relics, regimes, and plastic dreams

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Romulus and I split one throne between two peoples.

1. The AI researcher who tried to stop Google’s Pentagon deal from the inside
2. The broken switch that almost stranded Armstrong on the moon sells for $860K
3. Orbán is gone — but he built scores of monuments that will outlast him
4. The Ocean Cleanup failed — exactly as scientists predicted it would
5. Feynman called it ‘the dopiest idea’ — then spent his last years building it
6. Heat pump sales beat gas furnaces by 32% in Q1 2026