ZD 26:10: Fake Infowars
The information war in Iran and other explorations in technology, culture and events.
🙈 The Invisible Information War (People's Art of War)
Information warfare might be the most important kind of warfare. Here are six observations on how it is playing out in Iran today.
🌍 Is the Intelligence Monopoly Over? (Spatial Intelligence)
You can reconstruct ongoing military operations from public sources.
🏖️ Special Update from Abu Dhabi (Rational Optimist Society)
Stephen McBride lives in Abu Dhabi. He gives you a sense of what life is like at one facet of the front. He would remind you that drone warfare is important.
🔥The Ultimate LNG Report (Jimmy Investor)
Everything you need to know about liquid natural gas in the Gulf.
🤖 Why You Only Hear About AI Doom (Sahil Bloom)
It is far easier to monetize the negative doom loop than to sell positive stories.
📰 AI Will Reshape Public Opinion (Conspicuous Cognition)
Social media democratized public opinion, fueling the rise of populists. LLMs might be capable of pulling things in the opposite direction should they overcome their current shortcomings.
💿 Rick Rubin is the Future of Work (Tom White)
Rick Rubin has taste and can express what he feels. He does not know how to play an instrument or work a sound board. In a world of AI you do not need to know how.
💊 The Peptide Wave (The Next )
Peptides are the drug of 2025. Here is a great rundown on a few popular models and the underlying science.
🪖 The 100 Year War (PastPresentFuture)
We have been fighting the war on drugs for a lot longer than we remember.
☀️ 64% of Americans Want to Stop Changing Clocks (Strength In Numbers)
We all just want to stop changing clocks. We don’t care which clock wins. Just pick one.
📚 Gen Z Lives in the Archive (Katherine Dee)
Gen Z is actually reacting to everything that ever happened in quasi-real time.
🪨 A History of Rock, Paper, Scissors (Histories)
Using hand shapes to settle disputes is a very old human tradition.
The Look
Beware of fake satellite images, via Flowing Data.
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