The Regulatory Chimera: How Cannabis Rescheduling Will Transform Pharmaceutical Research
The move from Schedule I to Schedule III promises to unleash cannabis research, but pharmaceutical companies face a deeper challenge: a plant that resists the very methods the industry uses to prove medicines work.
The Six-Character Skeleton Key
A booking code designed in the 1960s still guards the travel identities of billions. The Amadeus vulnerability exposed what the aviation industry has long avoided admitting: its reservation systems were built for a world without hackers, and patching cannot fix architectural assumptions.
Daily Brief: 19 December 2025
Software built on 97% borrowed code faces 1,300% more attacks. China and Russia's 8,500-word "partnership" can't hide who's really in charge.
Half-Legal No More? What Federal Marijuana Rescheduling Will and Won't Change
The DEA's proposed move of marijuana to Schedule III promises tax relief worth billions but leaves banking access, capital markets, and interstate commerce in legal limbo. The gap between expectation and reality will define the industry's next chapter.
The Quiet Rebellion: What ACM's Open Access Shift Reveals About Academic Publishing's Unraveling
The Association for Computing Machinery will make all publications freely accessible by 2026. The decision exposes how concentrated market power created its own opposition—and how the economics of scholarly communication are being rewritten by the institutions that once funded their own...
The Chokepoint Doctrine
The Partnership That Isn't
Russia and China present a united front against Western hegemony. But beneath the summits and joint statements lie deep structural tensions—over status, territory, and economic dependency—that Western policy could exploit through patience rather than manipulation.
Daily Brief: 18 December 2025
Tech CEOs defend junior developers as "irreplaceable" while Congress locks Trump into a $9.9B Pacific strategy he never campaigned on.
The Amber of American Strategy: What the 2025 NDAA Reveals About American Strategy
The 2025 National Defense Authorization Act was shaped by Biden but will be implemented by Trump. Its $895 billion framework reveals what American strategic culture has decided to preserve regardless of who holds power—and what remains dangerously unresolved.
The Apprentice Paradox: Why Tech Leaders Refuse to Replace Junior Developers
Tech leaders are resisting AI replacement of junior developers despite proven automation capabilities. The reason reveals a structural truth about how organisations actually produce knowledge—and why eliminating entry-level roles would destroy the pipeline that creates senior talent.
Daily Brief: 17 December 2025
America imposes its broadest travel bans since 1952 while NATO wages invisible war on Russia. Chad retaliates in 24 hours; Moscow's banks experience mysterious failures.
