I just finished the audiobook version of Project Hail Mary. Five stars.
But now sad.

Sad Sad Sad

High Agency This week's field notes ...

This week’s notes.

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Spring flight of fancy.

Denise Powell for Congress – Nebraska's Second District Denise Powell believes real change starts with real people. She's running for Congress to fight for hardworking Nebraskans and families like yours. If you

*Denise For Congress*

Don’t know how many Nebraskans there are among us, but here’s a friend and former colleague standing up for good trouble.

Vote if you’re eligible, give if you can and you’re allowed, and share her socials if you will 🫡

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meme featuring two characters from the original Planet of the Apes films intelligent chimpanzees wearing their iconic green and brown tunics with leather collars standing in front of a rocky, mountainous landscape. Above the image, text reads: "Now that Artemis II has launched we have 10 days to get everyone on Earth a Planet of the Apes costume so we can do something hilarious when the astronauts return."

Moon shot Maybe it’s the spring weather on a bank holiday weekend in London, but this week’s notes bend a little toward hope.

Field Notes: Moon shot

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Thank you Bucharest! And stay tuned for my Netflix special later this year!

I believe this is the word we’re looking for …

Nobody paid us a penny to be out today, doing our thing #nokings

Asymmetry We're hard-wired to crave balance and symmetry. But the world doesn't always gives us what we want.

This week’s Field Notes

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This week’s Field Notes

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a woman wearing glasses is waving her hand while sitting on a couch . ALT: a woman wearing glasses is waving her hand while sitting on a couch .

That was pretty damn good #SNLuk

Mr Nobody Against Putin - Official Trailer YouTube video by Madman Films

Push this to the top of your Oscar-viewing list …

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a man wearing a cowboy hat and a badge with the word walker on it ALT: a man wearing a cowboy hat and a badge with the word walker on it

RIP Chuck Norris

The Machine That Watched Epstein For a Decade Did Nothing. Now That It Could Provide Answers – It’s Being Taken Apart. A secret DEA investigation, billions in suspicious transactions, eight agencies — and the dismantling of the unit that could have provided the answers

Your Sunday long read into the Epstein debacle

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Is it?

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The Whole Story Welcome to this week's Field Notes, little observations about the communications business and the public sphere.

Let’s connect on Substack ?
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SignalCockpit — Iran Situation Dashboard Real time monitoring of Iran escalation signals across aviation, maritime, open-source intelligence, and markets.

Dashboard to keep up with situation in Iran.

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No matter who are your senators, call them and tell them to opposed the SAVE Act in any form it's sent to them. It's voter suppression in every way, shape, and form.

That was fun.

Did you follow the news this week? - Feb. 20, 2026 See how well you stack up with other Times readers.

I need to get out more

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Sequencr AI Snags David Gallagher and Jennifer Granston For Board Of Directors Granston currently serves as chief growth and marketing officer at Zignal Labs, while Gallagher is the co-founder of Folgate Advisors.

Snagged! ☺️

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BREAKING: I read the new version of the “Save America Act” (S. 1383) so u don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Point 1 is new. It requires that all 50 states send their voter rolls to the DHS to run thru DHS’s faulty “SAVE” voter purge program. Points 6 & 7 are new too. Tell ur Senators #NoOnSAVE 1/

Tell Your Senators: Vote NO on Voter Suppression | Indivisible

Let’s be clear: The GOP’s new voter suppression legislation (modeled on the SAVE Act) is unlikely to pass the Senate.

But with this attack on our voting rights ahead of the midterms, we can’t take anything for granted.

Clear language Welcome to this week's Field Notes, little observations about the communications business and the public sphere.

For the comms and PR people among us

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That’s my daughter 🥰

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100% this ⬇️

I misread this at first 😬

U.S. voters living abroad: don’t forget to request your ballots - maybe NOW while you’re thinking about it …

(📸 : with @votefromabroad fam at the passyunkavenue #superbowl party in London)

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors