Nobody Voted for the AI Race

The United States has a long history of treating technological competition as a crisis, and of building permanent institutions on the strength of that crisis.

September 18, 2026 · 12 min · Madkat Omega

Enclosure, Again: The Human Cost of Progress

The AI buildout and the oldest bargain of the industrial age

September 16, 2026 · 24 min · Madkat Omega

Build Your Own Assistant, and Keep It

A weekend project: a private AI that knows your files, joins your meetings, and answers to nobody but you

September 15, 2026 · 15 min · Madkat Omega

The Assistant That Stays Home

What a private AI assistant on your own laptop can actually do today

September 15, 2026 · 20 min · Madkat Omega

The Three Laptops That Actually Run AI Locally in 2026

Your data never leaves the building and your CFO never sees a token bill.

September 14, 2026 · 12 min · Madkat Omega

Don’t Build the Blackwall

How the fight against rogue AI is being hijacked to rebuild the mid-century telecom monopoly.

September 14, 2026 · 19 min · Madkat Omega

THE 1602 MACHINE (Act V)

A Treatise on Dignity, Abundance, and Authentic AI Sovereignty

September 11, 2026 · 65 min · Madkat Omega

THE 1602 MACHINE (Act IV)

A Treatise on Dignity, Abundance, and Authentic AI Sovereignty

September 10, 2026 · 49 min · Madkat Omega

THE 1602 MACHINE (Act III)

A Treatise on Dignity, Abundance, and Authentic AI Sovereignty

September 7, 2026 · 27 min · Madkat Omega

THE 1602 MACHINE (Act II)

A Treatise on Dignity, Abundance, and Authentic AI Sovereignty

September 5, 2026 · 37 min · Madkat Omega