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The truth about Hamas

Plus: OpenAI’s new job-destroying tool, China’s nuke buildup, China’s CO2 drawdown, why presidential candidates are hawkish, and more!

Nov 17 •

The ‘River to the Sea’ Rorschach test

Plus: Global AI summit review. MSM joins NZN in outer space. Biden’s Ukraine peace push. Paid perks. And more!

Nov 10 •

The next front in the Gaza War

Plus: NZN merch. AI gets spicy. Microplastics munchers. Do Gazans support Hamas? Ukraine quotes of the week.

Nov 3 •

Israel’s Gaza speech code

Plus: AI utopia, AI dystopia, Ukraine’s CIA connections, the coming solar age, and more!

Oct 27 •

Why Israel’s anti-Hamas strategy is failing

Plus: Killer robots are here. Axis of the sanctioned. AI doom updates. Nonzero merch. And more!

Oct 20 •

Israel, Hamas, and Biden’s failed foreign policy

Plus: US-China-Russia cooperation. AI gets emotional. California, eco-superpower. Paid perks. And more!

Oct 13 •

The real lesson of Ukraine for Taiwan

Plus: Google’s AI learns to talk. Space junk crackdown. How big is the Putin threat? Zero-emissions energy by 2050? Paid subscriber perks. And more!

Oct 6 •

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