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Commentary and analysis on technology, money, politics and the forces shaping what comes next.

Aaron Day

Super Intelligence takes Human Intelligence

November 11, 2026

After watching this 48-second video, executives at Warner Bros. and Netflix immediately put a $100 million historical epic on hold. A 20-year-old independent creator, with a CGI budget of zero, generated a hyperrealistic scene: a time-traveling travel vlogger interviewing King Leonidas at Thermopylae in 480 BC. Total production cost: $25.Rendering time: 4 minutes.Film crew hired:

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Economy

Trump isn’t Bullying Canada, He’s Exposing It

January 25, 2026

Donald Trump’s threat of 100 percent tariffs if Canada deepens trade with China has been dismissed, predictably, as bullying. Mean. Crude. Intimidation over diplomacy. That reaction misses the point, and lets Canada’s political class off the hook yet again. What matters is why Canada is so vulnerable to it, and why Trump is doing exactly

News Media

Dominion Acknowledges Foreign Contact: The Truth Revealed!

January 24, 2026

Patrick Byrne’s post cites a recent deposition in the Coomer v. Byrne defamation lawsuit, where former Dominion Voting Systems director Eric Coomer admits under oath to discussing the company’s source code with foreign nationals, including overseas contractors and non-U.S. staff in its Denver office. After years of claiming to be “100% American,” Dominion now admits

Agenda

Board of Peace is Born

January 23, 2026

Prosperity can only come through peace, the United Nations divided us. The Board of Peace will allow us to prosper. Peace is the prize and now we have the promise. Today we celebrate one of the greatest moments in mankind, when a great idea is conceived, nurtured and delivered, to save humanity. Let’s baptize this

Politics

United States Completes WHO Withdrawal

January 22, 2026

WASHINGTON — January 22, 2026 — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of State today announced the United States’ completion of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) due to the organization’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, its failure to adopt urgently

Agenda

Statement by Minister Miller on Lincoln Alexander Day

January 21, 2026

Statement OTTAWA, January 21, 2026 The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages, made the following statement: “Today we mark Lincoln Alexander Day to honour an important figure in Canadian law and public life, whose commitment profoundly transformed our country. Through his exceptional career and legacy, Lincoln Alexander

Politics

Why Does Greenland “Really” Matter?

January 18, 2026

The X post shares a 15-minute video by Susan Kokinda of Promethean Action, framing President Trump’s renewed push for Greenland as a revival of the 1920s U.S. War Plan Red—a declassified contingency for conflict with Britain—aimed at dismantling lingering European imperial control through NATO and Denmark. WHY DOES GREENLAND “REALLY” MATTER? Whoa, best summation you’ll