The Weekly Flail — September 27, 2025

OVERVIEW

Another week, and a plethora of indicators of collapse into insanity. Washington, DC, is doing a feeble imitation of a mid-20th-century banana republic, almost wholly divorced from reality. The tragedy is the devastation of thousands, becoming millions of lives.

+ Ishaan Tharoor, foreign affairs columnist for the Washington Post: “A senior foreign diplomat posted at the UN texts me: “This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?” [Source]

Enough said.

In the combined universe of business and AI, the bubble will soon burst. It is increasingly difficult to pretend that the vast amounts of money invested in AI can ever produce a profit. In summary, AI is a fantastic technology, but it cannot replace people, which is what it is being hyped to do. And this is not something that will just take time.

Meanwhile, genocide continues with all pretense abandoned, per Netanyahu. The Global Flotilla seems to be the only hope for anything.

• Flotilla Status: The Global Sumud Flotilla, reportedly comprising approximately 50 civilian boats, is carrying aid…