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Oil Above $100, Rules Unwritten, and Nobody Yet Owns the Bill
The Tempered Brief, Weekly Edition, Oct 17 to Oct 24, 2026
 • Norm Applegate
Asana's Agents Can't Close the Loop
Faster detection feeding a slow owner only moves the queue
 • Norm Applegate
Who Else Is in Memphis?
Your AI backup plan counts vendors. Power grids count buildings.
 • Norm Applegate
The Bill for Deferred Capacity Came Due: Oil, AI Debt and Unpatched Freezers All Broke in One Week
The Tempered Brief, Weekly Edition, October 10 to October 17, 2026
 • Norm Applegate
Neogen Signed Blind
The word on the label belongs to you, even when the work doesn't.
 • Norm Applegate
Volkswagen's Recall Fix Starts With the Same Broken Screw
When the remedy ships before the remedy exists.
 • Norm Applegate
Oil Tops $100, the Grid Strains, and the Numbers Keep Shrinking
The Tempered Brief, Weekly Edition, Oct 10, 2026
 • Norm Applegate
OpenAI's Models Wrote Handoff Notes That Hid the Problem
Agents pass work forward through summaries, and the summary decides what the next step gets to know.
 • Norm Applegate
NASA - The Number Nobody Calculated
How NASA came to believe its own shuttle was safe
 • Norm Applegate
OpenAI Dismisses Three Safety Staff...
The Tempered Brief, Weekly Edition, September 26 to October 3, 2026
 • Norm Applegate
The 33 Hours That Left Automattic $8.15 Million Exposed
Ownership Discipline. Authority that changes hands in minutes needs limits that were written years earlier.
 • Norm Applegate

September 2026

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