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# Weekly Links of Interest:
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- Published: 2026-10-11T12:10:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-12T11:48:54.000Z
- Author: Joseph Bohrer

It's hard to keep up with the horrific carnage inflicted on the world every single day by the Trump GOP and the Billionaire Tech Oligarchs (who enabled it and now use all their money and their social media sites to keep it in power) and since I'm not doing much writing these days on American Carnage, I thought I'd pass along some links to stories you may have missed – hopefully all without paywalls. As always, keep sharp objects away while reading...

[Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley NewsA UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/4a/f5/4af5a010-14eb-4eda-b80a-b9b5740b9ecc/content/images/icon/favicon-22e58c25-603c-4ddc-b62a-6b82afb75433.png)Berkeley NewsJason Pohl![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/4a/f5/4af5a010-14eb-4eda-b80a-b9b5740b9ecc/content/images/thumbnail/sanket-mishra-qAKPcrIcRG8-unsplash-scaled-3ca7f943-2ec8-4e70-aa1e-bc5f46bee81c.jpg)](https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/using-ai-for-just-10-minutes-erodes-your-ability-to-persist-at-hard-things/)

[The Democrats Who Let Trump’s Oligarchs Buy Hollywood - The American ProspectThe Ellisons enlisted a host of Democratic notables to undercut the proposed merger’s opponents.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/4a/f5/4af5a010-14eb-4eda-b80a-b9b5740b9ecc/content/images/icon/cropped-favicon-ed8854fb-ad17-40ec-9cee-d8eb7c3f2437.png)The American ProspectHarold Meyerson![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/4a/f5/4af5a010-14eb-4eda-b80a-b9b5740b9ecc/content/images/thumbnail/Meyerson-on-Tap-100826-a9603768-1b8c-4104-bcbc-d93d9c54ef76.jpg)](https://prospect.org/2026/10/08/democrats-who-let-trumps-oligarchs-buy-hollywood-warner-bros-david-ellison-gavin-newsom/)

[Netanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7\. He didn’t brief security chiefsIn September ’23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM’s failures surrounding Oct. 7\. Netanyahu: ‘This is an absolute lie’![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/4a/f5/4af5a010-14eb-4eda-b80a-b9b5740b9ecc/content/images/icon/favicon-67eaac93-899b-42a6-be37-8670c30c842b.ico)HaaretzShlomi Eldar and Ruth Yuval![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/4a/f5/4af5a010-14eb-4eda-b80a-b9b5740b9ecc/content/images/thumbnail/musaf-promotion01-83b63cdc-6937-4672-81e3-2c4d65ecc7a0.jpg)](https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-09-08/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/netanyahu-got-an-explicit-warning-before-oct-7-he-didnt-brief-security-chiefs/000001a0-7a3b-d7d5-a9fc-7eff3d0f0000)

[The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and MalignedCall them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/4a/f5/4af5a010-14eb-4eda-b80a-b9b5740b9ecc/content/images/icon/favicon-194x194-df9bd2ba-99eb-49bb-a8f3-e76c29c43211.png)The New RepublicToby Buckle![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/4a/f5/4af5a010-14eb-4eda-b80a-b9b5740b9ecc/content/images/thumbnail/3d06a6ebb43b51fd792f48f7e01a70ca7fe8aa31-3a674570-b5e1-4803-8387-a8f5fab01d83.jpg)](https://newrepublic.com/article/204254/survey-2024-election-cassandras-trump-2025)

[New York Times editors don’t get how close we are to autocracy | Press WatchOn a 10-point scale, how close are we to autocracy? More than a 4, that’s for sure.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/4a/f5/4af5a010-14eb-4eda-b80a-b9b5740b9ecc/content/images/icon/pwilogo512-1-300x300-542c24e0-3a95-404b-8813-956a84b3097d.jpg)Press WatchDan Froomkin![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/4a/f5/4af5a010-14eb-4eda-b80a-b9b5740b9ecc/content/images/thumbnail/chart-6e6af102-2c7a-416a-a9dc-b29de55de611.png)](https://presswatchers.org/2026/09/new-york-times-editors-dont-get-how-close-we-are-to-autocracy/)