May 23, 2026 Week in Review

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Saturday, it was time for the weekly dive into the Glorioous Garbage of Cinema, this week, the focus is on my favorite genre, Noir. Poverty Row Noir is the grittiest, lowest budget and some of the best the genre has to offer:

The Wrong Side of the Street: Poverty Row Noir and the Beauty of Having Nothing to Lose

Noir is a deep genre, and while it is by definition gritty, there is a sub-class that truly embodies the grittiness, and the ethos. Poverty Row is an apt description.

Sweaty's CornerGeoff Anderson

Sunday, a musical treat, favorite of the newsletter, the Brazilian axe slinger – Lari Basilio – is out with a new track, and a nw 7 string guitar:

Music: Lari Basilio is back with a new axe

Favorite of the newsletter, Lari Basilio is back with a new guitar, and moar strings. See how she puts them to use.

Sweaty's CornerGeoff Anderson

Monday: A weekly themed post, this is the start of 5 items on the blue/white collar divide, and why tech should have unionized, but now it is too late:

Übermensch in a Cubicle Farm - Pt 1: The Collar Color Was Always a Con

Why doesn’t Tech unionize? It isn’t difficult to suss out, but you have to look at it in context. This is the start of a weekly series about the “why”

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Tuesday:

The Wave, the Wall, and the 40 Percent

The pundit class’ insistence that 2026 will be a wave year, and that Trump’s flagging approval is a lock is not that comforting.

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Wednesday:

They Forgot to Outlaw Shamelessness

The $1.7 billion slush fund isn’t just corruption. It’s proof that the founders’ whole architecture rested on something they assumed would always be there and isn’t anymore.

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Thursday:

Music: Ally the Piper plays A7

Enjoy this ripping cover by Ally the Piper

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The Billboard Won’t Save You

Sarah Longwell is among the sharpest political operators working today. She is also, on this particular question, wrong. Dead wrong. Part 1 of a three episode arc

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Friday:

The Ratchet Only Clicks One Way

On the doom loop, the Never Trump optimists, and the uncomfortable maths of where we actually are

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