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★ DISPATCH · May 26, 2026

The Case Against the Humanoid Future

There is a serious version of the optimist case for humanoid robotics, and it deserves a serious answer.

★ DISPATCH · May 26, 2026

They're Not Scared of Violence. They're Scared of Democracy.

The federal government just created a new threat category for people who don't want a data center in their backyard. WIRED dropped a piece today. Documents obtained by the magazine

★ DISPATCH · May 25, 2026

Ten Lies in the Pitch Deck.

The humanoid-robot industry has a script. These are the ten lines you'll hear most this year — and what they leave out. The lines come back word for word because

★ DISPATCH · May 24, 2026

The Rule Writes the Contract.

A union president put on a Kill NAFTA T-shirt this week. The argument people were making in 1993 is the same one he is making about AI. On Thursday, May 21,

★ DISPATCH · May 17, 2026

Bob, Frank, and Gary Worked Thirty Hours Straight.

A Wall Street analyst dared a humanoid CEO to prove his robots could work a shift. By Friday they had worked three. The audience gave them names. On Wednesday, May 13, at

★ DISPATCH · May 14, 2026

Eight Hours. The Bar Just Fell

A Wall Street diligence director dared a humanoid CEO to prove the central commercial claim of the sector on camera. He pulled it off, and the deployment clock just started running. Yesterday

★ DISPATCH · May 10, 2026

Six CEOs. One Answer.

In sixteen days, six American CEOs decided the same thing. One didn't. The math was the same in every boardroom. On Thursday, May 7, two CEOs of two unrelated public