Daily Archives: September 14, 2026

They Needed an Issue

Watch the Diner, Watch the Memo N.B. This morning: Watch the Diner. I wrote this morning that you watch the diner. The chain wants a smoking ban and a living wage. Six months later the independent shop is a parking lot and nobody passed a bill titled Kill the Diner. They passed public health. What Washington did today is name the chain. Over one weekend the frontier labs asked the country to slow down. Monday morning Chuck Schumer demanded a classified briefing for every senator on “unchecked AI.” Before nightfall Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Kamala Harris were speaking from the…

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Watch the Diner: The Regulatory Capture of the AI Health Code

The Restaurant Chain Wants a Smoking Ban and a Living Wage Who Writes the Health Code? I have never believed a tool decides a people. I said that when the argument went to orbit. I said it when the argument came down to a pad and a hearing. I will say it again in a room every town already knows. Two weeks ago the question on the pad was the hall. Neighbors. Load. A ledger and a vote. Creaturehood was the measure then because particular people still have to live there after the ribbon. This month the same men are selling…

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