Brave New World

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Good morning 🌥️ We’re sad to announce that this will be the last issue of TLDR Weekly. We figured it was best to do this now before annual subscription renewals rolled around.

We’ve enjoyed modeling what the news can be today. When empire isn’t shy about its intentions. When the marginalized are merging to avoid entrenched mediocrity. When it’s hard to know what’s real. And when perhaps that uncertainty seems intentional, and therefore compassion is in short supply. When we have a cost-of-living crisis and a cost-of-loving crisis.

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