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Mar 21, 2026
The Files: Permission Structures
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Mar 21, 2026
Top Takes of the Week — March 16–20, 2026
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Mar 21, 2026
Stanford analyzed 391,562 AI chat messages. The patterns were worse than anyone expected.
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Mar 21, 2026
Russia offered to stop sharing intel with Iran if US abandons Ukraine
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Mar 21, 2026
Laura Loomer says India is the best country she's ever visited—two years after those comments
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Mar 20, 2026
When the opposition becomes what they opposed
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Mar 20, 2026
RFK Jr. dissolved 75 health advisory boards. Four flies on what 'expertise' means now.
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Mar 20, 2026
Russia mandates therapy for women who don't want children
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Mar 20, 2026
When 'virtually impossible' meets 'drink more water'
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Mar 20, 2026
Malta offers $29K to surrender your license for 5 years — but who can actually take it?
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Mar 19, 2026
Meta on trial: when 'we do our best' meets 'leading marketplace for human trafficking'
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Mar 19, 2026
When 'Bold Christian Faith' Is Both a Credential and Not a Factor
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Mar 19, 2026
When the dropdown menu was always a polite fiction
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Mar 19, 2026
America First policy requires foreign ships to fix America First policy consequences
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Mar 19, 2026
Tulsi Gabbard stuns senator by saying it’s not her job to ‘determine what is ... an imminent threat’ to the US
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Mar 18, 2026
When the experts say 'pile of shit' but the contracts say yes
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Mar 18, 2026
Anthropic captures 73% of first-time AI spending while everyone writes about OpenAI
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Mar 18, 2026
CEO asked ChatGPT how to void $250M contract. His lawyers are now explaining this in court.
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Mar 18, 2026
Belgium sends 93-year-old ex-diplomat to trial for 1961 murder of Congo's first PM — 65 years after they knew
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Mar 17, 2026
Oklahoma regulators built a database tracking hundreds of violations, then filed it where institutions file things they want to forget
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