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[PODCAST] Sunday Cutdown LXXXIII (20 JULY 2025)
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[PODCAST] Sunday Cutdown LXXXIII (20 JULY 2025)

Clearing my inbox of stories I want to document

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1) The time I got a chance to publicly duel with Mahathir Mohamad

ECONOMIST: A centenarian’s mixed legacy

2) This is almost too easy … for China

WAPO: Trump has cut global climate finance. China is more than happy to step in.

3) If you’re a native-born American and the president threatens to strip you of your citizenship and deport you, then you may just be living in a dictatorship

NYT: How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?

4) The magical mystery base

AP: US Expands Militarized Zones to 1/3 of Southern Border, Stirring Controversy

5) Proposition Infinity

GUARDIAN: ‘I felt pure, unconditional love’: the people who marry their AI chatbots

6) The world just isn’t that into US anymore

NYT: American Allies Want to Redraw the World’s Trade Map, Minus the U.S.

7) Headed in different directions

WAPO: In China, the master’s degree is the new bachelor’s degree
PEW RESEARCH CENTER: Is College Worth It?

8) Withering on the AI vine

ECONOMIST: AI is killing the web. Can anything save it?

9) The coming run on the food banks

NYT: A New Era of Hunger Has Begun

10) Two types of people in the future

NYT: A Special ‘Climate’ Visa? People in Tuvalu Are Applying Fast.

11) From hub-and-spokes to get your own hub, bub!

NYT: Europe’s Dilemma: Build a Military Industry or Keep Relying on the U.S.

12) My Military Singularity has arrived — ahead of schedule

WSJ: A Never-Ending Supply of Drones Has Frozen the Front Lines in Ukraine

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