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• How China Keeps Tabs on Foreigners

  August 4, 2026

  An unsecured police dashboard was a rare window into how the authorities track foreigners by collecting and aggregating vast amounts of private data. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/world/asia/china-surveillance-foreigners-database.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2VA.khtF.stlDJiDcjqVJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share more ›

• Robinhood Adds Some Agents

  August 3, 2026

  Also Activision, index fast-tracking, First Brands tariffs and Kalshi sharps. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-05-27/robinhood-adds-some-agents?cmpid=BBD080326_MONEYSTUFF&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=260803&utm_campaign=moneystuff more ›

• La violencia de una empresa de ‘desokupación’ escala en el centro de Sevilla

  August 3, 2026

  Los empleados golpean a dos jóvenes tras haber atacado a periodistas en el acoso inmobiliario de los corralones de Castellar https://elpais.com/espana/2026-08-03/la-violencia-de-una-empresa-de-desokupacion-escala-en-el-centro-de-sevilla.html?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bk more ›

• The White Masks of Gabon: “Foreign” symbolism in Traditional African sculpture.

  August 2, 2026

  Among the most refined works of African art are the distinctive white masks of southern Gabon in Central Africa. https://open.substack.com/pub/isaacsamuel/p/the-white-masks-of-gabon-foreign?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oj2p5 more ›

• Foxtrot Network: The shadowy gang recruiting teen killers across Europe

  August 2, 2026

  The Foxtrot Network is thought to be responsible for about 35 murders in Europe, and uses violence-as-a-service tactics. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czrjyevmv61o more ›

• Tech Brew Ride Home: The AI Trade

  July 31, 2026

  Listen: https://ift.tt/XGEhTQx Microsoft surged 15% on its fastest cloud growth since 2022, while Meta slid 10% defending its AI spending. Aschenbrenner's hedge fund unwound positions after the AI rout, the… more ›

• Invest Like the Best with Patrick O’Shaughnessy: Sam Altman – How to Make an Abundant Future – [Invest Like the Best, EP.484]

  July 28, 2026

  Listen: https://ift.tt/xXtQsZM My guest today is Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. It's a conversation spanning the history, present, and future of OpenAI, from the origin of ChatGPT through Codex, hardware,… more ›

• There is no ‘getting back to normal’ with climate breakdown

  July 26, 2026

  As the IPCC report makes clear, there are now only unknown and unfamiliar alternative futures that we can choose from, says political economist Mark Blyth https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/11/no-getting-back-to-normal-climate-breakdown-ipcc-report?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›

• Why does everything feel so joyless? Welcome to the age of decadence without pleasure

  July 26, 2026

  Decadence in our era comes in technologically mediated forms, emptied of desire and obsessed with self-optimisation https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/26/age-of-decadence-pleasure-ai?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›

• ChinaTalk: WarTalk: Iran War Back On, Rogue AI, Ukraine Civ-Mil

  July 26, 2026

  Listen: https://ift.tt/LJY4lId Five months into the Iran campaign, the US has two carrier strike groups parked in the Arabian Sea, a blockade that may take months to bite, and a… more ›