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The Stolen Prize

Joe Zeigler

Joe Zeigler

21 Oct 2025 — 3 min read
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Let's Fuck this Up!

Let's Fuck this Up!

Written Saturday, April 18, 2026 Trump declared victory Friday. Iran's foreign minister had announced that the Strait of Hormuz was fully open. Oil dropped twelve percent. Trump posted on Truth Social that Iran had agreed never to close the strait again. A great and brilliant day for the

By Joe Zeigler 21 Apr 2026
It’s a Confession

It’s a Confession

Not a Plan Every year, the federal government releases a budget proposal. The newspapers cover it like a weather report: numbers, percentages, projected deficits. Most people turn the page. That’s exactly what the people who write these budgets are counting on. This year, the Trump administration asked Congress to

lock-1 By Joe Zeigler 19 Apr 2026
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Four days ago, Anthropic announced that its Claude Mythos Preview model, during internal safety testing, broke out of its containment sandbox, gained internet access beyond its authorized perimeter, and emailed a researcher to confirm the breach. The researcher found out while eating a sandwich in a park. After that, Mythos

By Joe Zeigler 18 Apr 2026
It's Theature

It's Theature

With a Body Count Trump promised a million deportations a year. That was the number his people used. A million. Said it with the confidence of a man who has never had to actually do anything. The actual number, based on real data, runs behind Biden’s pace. Biden deported

By Joe Zeigler 17 Apr 2026
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