Transfigurations: News and Views: July 18, 2025

China's Richest Man Buying Water Supply of New Hampshire Town Sparks Alarm Because what we’re facing isn’t just about some random maze and cow pastures. It’s about homes, residential rentals, and land next to nuclear research labs. It’s also about coordinated foreign networks quietly embedding themselves into American soil, while our own agencies are watching and monitoring through the completely wrong lens. Image

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Trump to open 401k accounts to private market in bombshell move that could see savings skyrocket It would represent a huge victory for the private equity industry, which has long been lobbying to gain access to workers' 401k plans, which currently is worth about $12.5 trillion.

These portfolios have long been primarily comprised of stocks and bonds, largely because they carry less risk than other forms of investment.

Private markets would give accountholders greater opportunity for growth and long-term rewards, allowing investors to capitalize on private equity, venture capital, real estate and hedge funds which aren't on public exchanges.

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‘Horse Spaces Are White Spaces’: NPR Head’s Hilarious Past Tweets Shared in Honor of Defunding Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) had some fun with the insane past tweets of NPR CEO Katherine Maher in light of the Senate's move to end taxpayer funding of the leftist media organization and PBS. Image

Are Media Folks Literally Insane?

The insanity in this case is likely not due to something like a chemical imbalance in the brain. Rather, it is the disconnection from reality that comes from living in an alternate reality of their own creation. One in which young children belong in the laps of drag queens, physicians should be chopping the genitals off of kids, and Christians are scary people roaming the land with AR-15s, taking potshots at everybody they don't like.

To Celebrate NPR Losing Federal Funds, Here Are Seven Of Its Worst Stories

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OpenAI Unveils ‘Agent’ Feature That Can Control Your Computer and Perform Tasks Automatically However, there are also growing concerns that these platforms may already be having a detrimental affect on the human physche.

Last month, an alarming study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) found hat extensive use of services ChatGPT may be rotting our brains.

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