radiation, railroads, and residential proxies
Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Augustus put my statue in the Senate house, not a temple.
- P-hacking built the world’s most expensive safety regime
- The post-COVID labor share decline is unlike any before it
- Railroads built the American bureaucratic state — literally
- You only know the things you can lose to
- Episode 355: the final episode, after 976 years of history
- Oklahoma lets oil companies inject waste within half a mile of drinking water — one city is fighting back
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