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Tuesday, August 4, 2026

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articleGruhn
Don't be a meat proxy

A two-word phrase that names the thing you've been doing all week — copying AI output into emails without thinking. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

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articleNoahpinion
The end of the age of heroes

Smith's great-uncle was a 'human calculator' — a job computers killed decades ago. He argues we're watching the same thing happen to the highest reaches of mathematical genius.

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podcastOdd Lots
The Tungsten Market Is Warning of an Upcoming War

One mine in Australia opens every time a major war starts and closes when it ends. Tungsten demand is spiking right now.

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articleBloomberg
USD And JPY: Trump, Bessent Intervene to Rescue a Weakening Japanese Yen

The U.S. Treasury directly intervened to prop up the yen — something that almost never happens. The last comparable move was in 1998.

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articleNature News
Tiny patch of Amazon probably holds 40,000 insect species — many new to science

Researchers catalogued insects from forest floor to canopy in one small Amazon site. They estimate 40,000 species — most unknown to science. The planet is wilder than we think.

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