Hollywood’s Free-Market Epic Is Auditioning For A Tax Credit
An imagined casting call for a proposed film incentive. The quietest character supplies the financing.
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Follow the donations, contracts, tax breaks and promises of prosperity. Our satire examines corporate influence, technology companies and economic policy, asking who gets the benefit and who gets the bill. The earnings-call enthusiasm is optional; reading the fine print is the point.
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A Delay Is Bad. A Transition Period Has A Better Suit.
A parody language lesson discovers that environmental support is most comfortable in the future tense.
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The Smart Freezer Has Pivoted Out Of Freezing
A fictional appliance boardroom discovers that doing the opposite of the job can sound remarkably innovative.
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The Datacenter Wants Community Buy-In, Minus The Community
Our fictional development advertisement seeks neighbors close enough to count as beneficiaries, but not close enough to participate.
Read The Article →Anthropic’s $44 Trillion Future Has Listed Anthropic As A Reference
A conditional economic scenario arrives with a wonderfully enthusiastic reference from the company selling the relevant technology.
Read The Article →Corporate America’s Principles Now Come In Reversible Jackets
Companies are adding Democratic-connected lobbyists ahead of possible post-election scrutiny. A fictional boardroom fashion show admires the tailoring.
Read The Article →UFC Could Win An FBI Contract Without Facing An Opponent
The reported training proposal offers a fight promoter an unusually accommodating opening round. Competition could appear on a later card.
Read The Article →Anthropic Offers To Install The Government’s Emergency Brake
The proposed brake comes with a forecasting assignment: show that the future meets the reported conditions for stopping the model.
Read The Article →AI’s Cutting Edge Comes With A Previously Owned Power Plant
The cloud’s latest dependency is industrial equipment somebody had already started retiring. Please keep the old world connected while the new one installs.
Read The Article →Texas Grassroots Now Comes In $158 Million Increments
Elon Musk's money helped rescue Republicans from spending their other money on Texas, the latest heartwarming tale of one billionaire freeing a party to shop elsewhere.
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