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“The Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass legislation to impose sanctions against Russia and Iran after months of fits and starts, with the death of Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham providing the final push,” NBC News reports. “The 61-page legislation, re-named the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, in honor of the bill’s […]

“President Donald Trump reiterated his preference for lower interest rates but acknowledged it is not the central bank chief’s decision alone, taking a much softer tone than the sharp criticisms he threw at Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh’s predecessor,” Bloomberg reports. Said Trump: “It’s up to him a little bit, but not completely. And he’s […]

John Gruber thinks the OpenAI device might be very different than a smart speaker: I couldn’t give two shits about an OpenAI “smart speaker” if the point is just to play music and podcasts, but a handheld cross between R2-D2 and C-3PO, that could be fucking cool. It’s a pet...

Ryan Barrett blogging some good news about clean power:

We added 849 TWh of generation overall in 2025, an increase of 4.5%, but GHG emitting (ie fossil fuel) generation shrank by 0.2%. Clean energy covered the gap and then some.

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Platformonomics TGIF is a weekly roll-up of links, comments on those links, and perhaps a little too much tugging on my favorite threads. Get Platformonomics Updates By Email Summer is flying by… News Useful Idiots, Fellow Travelers and Unregistered Foreign Agents: Oracle We’ve written at length about the financial risks of Oracle’s Hail Mary scramble […]

There's no evidence the truck will be a cheap EV truck, but what if it were?

“President Donald Trump is moving forward with his attempt to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve over unproven allegations of mortgage fraud, in a move that is likely to spark a new legal battle over the independence of the central bank,” ABC News reports.

“The Trump administration this week sparked enthusiasm that the U.S. and Iran could soon strike a deal on the Strait of Hormuz, driving down oil prices and sending stocks soaring — only for no deal to emerge,” CNBC reports. “If that sounds familiar, it may be because President Donald Trump has claimed dozens of times […]

Reba McEntire's step-son Brandon Blackstock died on Aug. 7, 2025. Continue reading…

Steven Levy, writing for Wired: Today it’s official: After almost 27 years, Dean is leaving Google, along with Ghemawat and two other top-tier AI scientists, to found a company called Discovery Loop. Even though Google will take a stake in the new company, it’s a devast...

No one can quite figure out what in the world is going on with Donald Trump's hair lately, and it's causing quite a stir on social media -- because what better way to distract yourself from a crippling economy and a brutal forever war than making fun of Donnie Boy? On Tues...

A note on this morning’s report

A kind of coming of age story, if coming of age was the work not of one but two, not of solitude or isolation but of connection, conjoining, coupling.

Even if Golden State stays healthy and several young players continue developing, it’s difficult to envision the 2026-2027 team contending.

Police are investigating the crash.

Reporter: More than 50 active duty U.S. military service members had parents or spouses detained. This is detrimental to military preparedness. Troops are not able to concentrate on their mission.

Fox host rages at Gen Z for buying "little treats"

Marcel Duchamp, Untitled from The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Green Box) (La mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même [Boîte verte]), 1934 #museumarchive #marcelduchamp

“Democratic turnout for House primaries in a majority-Black Tennessee county surged to the highest level in a decade, the latest sign that redistricting may be energizing Black voters across the South,” the Washington Post reports.

I rolled out basic cross-posting from Micro.blog to RSS.chat this week. Here's a screenshot of what the menu looks like. Still have some improvements I can make later.