There’s really not a hell of a lot going on. Not really.
Sure, Pam Bondi got pissed at abusive questioning on the Hill Wednesday. A simple check of headlines in media will reveal which lean right and left. A near-enough middle is Bondi clashes with lawmakers over Epstein files.
War Score and More
In the wings (which includes Jordan now): Netanyahu meets with Trump as U.S. restarts talks on Iran’s nuclear program.
While in Tehran, they’re getting ready for visitors: Iran takes delivery of Russian Mi-28NE attack helicopters.
While at sea? Iran naval forces monitoring enemy moves constantly: cmdr. – Mehr News Agency
And if one (pending) war isn’t enough for you? With bodies still pilng up in Ukraine daily Poll: Top NATO allies don’t think US helps deter enemies anymore.
More from the Fools on the Hill
But it wasn’t just Bondi. Congress just keeps making the case that we have enough laws already. Or, do we? US House passes GOP bill imposing nationwide voter ID and citizenship requirements,
Now, we notice “Clown Theater” is back: Partial government shutdown looms as ICE negotiations stall. Geniuses.
And here more productive use of time: Democrats deride Veterans Affairs secretary for repeating false claims about Alex Pretti’s killing.
In a World – Gone Circular
Let’s begin with this: Unmentionable? Suspected gunman found dead after shooting at Canadian high school leaves 9 dead. That was from Fox.
Now to my “everything is a business model” note. See, I used to think the BBC was the state media of England. Yet, when I tried to reads details of this story: Police identify 18-year-old as suspect in Tumbler Ridge shootings. – paywall!
Maybe it doesn’t PayWall in England, but we’d sure be interested. Because:
• The BBC is owned by the public of the United Kingdom
• It operates under a Royal Charter granted by the British monarch
• It is independent of direct government control
Which brings us back to the larger pattern.
Public institutions increasingly operate like hybrid commercial entities. Government-adjacent, but revenue-conscious. Civic mission layered over business model.
And that creates cognitive friction. We think “public service.” We encounter “monetized access.”
We think “state broadcaster.” We get geo-fenced revenue strategy.
Everything bends toward incentive structures. Everything eventually has a revenue logic. Even institutions that began as public utilities evolve toward mixed models.
And here’s the quiet part nobody says out loud: hybrid institutions are especially sensitive to political winds. Not because they’re evil. Because they’re adaptive.
Revenue streams and regulatory frameworks both shape behavior. In a world where everything is circular, the money flows and the narratives flow right alongside it. Cute how governments are the world’s biggest producers of “narrative” ain’t it?
More Useful to Ponder
Scientists Report “High-Confidence Detections of Artificial Objects” on the Moon—Could They Solve a Cold War-era Mystery? – The Debrief
Is This the Part Where I Mention
Unemployment levels are looking steady.
Market futures are up. (Can’t say the same about bitcoin.) And tomorrow is CPI – BOHICA Day.
Around the Ranch: Burn Out Thursday
Been up since 2 AM.
Caught a vivid dream and knew better than to roll over and lose it. So I got up, scribbled, shaped it into what may become a whole book outline, and by the third cup of coffee I was no longer sure whether it should be written at all. That’s usually how you know it might matter.
In two ways for me, this is “burn out day.”
The first one is literal. Fire gardening. Burn day one. It’s been dry. I’ve got a 100-foot metal-sheathed hose laid out and the perimeter will be wet-lined before anything gets lit. No cowboy nonsense. Controlled burn, tight perimeter, no surprises.
This is part of a broader “total tech” approach to growing meaningful food on less than an hour a day of labor. The idea is leverage — systems over sweat. I’ve been walking through it step-by-step in the Hour a Day Gardening series, building it as we go. Fire is just another tool when used with discipline.
The second version of burn out is less smoky.
A reader suggested this week that maybe it’s time to slow down. Cut the posts in half. Bank content. Take Saturdays off. Ease up, partner.
Fair thought. Comes from a good place.
But this isn’t a bakery where I can stack yesterday’s muffins on tomorrow’s shelf. It’s closer to trading. Signals shift daily. Narratives mutate. If I bank content, I risk publishing yesterday’s thinking into today’s market.
Cadence isn’t volume. It’s rhythm.
And yes, I’m hyper-aware of time. That’s why Time-Engineering exists in the first place. Deliverables over busywork. Deliverables: The Anti–To-Do List That Actually Works – Time Engineering Structure over sprawl. Output that compounds instead of consumes.
Now, Let’s Dig Into “Burn-Out”
There’s an assumption floating around that steady output equals strain. Sometimes that’s true. But sometimes steady output is simply momentum. Writing daily isn’t a burden for me; it’s the engine. It keeps the signal clean. Drift is what erodes edge, not pace.
High output doesn’t mean high time cost. Systems matter. Discipline matters. Once rhythm is established, production compounds like interest. That’s not burnout. That’s flow.
Thanks for a Good Idea
The flash-drive suggestion — gathering the books, the Peoplenomics archive, the full run in one place — that caught my attention. That’s not a slowdown request. That’s archival recognition. It implies continuity. A body of work, not just a stack of posts.
As for letting someone else steer content for a day now and then? I’ve considered it. Readers already influence direction every day. But vector control matters. Give that away casually and you lose the through-line. The thesis is the spine. Without it, you’re just wandering.
So the only real question is sustainability. If the cadence works, you keep building. If it doesn’t, you redesign. Or, at least take more naps. Same rule as engineering anything else.
There’s a difference between frenzy and flow. Frenzy exhausts. Flow builds.
And then there are days like today. A dream hits like lightning and the only rational move is to get up and write it down. By the time it’s captured, sleep is a memory and the brain is fully lit.
Anyone with ten hours of sleep, a hot shower, half a pot of coffee, and a steak-and-eggs breakfast ought to be primed for a productive day.
But sometimes the brain itself is on fire. And the only thing to do is get up and let it burn clean.
Write when I wake up,
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