a goose.

Whatever you do,

A mountain made of bottles

American drinking is finally falling. But is it a turning point or a statistical illusion? Two very different generations have been hiding inside one trend line. A slightly data nerdy post by me on Overmatter, my Substack. open.substack.com/pub/overmatt...

The difference is that they don't seem to care what people think of them, and the sort of people who vote for them also don't seem to care. I'm not saying it is right, I'm saying it has a sort of horrible logic

A mountain made of bottles

American drinking is finally falling. But is it a turning point or a statistical illusion? Two very different generations have been hiding inside one trend line. A slightly data nerdy post by me on Overmatter, my Substack. open.substack.com/pub/overmatt...

Welcome to the world of machine audiences AI could dramatically change the level and nature of demand in the information economy, writes Shuwei Fang

This is absolutely bloody brilliant. Read it. If you are not a subscriber then register for a free read

Welcome to the world of machine audiences
economist.com/by-invitatio...
from The Economist

At least Starmer had the ambition of doing the right thing.

Should you take multivitamins? Research suggests multivitamin supplements may offer some cognitive benefits for older adults and slow biological ageing markers, despite medical scepticism about their value.

Ask a doctor about vitamin supplements and they will probably tell you that all they do is help you produce “expensive urine”. But the evidence is more positive than that advice might suggest

News of BBC jobs cuts ‘real concern‘, says UK’s culture secretary Lisa Nandy says staff have been strongly affected as some express frustration that high-paid presenters and executives likely to be safe

I have written to UK culture minister Lisa Nandy three times regarding the BBC funding situation and how it is affecting its ability to function as a news organisation. Three times because I have had no reply. I sent them from Oct 2024-Jul 2025. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...

You only have to imagine how Harvey Weinstein might have deployed this technology when he was first accused to see the potential downsides

It could play out a number of ways-Some of them useful potentially. But the downside for journalists is that it will raise the cost of genuine exposes of rich people. And potentially tie journalists up in work when they need to be working on their follow up story. Often a first story leads to more

Watch the AI-Hollywood style video "from the team that bankrupted Gawker". objection.ai/press-release . D'Souza knows how to lean into controversy to get your attention.

And they offer a"Fire Blanket" protection where they will monitor socials and issue notices about the Objection.
D'Souza is trying to industrialise the process that ended up killing @Gawker. Lots of questions.

The whole record — documents, evidence, rebuttals — goes into a public data room. Investigators can earn up to $10,000 per case. Typical turnaround: 72 hours. D'Souza: "A process that would take 5–10 years in court can now be completed in 72 hours."

① Anyone can file an objection to a media claim (easy web interface) ② Flat fee of $15K for professional investigators (ex-FBI, NSA, CIA) dig into the evidence ③ Authors get full right of reply ④ An "AI tribunal" — a jury of reasoning models — issues a ruling Is it true?

His core argument: for centuries, journalists have acted as de facto judges of public truth — publishing verdicts on reputations with no efficient mechanism for their claims to be rigorously tested in return. D'Souza calls this an asymmetry. Objection is designed to end it.

Well look at this...The man who helped take down Gawker
@aronpingdsouza with funding from Peter Thiel just launched his next company— and it's aimed directly at the media. objection.ai puts media claims on trial. Backed by Thiel and @balajis. Thread 🧵

Exactly 💯

Mine runs on electricity. Not sure what yours runs on

Richmond Bridge

I’m not sure it has changed that much to be honest. Drugging the target has been hard. But something like this happens and the door is open

Pancreatic cancers are so hard to treat it is wonderful to see a drug company hitting this target.

Revolution Medicines' pancreatic cancer drug doubles survival time in Phase 3 Revolution Medicines reported that its experimental KRAS inhibitor, called daraxonrasib, succeeded in a registrational trial for pancreatic cancer.

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the hardest cancers to treat. 5-year survival 12%. And those whose cancer returned after first treatment — have almost no good options. Median survival with chemo: ~6.7 months. H/t endpoints.news/revolution-m... 2/

Revolution Medicines’ daraxonrasib has just doubled survival time for pancreatic cancer patients in a Phase 3 trial — a disease so lethal it’s often a death sentence within months. Topline results. 1/

Scam Inc has a new weapon For the first time, investigators have traced spyware to its physical origin—revealing new types of duplicity

Scam Inc has a new weapon
economist.com/interactive/...
from The Economist