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mitchbob6d ago

"Collaboration" Is Bullshit

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/collaboration-is-bullshit/

"Collaboration" is bullshit.

This newsletter is free to read, and it’ll stay that way. But if you want more - extra posts each month, access to the community, and a direct line to ask me things - paid subscriptions are $2.50/month. A lot of people have told me it’s

Westenberg.
mitchbobMar 19

The strait of Hormuz blockade will strangle US defense industry

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/19/west-point-analysis-iran-war-costs

West Point analysis warns that strait of Hormuz blockade will strangle US defense industry

Report shows how minerals critical to defense readiness have seen a ‘near total’ disruption in seaborne trade

The Guardian
mitchbobMar 17

Kagi's Orion browser hits public beta on Linux

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/orion-for-linux-beta-release

Orion browser hits public beta on Linux

Kagi's privacy-focused Orion browser has reached public beta on Linux. Here's what works, what doesn't and how to install it on Ubuntu.

OMG! Ubuntu
mitchbobMar 15

A Superpower Goes Offline

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/14/russias-self-inflicted-communication-crisis-00827197

A superpower goes offline

Silicon Valley is pulling the plug. The Kremlin is locking the doors. Inside the race to cut Russia off from the global internet — and what comes after.

Politico
mitchbobFeb 19

We're no longer attracting top talent: the brain drain killing American science

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/trump-science-funding-cuts

‘We’re no longer attracting top talent’: the brain drain killing American science

As Trump slashes science funding, young researchers flee abroad. Without solid innovation, the US could cease to have the largest biomedical ecosystem in the world

The Guardian
mitchbobFeb 4

In Tehran

https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/january/in-tehran

Raha Nik-Andish | In Tehran

I live on the top floor of a block of flats in western Tehran. I turned off the lights and watched the city below. It...

LRB Blog