WTF, Daily
Wondering what the fuck is going on each day? Same.
Every morning I write short, irreverent, and often witty takes on the day's biggest stories — AI, the economy, geopolitics, US politics, and culture. Just what you actually need to know, delivered Monday through Friday, and in a tone that hopefully softens the blow.
The news, without the nonsense. Mostly.
I'll cover the following, each day.
AI News
What the machines are up to, and whether we ought to be worried yet.
Geopolitics
Who's cross with whom, and why it matters more than you'd like.
The Economy
Numbers going up, going down, and the learned people explaining why.
Culture
What the chattering classes are chattering about this week.
Politics
The domestic variety. Bring a sense of humor; you'll need it.
Tech
Everything silicon-adjacent that isn't already filed under AI.
If you want more, I've got it.
Free
And it's a lot.
A daily briefing, Monday through Friday, delivered at an hour when reasonable people are still contemplating coffee
Four beats that matter: AI & Tech, US Politics, Science, and the Economy (which, we're told, affects things)
Two stories per beat. Eight stories total. Zero of them about a celebrity's new handbag
Summaries written the way a clever friend would explain the news — if that friend had read everything so you didn't have to, and had opinions about it
Source links on every story, for the sort of reader who likes to check our homework
A design so clean you could eat off it, though we wouldn't recommend trying
Paid
$8/month or $75/year
The Saturday Edition — Saturday morning, delivered warm: the week's news, metabolized into something worth reading at leisure
The Week in WTF — a short editorial on the themes that actually mattered, and a few that merely auditioned for the role
Spotlight — a rotating feature: a book worth the weekend, a product worth knowing about, or an opinion worth arguing with over dinner
Full archive, searchable, for when you need to remember what on earth happened in March
First crack at new categories and features before they go wide
The faintly smug glow of funding independent, ad-free writing — a feeling we heartily endorse
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