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  • The Clock That Restarts Itself

    The Clock That Restarts Itself

    Notes from the Field — July 30, 2026 Congress gave itself a clock in 1973. It runs sixty days. If a president sends troops into hostilities…

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  • The Fine Is the Product

    The Fine Is the Product

    Block 9, Article 3 — Not Prevented From Knowing. Kept Comfortable Enough Not to Need To. In 2019 the Federal Trade Commission fined Facebook $5 billion…

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  • The Company That Owns the Wake Word

    The Company That Owns the Wake Word

    Notes from the Field — July 16, 2026 On July 16, the European Commission ordered Google to open eleven features of the Android operating system —…

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  • The Rent Stopped

    The Rent Stopped

    Block 9, Article 2 — The Wolfman No Longer Needed Mexico Steve Sagnotti · thebrokenframes.substack.com In 1963 a disc jockey named Bob Smith took a job…

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  • No One Left to Ask

    No One Left to Ask

    Notes from the Field — July 23, 2026 On July 21 and 22, within a day of each other, two federal agencies stopped doing something they’d…

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  • Two Warnings

    Two Warnings

    Block 9, Article 1 — A Republic, if You Can Keep It Philadelphia, September 17, 1787. The Constitutional Convention has ended. Benjamin Franklin makes his way…

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