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Washington dropped plans for a border wall in Far West Texas. The bulldozers came anyway.
After fierce bipartisan resistance, the Trump administration has paused work... temporarily. But the contracts and the larger plan appear to remain in place.
Notes from the edge of civilization: August 16, 2026
Canada cosplay, eh!; calling all gamers; night of the living butt lift; plus, this week's signal map and an upcoming livestream on strategic relocation.
The family that defied the FDA
Mark Grenon recounts the chlorine dioxide controversy, his extradition from Colombia, and the convictions that sent him and three of his sons to prison.
Essay: To keep or not to keep? That is the question.
We all want to stop being controlled by our possessions. But as physical books are being ingested by AI and destroyed, owning less could just replace one form of control with another.
AI is sucking up power. Some states see your assets as a backup supply for the grid.
Homes are being redesigned to power an industry many communities are actively working to abolish. But then, so is much of your stuff... your car, your thermostat, no longer "yours."
Notes from the edge of civilization: August 9, 2026
Introducing the Collapse Life Signal Map; send in the goats; happy Venezuela; Uncle Sam's grub flub 'meats' morale meagerness.
Consolidation and the quiet collapse of quality
The products we depend on are becoming more disposable, not simply because companies are cutting corners, but because the structure of ownership itself has changed.
Madge, Milan, and the muppet media machine
How unverifiable online personas, rapid syndication, and anonymous fear-based doom narratives turn into widely circulated and monetized alternative media content.
The extraction of "dark talent"
Technocrat Balaji Srinivasan's optimistic language signals a new way of thinking about people — as untapped assets waiting to be mobilized.
Notes from the edge of civilization: August 2, 2026
Google Earth fogs the lens; humans litter the moon; nationhood loopholes are closing.