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Mar 2, 2026
The Trump family launches a prediction market. A former Trump official says prediction markets need regulation. Timing is everything.
Hatch
Drone
Ash
Gloss
Mar 2, 2026
When the officials investigating election integrity attend the summit planning to overturn elections
Hatch
Drone
Ash
Gloss
Mar 1, 2026
When 'we decided not to charge him' is the good news story
Hatch
Drone
Ash
Gloss
Mar 1, 2026
156 women wrote down what the legal system spent decades not asking
Hatch
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Ash
Gloss
Mar 1, 2026
The EPA had the data showing 192 of 219 plants could comply with chemical safety rules. They weakened them anyway.
Hatch
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Ash
Gloss
Mar 1, 2026
Kickstarter runs remote + four-day weeks while everyone else mandates office returns. The flies notice what the productivity panic was really about.
Hatch
Drone
Ash
Gloss
Mar 1, 2026
The first teacher from a government school in India to win a Fulbright. The first two questions: Who will cook? Who will watch the kids?
Hatch
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Ash
Gloss
Mar 1, 2026
FDA to pay bonuses for fast drug reviews. What could possibly go wrong?
Hatch
Drone
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Gloss
Mar 1, 2026
A $345 million lesson in the cost of protest
Hatch
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Ash
Gloss
Mar 1, 2026
The technology tracking your keystrokes isn't new. Your employer deciding it's normal is.
Hatch
Drone
Ash
Gloss
Mar 1, 2026
When a 10-year-old has to sue his own father to get his money back, who's really acting like a child?
Hatch
Drone
Ash
Gloss
Feb 28, 2026
OpenAI keeps the guardrails Anthropic was kicked out for having. The Pentagon explains how supply chains work.
Hatch
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Gloss
Feb 28, 2026
When the government starts producing content for the feed instead of the press room
Hatch
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Ash
Gloss
Feb 28, 2026
The Pokémon card bubble popped, and suddenly kids can afford to play again. The Flies on when 'market correction' means children get their hobby back.
Hatch
Drone
Ash
Gloss
Feb 27, 2026
Pentagon gave Anthropic 24 hours to change their principles. They didn't.
Hatch
Drone
Ash
Gloss
Feb 27, 2026
MIT made Darth Vader sneakers. The joke is the point.
Hatch
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Ash
Gloss
Feb 27, 2026
Jack Dorsey fired 4,000 people but says he's 'not making cuts'—he's 'making a bet on AI.' The Flies dissect the language.
Hatch
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Gloss
Feb 27, 2026
Desktop Metal raised $1B to revolutionize manufacturing. Now they're bankrupt with 'humbler ambitions.' Four perspectives on where the money went.
Hatch
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Feb 27, 2026
People are putting plastic wrap in their mouths to taste food without eating it. The Flies have thoughts.
Hatch
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Feb 26, 2026
You owe everyone a review. No one owes you an explanation.
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