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Sam Altman wants ChatGPT to become “the core of how people use technology.” But after months of using it, I spend more time correcting its mistakes than benefiting from its intelligence. OpenAI posted $7.8 billion in losses while multiple lawsuits link ChatGPT to teen suicides. Meanwhile, Anthropic’s founders hired a philosopher to build AI responsibly.… Read more.
Trump’s foreign policy has become a grotesque mix of Musk’s ego, Fox’s fiction, and white grievance. iPINIONS chronicles who, from South Africa to Venezuela, it’s ignorance on parade and power without principle. What could go wrong… Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/on-foreign-policy-trump-makes-george Read more.
iPINIONS imagined the apocalypse would be cinematic; not something we’d scroll through between coffee and deadlines. Eliot said it more poetically, but Huxley depicted our brave new world more accurately. Read my quip on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/doomscrolling-end-of-times Read more.
Every November we pin poppies to our lapels to remember the fallen. But as iPINIONS notes, remembrance should mean more than ceremony — it should extend to the living veterans who still wait for the honor we show once a year. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/remembrance-day-2025 Read more.
While federal workers go unpaid, Republicans play politics with their livelihoods. iPINIONS argues it’s time for a wildcat strike to end the government shutdown once and for all — a strike that would remind Washington that workers, not politicians, keep this country running. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/federal-workers-should-launch-a-wildcat Read more.
The Philadelphia Art Museum just fired CEO Sasha Suda for daring to make its walls look like the city it represents. iPINIONS decries how liberal pearls became MAGA hats in disguise — and why Philadelphia’s boardroom elitists now rhyme with Trump’s red-state culture wars. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/philadelphia-art-museum-art-from Read more.
Zohran Mamdani made history last night, becoming the first Muslim elected mayor of New York City. Progressives are celebrating — and rightfully so. But Republicans are, too, because they think they’ve found their new national bogeyman. iPINIONS exposes how the GOP’s gaslighting and projection are trying to make Mamdani the face of “Democratic socialism” to… Read more.
The Dodgers won the World Series, but not because of better baseball. Meghan Markle cursed them in LA, but Drake’s curse on Toronto proved more powerful. iPINIONS examines how celebrity jinxes determined the winner of this fall classic. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/drake-curse-helps-dodgers-defeat Read more.
iPINIONS thinks bulldozers razing the White House were an unwitting metaphor for Trump’s destructive presidency; this marathon cartoon is another — America still running from the anomie and fear his rule unleashed. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/the-new-york-marathon-run4hope Read more.
Even Trump says the DOJ’s NBA gambling arrests were performative, and he’s right. iPINIONS exposes how America profits from the bets it punishes, while pretending to defend integrity. Because in this new economy, the only real sin is losing the house money. Read the full post on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/the-nba-profits-from-gambling-so Read more.
