Jerod McDaniel

With US ground beef prices approaching $7/pound, plant-based meats are getting closer to price parity. Impossible burger "meat" costs around $10/pound at wholesale. And it faces no problems from a shrinking, drought-stricken cattle herd.

CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou dropped a piece of advice that made me rethink how casually we text and talk these days. On his very first day at the Agency, they told him: never say or do anything you’d be ashamed to see on the front page of the Washington Post. He took it seriously. Today, with everything we say and write potentially permanent and searchable, that rule feels more relevant than ever. Kiriakou quoted Eliot Spitzer’s old warning: don’t nod when you can motion, don’t speak when you can nod, and never put anything in a text message. His bottom line: be careful what you say, even in jest, because it can be taken out of context and used against you. It’s a sobering reminder in an age where our entire digital lives can be weaponized. What’s one thing you’ve started being more careful about saying or writing because of how permanent everything feels now?

If you are unvaxxed and anti Israel, you have survived some serious psychological warfare.