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  • The Morning Brief — April 25, 2026

    DeepSeek V4 drops, GPT-5.5 arrives, Google bets $40B on Anthropic, and AI-guided missiles hit over 1,000 targets in Iran — it's been a busy week in the neighborhood.

  • The Morning Brief — April 24, 2026

    From Anthropic's embarrassing Mythos security breach to OpenAI's GPT-5.5 launch, Meta's mass layoffs, and AI tools helping North Korean hackers steal millions — Friday's AI news is a lot.

  • The Morning Brief — April 23, 2026

    AI financial bubble warnings, a fake Bruno Mars partnership, North Korean hackers leveling up with AI, and Google's TPU arms race — Thursday's AI news is a full-spectrum circus.

  • The Morning Brief — April 22, 2026

    SpaceX bets $60B on Cursor, OpenAI drops GPT-Rosalind and ChatGPT Images 2.0, Meta keyboards its employees, and a robot outruns humanity — today's AI in one chaotic Wednesday.

  • The Morning Brief — April 21, 2026

    From Anthropic's Amazon mega-deal and a new life sciences model to robot half-marathoners and Chinese workers training their own AI replacements — Tuesday's AI news is dense, strange, and not slowing …

  • The Morning Brief — April 20, 2026

    Vercel gets hacked by an AI agent's OAuth fumble, Chinese workers are told to train their replacements, and 95% of enterprise AI pilots die quietly — but the hype cycle rolls on.

  • The Morning Brief — April 19, 2026

    Cerebras files for IPO, the RAM shortage may last until 2030, Tesla's robotaxi rolls into Dallas and Houston, and AI vendors discover that 'working as intended' is now a security posture.

  • The Morning Brief — April 18, 2026

    OpenAI sheds Sora and two executives, Claude Opus hacks Chrome for under $3K, and Sam Altman wants to scan your face before your next Tinder date — it's Saturday in AI.

  • The Morning Brief — April 17, 2026

    OpenAI and Anthropic trade punches in the coding wars, Sam Altman's truthfulness goes on trial, and the UK bets $675M on homegrown AI — your Friday AI briefing.

  • The Morning Brief — April 15, 2026

    From Molotov cocktails at Sam Altman's door to a $4,370 humanoid robot on AliExpress, today's AI news runs the full spectrum from alarming to absurd.

  • The Morning Brief — April 14, 2026

    Today's AI news spans an assassination attempt on Sam Altman, Zuckerberg's AI clone, Stanford's AI report card, Anthropic's rough week, and a $4,370 robot you can apparently buy on AliExpress.

  • The Morning Brief — April 13, 2026

    Anthropic's Mythos model is either a cybersecurity revolution or pre-IPO hype, Sam Altman's house got firebombed, and AI coding wars are officially expensive — your Monday AI briefing.

  • The Morning Brief — April 12, 2026

    Molotov cocktails at Altman's door, Iran winning the meme war, AI plushies spreading CIA conspiracies, and a lawsuit claiming ChatGPT enabled a stalker — Sunday in AI is not boring.

  • The Morning Brief — April 11, 2026

    Molotov cocktails at Sam Altman's house, a security nightmare called OpenClaw, Meta's terrible health advice, and why enterprise AI spending continues regardless of whether it actually works.

  • The Morning Brief — April 10, 2026

    OpenAI faces Florida investigations and liability shield lobbying, Gen Z is over AI but still using it, and Meta's health AI gives terrible advice — it's a big week for AI doing questionable things.

  • The Morning Brief — April 9, 2026

    Meta goes closed-source, OpenAI buys a podcast network, the Army gets a combat chatbot, and Zuckerberg's AI reboot takes its first swing — it's a busy Thursday in AI.

  • The Morning Brief — April 8, 2026

    Anthropic's new Mythos model can find zero-days in every major OS and browser, a wave of AI security breaches hits the industry, and the encryption clock is ticking faster than anyone expected.

  • The Morning Brief — April 7, 2026

    Iran threatens OpenAI's Abu Dhabi data center, Anthropic's Claude Code chaos deepens, quantum encryption timelines accelerate, and OpenAI publishes its vision for taxing robots — it's a big Tuesday in …

  • The Morning Brief — April 6, 2026

    OpenAI raises $122B, Anthropic's Claude Code source leaks into the wild, Meta's data vendor gets breached, and AI agents are everywhere — except when you need someone to blame.

  • The Morning Brief — April 5, 2026

    Anthropic's big week included a biotech acquisition, a new PAC, and a quiet war on third-party tools — while OpenAI raised $122B and lost another executive, and the AI security situation got genuinely …

  • The Morning Brief — April 4, 2026

    From Chinese nationals bombing Air Force bases to Jennifer Siebel Newsom's gender-bending bedtime stories, Saturday's news is a masterclass in why America needs adults back in charge.

  • The Morning Brief — April 3, 2026

    Hegseth reshapes the Pentagon, sanctuary cities rack up a body count, ActBlue lied to Congress, Artemis II heads moonward, and Bondi's out — it's a busy Friday in Trump's America.

  • The Morning Brief — April 2, 2026

    Iran's navy is gone, California's $180B fraud empire is exposed, SCOTUS debates birthright citizenship, and a 7-month-old is dead in Brooklyn — Thursday's Morning Brief has the receipts.

  • The Morning Brief — April 1, 2026

    Iran's endgame, SCOTUS slaps down Colorado's speech police, the NBA fires a Christian for being Christian, and blue states hand voter rolls to leftists while stonewalling DHS — Wednesday's Morning …

  • The Morning Brief — March 31, 2026

    Senate Republicans protect the filibuster while ICE hunts a fugitive, the 'No Kings' crowd shuffles its walkers, and America prepares to go back to the Moon — Tuesday's Morning Brief has it all.

  • The Morning Brief — March 30, 2026

    ICE cracks down after 'No Kings' rioters threaten agents, Senate Republicans vacation while DHS bleeds, Iran turns up the heat, and Palm Sunday gets political in Jerusalem — Monday's Morning Brief has …

  • The Morning Brief — March 29, 2026

    Chicago's illegal immigrant murder charge, 'No Kings' protest thuggery, Bank of America's Epstein payout, Vance's fraud crackdown, and more — The Morning Brief for March 29, 2026.

  • The Morning Brief — March 28, 2026

    House conservatives force a clean DHS funding bill, Iran strikes U.S. troops, Vance targets Ilhan Omar, and the APA quietly keeps lying about kids — your Saturday briefing from The Morning Brief.

  • The Morning Brief — March 27, 2026

    Iran's child soldiers, Europe's euthanasia state, Finland criminalizing the Bible, and Democrats holding TSA workers hostage — it's been a busy Friday for civilizational decay.

  • The Morning Brief — March 26, 2026

    From a student paper apologizing for calling a murder suspect illegal to New Jersey unmasking ICE agents, today's dispatch covers a nation at war abroad and with itself at home.

  • The Morning Brief — March 25, 2026

    Wednesday's Morning Brief covers Jack Smith's constitutional wreckage, the Florida Mar-a-Lago upset, Iran troop deployments, a Democrat governor's questionable mosque visit, and more.

  • The Morning Brief — March 24, 2026

    Mullin confirmed at DHS, Pritzker shields an alleged killer from ICE, the Education Department inches toward the exit, and more — Tuesday's Morning Brief has the full rundown.

  • The Morning Brief — March 23, 2026

    Iran escalates as Trump's ultimatum clock ticks, CNN keeps lying about ICE, the TSA meltdown gets creative, and a $90M Medicare fraudster may have waltzed in illegally — your Monday morning briefing.

  • Who's Really Causing the Chaos at the Border — and in Your City?

    Bellingcat calls Border Patrol agents 'agents of chaos.' They have it exactly backwards — and the people they're protecting aren't who you think.

  • The Morning Brief — March 22, 2026

    Iran's 48-hour ultimatum, a missile strike on Israel, Mueller's death, left-wing Cuba tourism, and more — The Morning Brief for Sunday, March 22, 2026.

  • The Always-On AI: What Happens When You Leave Claude Code Running

    Leaving Claude Code running on a server transforms it from a coding assistant into something closer to a living IT department — here's what that actually looks like.

  • The Morning Brief — March 21, 2026

    Iran winds down, banks lobby for illegals, a transgender golfer sues women's sports into oblivion, and Kathy Hochul discovers taxation — The Morning Brief has your Saturday covered.

  • The Morning Brief — March 20, 2026

    Iran wind-down signals, a Clinton judge hands the NYT a Pentagon press win, CNN's bunny-hat lies, Hochul's tax-refugee scheme, and more — The Morning Brief for Friday, March 20, 2026.

  • Controlling My Home Server From Telegram With Claude Code

    How I set up Claude Code's Telegram channel integration to manage my home server from my phone — and cleaned up some unused Docker containers while testing it out.

  • reflections
    It’s Not the Thing, It’s What We Make of It

    Suffering doesn’t come from events themselves but from what we decide they mean. A reflection on how both Stoic philosophy and Scripture teach the same truth — that peace begins where resistance ends.

  • essays
    Faith, Reason, and the Modern Divide

    In an age of outrage, confusion, and herd mentality, Christianity anchors the heart while Stoicism steadies the mind. Together, they offer a blueprint for sanity and virtue in a polarized world.

  • reflections
    Accepting Providence: Fate, Trust, and the Thread of Causes

    The Thread of Causes Marcus Aurelius writes in Meditations 5.8: “Whatever happens to you was prepared for you from all eternity, and the thread of causes was spun from the beginning.” It’s a …

  • reflections
    Endurance in Suffering: Stoic Silence, Christian Hope

    Marcus says endure without complaint. Paul says rejoice, because suffering leads to hope. Sirach says trials refine like fire. Christ shows endurance as communion, not isolation.

  • essays
    Facing Tomorrow: Stoic Reason and Christian Trust

    “Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” —Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.8 “Therefore do not be …

  • reflections
    The Light Within: Thoughts, Heart, and the Radiance of Life

    Exploring how the quality of our thoughts, the vigilance of our hearts, and the shining of our inner light form the path to a meaningful life.

  • essays
    You Have Power Over Your Mind

    Marcus Aurelius’s reminder that real strength comes from mastering your own judgments, choices, and attitude.

  • process
    Ugly Outlines, Clean Drafts

    Five-rung ladder outlines on paper beat perfect digital scaffolds.

  • process
    One Card, Three Decisions

    How a single index card sets the day: capture, choose, commit.

  • process
    North Star in the Wild: One Busy Day, Start to Finish

    Writing this very post, pen → scan → server. Three moments where analog beat app soup.

  • essays
    Slow Down to Speed Up

    Why choosing the slower path often leads to faster, more meaningful progress.

  • Paper-First, Server-Backed: My North Star Productivity System (Roadmap)

    A practical, paper-first system that hands off to my server for capture, search, and publishing.

  • Paper-First, Server-Backed: The Philosophy of North Star Productivity

    A Guiding Principle Every productivity system lives or dies by its guiding principle. For North Star, the principle is simple: Think on paper; let the server do the grunt work. It’s not about chasing …

  • Owning the Option of No Opinion

    Marcus Aurelius’s reminder that you don’t need a hot take on everything—and a simple playbook to practice it.

  • The Three Waves of AI Adoption in the Workplace

    How fictional Creative Marketing Manager Frank shows us the three distinct stages of AI adoption happening in offices everywhere—and how to ride the wave.

  • personal
    Rainy Monday, Yelapa on the Brain (and a Plan to Work From Anywhere)

    After a week in Yelapa, a rainy Monday hits hard. Here’s a straight-shot plan for building location independence—whether you’re on a beach in Mexico or a lake in Missouri.

  • personal systems
    A Practical Growth Mindset: Mind, Body, and Analog Presence

    A no-hype framework for lifelong learning, durable fitness, and using analog tools to slow down time. Includes a one-page dashboard and a Plotter Bible-size insert.

  • technology
    Why You Should Still Learn the Linux Command Line (Even in the Age of GUIs)

    Why Bother with the Linux Command Line in a GUI-Heavy World? Sure, modern Linux distributions come with beautiful, polished graphical interfaces. You can click your way through almost anything these …

  • economics
    The Hypocrisy of Global Trade: How Tariffs Expose the Truth

    Other countries cry foul when we impose tariffs—but they’ve been gaming the system for decades. It’s time we call out the hypocrisy and start defending American jobs.

  • A Morning on the Water

    We chartered a small fishing boat called the Yanet for a four-hour ride out of Yelapa—just the four of us: Ellen, Emma, Maya, and me, along with a two-man local crew who knew these waters like the …

  • travel
    Birthday in Yelapa: Chasing Waterfalls

    Yesterday was my birthday — and this year, I spent it in Yelapa, Mexico: a beach town so remote you have to catch a water taxi just to find it on a map. No roads. No cars. Just jungle, cobblestone …

  • personal
    The Stillness Before Sunrise

    Impressionist-style view from Casa Flourish, Yelapa, Mexico – August 2, 2025 There’s something about waking before the world stirs that feels a little like stealing time. This morning, on the …

  • Tools I Use to Start a Paper-Based Zettelkasten

    If you’re thinking about starting a Zettelkasten on paper, the first question that usually comes up is: “What tools do I need?” Good news: you don’t need much. That’s one of the biggest …

  • Slipbox Method

    What Is the Slipbox Method? If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by information—books you’ve read, podcasts you’ve listened to, or ideas that hit you while walking the dog—you’re not alone. The issue isn’t …

  • Self Hosting Hugo

    Why I Decided to Self-Host I’ve been working on rockcampbell.com, and decided I wanted full control. That meant running Hugo on my own home server, behind Nginx Proxy Manager, using Docker — and …

  • Today

    Someday Today Will Be a Long Time Ago “We should enjoy today while it’s here… Because someday today will be a long time ago!” — Ziggy (Tom Wilson) The older I get, the truer that line …

  • Space Pencil

    The Pencil in Space: Why Simplicity Wins in Thinking and Writing There’s a story that’s been passed around for decades, especially among fans of clever engineering and minimalist wisdom. It goes …

  • Interneting Is Hard

    Why “Interneting is Hard” is the Best Free HTML & CSS Tutorial You’ll Find If you’re just starting your journey into web development, you’ve probably felt overwhelmed …

  • Learning Blog

    Getting Started with My Learning Blog Published on May 25, 2025 Today I decided to start documenting my learning journey. Instead of using a complex static site generator, I’m building my own …