Clay weekly context brief for the Substack category (ISO week 2026-W37). 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. Week Fifteen in 250 to 250 Source: Heather Cox Richardson Link: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/week-fifteen-in-250-to-250 Last week was the fifteenth week of videos from the 250 to 250 Project that were producing to honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. 2. Sunday thought: The Place Robber Source: Robert Reich Link: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-he-has-no-right-to Among Trumps assertions of arbitrary power 3. Community Wisdom: Driving AI adoption when habits are the bottleneck, leveling up from APM to a mid-level PM role, converting a wave of new users to Source: Lenny Rachitsky Link: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/community-wisdom-driving-ai-adoption Community Wisdom 200 4. The return of institutional purpose Source: Matthew Yglesias Link: https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-return-of-institutional-purpose Generative A.I. gives institutions the chance to re-evaluate their values. 5. Two Drinks with . . . the Man Who Compensated 9/11 Victims Source: Bari Weiss Link: https://www.thefp.com/p/two-drinks-with-the-man-who-compensated Kenneth Feinberg doled out $7 billion to 5,300 victims families. The trick, he told Joe Nocera, was listening to the heartache. 6. Listen to This Article: Down With Freedom! Source: Matt Taibbi Link: https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-down-with Narrated Version | Liberalism has morphed into its opposite. 7. Glenn Loury On Being A Minority Within A Minority (Re-Aired) Source: Andrew Sullivan Link: https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/glenn-loury-on-being-a-minority-within-e42 The brilliant economist gets personal in this January 2023 pod. Listen now on the Dishcast. 8. Weekly Q&A with Glenn Greenwald Source: Glenn Greenwald Link: https://greenwald.substack.com/p/weekly-q-and-a-with-glenn-greenwald-f16 A recording from Glenn Greenwald's live video 9. Webworm Interviews The Man Indicted For Allegedly Threatening To Kill Donald Trump Source: David Farrier Link: https://www.webworm.co/azariahsouthworth/ Back in May I interviewed Azariah Southworth, the day after the FBI raided his home. 10. An Interview with OpenAI President Greg Brockman About Astra and Alignment Source: Ben Thompson Link: https://stratechery.com/2026/an-interview-with-openai-president-greg-brockman-about-astra-and-alignment/ An interview with OpenAI President and Co-Founder Greg Brockman about the history of OpenAI, Astra and alignment, and the weight of building the future. 11. Trump Is Making Us Sick Source: Dan Rather Link: https://steady.substack.com/p/trump-is-making-us-sick Recalls are on the rise, while food inspections are at record lows 12. Do we live inside a baby universe thats really a black hole on the outside? Source: Ethan Siegel Link: https://startswithabang.substack.com/p/do-we-live-inside-a-baby-universe The inside of every black hole leads to the birth of a new Universe. Could our Universe have arisen from one? 13. 5 Education Stocks in AI's Blast Radius Source: Edwin Dorsey Link: https://thebearcave.substack.com/p/5-education-stocks-in-ais-blast-radius College is getting harder to sell as artificial intelligence creates job-market uncertainty for recent grads. The Bear Cave found five public companies at risk. 14. What I Read in August 2026 Source: Helen Lewis Link: https://helenlewis.substack.com/p/what-i-read-in-august-2026 Ships! Islands! 15. The Postmodern Defense of Lindsay Clancy Source: Rob Henderson Link: https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/the-postmodern-defense-of-lindsay O.J. Simpson for middle-class white women 16. If Youre Near Lexington, VA... Source: George Saunders Link: https://georgesaunders.substack.com/p/if-youre-near-lexington-va So Will I Be. :) 17. Ive been secretly making a show Source: Anand Giridharadas Link: https://the.ink/p/ive-been-secretly-making-a-show And I want you to be the first to see the trailer 18. The Hugging Face attack was worse than we thought Source: Casey Newton Link: https://www.platformer.news/openai-huggingface-metr-report-slowdown/ The AI industry is begging for a slowdown. Maybe we should listen? 19. Sol-Mate Source: Hunter Harris Link: https://hunterharris.substack.com/p/sol-mate Mama, youll be missed. 20. Running out of time in life Source: Simon K Jones Link: https://simonkjones.substack.com/p/running-out-of-time-in-life How are we supposed to fit everything in? 21. Everything thats ever bugged you about bugs! Source: Neil deGrasse Tyson Link: https://startalk.substack.com/p/everything-thats-ever-bugged-you Even the things that arent actually bugs 22. What can I do? The answer is still anything. Source: Emily Atkin Link: https://heated.world/p/what-can-i-do-the-answer-is-still Revisiting a 2021 call to action in the wake of the Nepal-Tibet floods. 23. Lies, Bulls**t, and the Rule of Law: A Conversation with Preet Bharara (Ep. 490) Source: Sam Harris Link: https://samharris.substack.com/p/lies-bullst-and-the-rule-of-law-a A Conversation with Preet Bharara 24. Online Meetup Tues Aug 11 @ 9:30 am PT Source: David Eagleman Link: https://davideagleman.substack.com/p/online-meetup-tues-aug-11-930-am Looking forward to seeing you there 25. How to do less this summer Source: Rosamund Dean Link: https://rosamunddean.substack.com/p/how-to-do-less-this-summer Practising the surprisingly difficult skill of intentional daydreaming 26. Everything You Need to Know About Kimi K3, the Latest Model From China to Shake Up AI Source: Kara Swisher Link: https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/everything-you-need-to-know-about Here's how the web reacted to Kimi K3's performance, politics, and how it changes the AI race. 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. All the Good Stuff You're Missing on Culture Study Source: Anne Helen Petersen Link: https://annehelen.substack.com/p/all-the-good-stuff-youre-missing Its all over at Culture Studys new home on Patreon. 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. September 5, 2026 Source: Heather Cox Richardson Link: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-5-2026 Events of Friday, September 4, showed the Trump administration in a nutshell. 32. The Real Reason Republicans Are Afraid of Socialism Source: Robert Reich Link: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-reason-republicans-are-afraid This weeks video 33. GPT-6 Astra is a banger - heres everything Ive built Source: Lenny Rachitsky Link: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/gpt-6-astra-is-a-banger-heres-everything Watch now | My hands-on GPT-6 Astra review covers real production work in Figma, Flora, and Adio, one-shot coding wins 5.6 and Fable couldnt match, and a hardware hack Ive chased for months 34. Friday discussion post Source: Matthew Yglesias Link: https://www.slowboring.com/p/friday-discussion-post-cb5 Some personal news from Matt 35. Natan Sharansky: I Found Socrates in a KGB Prison Source: Bari Weiss Link: https://www.thefp.com/p/natan-sharansky-found-socrates-kgb-soviet-israel I spent 16 months in a KGB prison that housed the most extensive library of classic literature I encountered in the USSR. There, Plato helped me keep my inner freedom, writes Natan Sharansky. 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 547 available items for this weekly brief.