Clay weekly context brief for the Substack category (ISO week 2026-W29). Clay tracks publications from the Substack feed list. Below are recent items from this category, each with its source and a short description of what the publication covers when one is available in the source feed. Recent publications: 1. What Lindsey Graham Understood Source: Bari Weiss Link: https://www.thefp.com/p/lindsey-graham-obituary-legacy Those who hated the senator for not turning against Trump gave him too little credit for what he was able to achieve by forging a friendship with the president, writes Eli Lake. 2. Lindsey Graham R.I.P. Source: Robert Reich Link: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/lindsey-graham-rip Friends, 3. Community Wisdom: Negative network effects, managing overconfident colleagues, developers sidestepping design decisions, keeping stakeholder meetings on track, Source: Lenny Rachitsky Link: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/community-wisdom-negative-network Community Wisdom 193 4. Recording: Inside the Twitter Files Source: Matt Taibbi Link: https://www.racket.news/p/recording-inside-the-twitter-files A recording from Friday's live video 5. July 10, 2026 Source: Heather Cox Richardson Link: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-10-2026 Presumably afraid of investigations into his actions, President Donald J. 6. The party cant fire you Source: Matthew Yglesias Link: https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-party-cant-fire-you Considering controversy and the consequences of stubbornness in Senate races 7. Help Me. They Shot Me! Source: Dan Rather Link: https://steady.substack.com/p/help-me-they-shot-me Immigration enforcement was flying under the radar until Tuesday 8. The Natural-Born Artist. Source: George Saunders Link: https://georgesaunders.substack.com/p/the-natural-born-artist Is there such a thing? (Office Hours) 9. America pioneered gravitational wave research. Now it may leave it behind. Source: Ethan Siegel Link: https://startswithabang.substack.com/p/america-pioneered-gravitational-wave The LIGO facilities in the U.S. are the most sensitive gravitational wave detectors in the world. Their future remains uncertain. 10. Metas Path To AI Relevance, According To Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth Source: Kara Swisher Link: https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/metas-path-to-ai-relevance-according Bosworth on what went wrong with Llama 4, Zuckerbergs AI founder mode, and why he thinks the model alone isn't enough to win. 11. 4. The most overlooked Epstein email Source: Anand Giridharadas Link: https://the.ink/p/4-the-most-overlooked-epstein-email What did Epsteins friends actually know about him? In chapter four of our series, an answer in a rare truth bomb from one of Epsteins kept scholars/"mind concierges" 12. Muse Image, Grok 4.5, Alex Karp on CNBC Source: Ben Thompson Link: https://stratechery.com/2026/muse-image-grok-4-5-alex-karp-on-cnbc/ The battle for verifiable data is increasingly defining the AI race, from Meta to Grok to the frontier labs. 13. Artificial Intimacy Source: Sam Harris Link: https://samharris.substack.com/p/artificial-intimacy A Conversation with Paul Bloom 14. Vibe coding has escaped the terminal Source: Casey Newton Link: https://www.platformer.news/glaze-app-raycast-vibe-coding-review/ Adventures with Raycasts new app-making app, Glaze 15. Behind The Scenes of Hung Up Source: Hunter Harris Link: https://hunterharris.substack.com/p/behind-the-scenes-of-hung-up I'm the season-finale guest on Substack's "Open Tab." 16. Socialism, Violent Men, Infectious Siblings, Babbling Babies Source: Rob Henderson Link: https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/socialism-violent-men-infectious Links and recommendations 17. Crafting serial fiction part 5: Getting paid (in theory) Source: Simon K Jones Link: https://simonkjones.substack.com/p/crafting-serial-fiction-part-5-getting It's a get-a-couple-of-quid-very-slowly scheme 18. The Truth of Neil The Seal Source: David Farrier Link: https://www.webworm.co/neiltheseal/ The one-tonne softy is here to teach us about context. 19. This is your brain on reality Source: Neil deGrasse Tyson Link: https://startalk.substack.com/p/this-is-your-brain-on-reality No, we're not in the Matrix . . . probably 20. The Bear Cave #333 Source: Edwin Dorsey Link: https://thebearcave.substack.com/p/the-bear-cave-333 New Activist Reports, Recent Resignations, and Tweets of the Week 21. VFYW: Beating The Dragon Source: Andrew Sullivan Link: https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/vfyw-beating-the-dragon For contest #514, we come across some peril in this alpine paradise. 22. The Bluestocking 423: Escher's Arcadia Source: Helen Lewis Link: https://helenlewis.substack.com/p/the-bluestocking-423-eschers-metaverse Patagonian trains and rigid Victorian moralists 23. Socialist Says 9/11 "INEVITABLE," AOC Endorses Jeffries, Dan Goldman Cries on CNN & More Source: Glenn Greenwald Link: https://greenwald.substack.com/p/socialist-says-911-inevitable-aoc A recording from Glenn Greenwald's live video 24. I have plastic chemicals in my pee Source: Emily Atkin Link: https://heated.world/p/i-have-plastic-chemicals-in-my-pee And you probably do, too. 25. Death to optimisation Source: Rosamund Dean Link: https://rosamunddean.substack.com/p/wellness-without-optimisation-liz-earle-event As wellness brands rush to distance themselves from perfectionism, come join me at a live event to discuss what actually works 26. Celebrating Mothers Day in Deep Time Source: David Eagleman Link: https://davideagleman.substack.com/p/celebrating-mothers-day-in-deep-time An ode to our matriarchs, every last one. 27. Richard Dawkins is coming to Australia and New Zealand Source: Richard Dawkins Link: https://richarddawkins.substack.com/p/richard-dawkins-is-coming-to-australia 50 Years of The Selfish Gene. One final tour. 28. If you're missing the Culture Study Gift Guide.... Source: Anne Helen Petersen Link: https://annehelen.substack.com/p/if-youre-missing-the-culture-study Somehow it's even better than last year 29. The Seventh Wave. Episode 47. Source: Salman Rushdie Link: https://salmanrushdie.substack.com/p/the-seventh-wave-episode-47 Episode 47 30. Part 5 Alfred Wolfsohn, my father 1896-1962. Source: Michael Faraday Link: https://michaelfaraday.substack.com/p/part-5-alfred-wolfsohn-my-father His early life 31. Why Antisemitism Is a Bigger Problem on the Left Source: Bari Weiss Link: https://www.thefp.com/p/antisemitism-problem-democratic-party If you told me a decade ago that antisemites would be increasingly dominant within the Democratic Party, I would have said you were nuts. And yet here we are, writes John Podhoretz. 32. Sunday Thought: Gratitude Source: Robert Reich Link: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-gratitude Friends, 33. GPT-5.6 Sol vs. Claude Fable: Why OpenAIs new model crushes my benchmark Source: Lenny Rachitsky Link: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/gpt-56-sol-vs-claude-fable-why-openais Watch now | GPT 5.6-Sol beats Fable on prototypes, PRDs, and browser use in my 5-category How I AI benchmark, and here's exactly where each model earns its spot. 34. Reminder: New Twitter Files Livestream Tonight at 5:00 PM ET Source: Matt Taibbi Link: https://www.racket.news/p/reminder-new-twitter-files-livestream Dr. Matt Bivens and I dip a toe in the lake of unpublished Twitter Files, and release a number of things overlooked the first time 35. July 9, 2026 Source: Heather Cox Richardson Link: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-9-2026 Today marks the anniversary of a dramatic reworking of the U.S. Sources in this brief: Anand Giridharadas; Andrew Sullivan; Anne Helen Petersen; Bari Weiss; Ben Thompson; Casey Newton; Dan Rather; David Eagleman; David Farrier; Edwin Dorsey; Emily Atkin; Ethan Siegel; George Saunders; Glenn Greenwald; Heather Cox Richardson; Helen Lewis; Hunter Harris; Kara Swisher; Lenny Rachitsky; Matt Taibbi; Matthew Yglesias; Michael Faraday; Neil deGrasse Tyson; Richard Dawkins; Rob Henderson; Robert Reich; Rosamund Dean; Salman Rushdie; Sam Harris; Simon K Jones. Selected 35 of 554 available items for this weekly brief.