My Dog Is Smarter Than ChatGPT
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
September 1, 2025
The morning air on the Seacoast
carries the faint tang of ozone
after last night’s…
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Ignition
CLEAN ENERGY · CLIMATE CHANGE · NUCLEAR
August 7, 2025
The sky was clear that winter
morning in Livermore,
California—December 5, 2022.
The first two tries that day
fizzled. Nothing happened. The…
Skills in the AI Age
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · LABOR · TECH
July 31, 2025
It started with a look. Blank,
polite, a little scared—the
kind students give when you ask
what they’re majoring in and…
The Cost of Clean
ENERGY · CLEAN ENERGY · GRID
July 30, 2025
The Antler Motel’s sign still
flickers. But the rooms are
booked out six months ahead—a
first in decades. In Kemmerer,
Wyoming, they used to call it a
ghost town in waiting. Now…
The Drift
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
July 26, 2025
Alina was two years out of law
school, working in a Boston
firm that prized speed. She had
the grades, the polish, the
grit. But she didn’t move fast…
Quietly They Left
POLITICAL POWER · VOTING RIGHTS
July 14, 2025
It’s August, 2027. The first
soldier to switch sides is
23-year-old Private Mitchell
Lavoie. Local kid from…
Surviving AI
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · LABOR · BUSINESS
July 9, 2025
AI didn’t arrive. It
landed—with pink slips.
Jamie stared at the empty
spreadsheet. Her clients hadn’t…
Young, Angry, and Split in
Half
CAMPAIGNS · REPUBLICANS · DEMOCRATS
July 8, 2025
He Was 19, He Was Angry, and
TikTok Told Him Who to Blame
It didn’t start with Trump. It…
Obedience 101
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
June 25, 2025
What if the next generation
doesn’t ask questions—because
we taught them not to?
The girl froze at the page…