Clay weekly context brief for the Substack category (ISO week 2026-W44). 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. Trump and his Sycophants Exposed Source: Robert Reich Link: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/exposed The Real Meaning of the Midterm Election 2. October 24, 2026 Source: Heather Cox Richardson Link: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-24-2026 In the election of 1920, Americans handed a landslide victory to the Republicans and their presidential candidate Warren G. 3. Community Wisdom: Negotiating a lowball offer, designers earning a seat in product decisions, resources for building an MCP server, and more Source: Lenny Rachitsky Link: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/community-wisdom-negotiating-a-lowball Community Wisdom 303 4. A Guilty Persons Idea of How an Innocent Person Would Behave Source: Rob Henderson Link: https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/a-guilty-persons-idea-of-how-an-innocent My review of You Can See Everything 5. The polls were fake, but the results were real Source: Matthew Yglesias Link: https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-polls-were-fake-but-the-results Fraudulent polls are just more evidence of social medias corruption of democracy. 6. The Last Essay? Source: Bari Weiss Link: https://www.thefp.com/p/the-last-essay-ai-writing-tech-books-future Robots are really good writers now. Dont believe me? You will by the end of this piece, writes Max Raskin. 7. My Musk Problem And Ours Source: Andrew Sullivan Link: https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/my-musk-problem-and-ours Builders gonna build. But sociopaths gonna sociopath. 8. Sharp Tech on Video: Netflix Angst, the End of the Internet, and Metas VR Glasses Source: Ben Thompson Link: https://stratechery.com/2026/sharp-tech-on-video-netflix-angst-the-end-of-the-internet-and-metas-vr-glasses/ Sharp Tech is, for the first time, available on video. You have two ways to consume it: YouTube, and here on Stratechery 9. Here Comes Trouble Source: Dan Rather Link: https://steady.substack.com/p/here-comes-trouble Turns out Trump cant fill a room like he used to 10. A Night at the Opera Source: George Saunders Link: https://georgesaunders.substack.com/p/a-night-at-the-opera-10d And what a night... 11. MMX mission to reveal the origins of the Martian moons Source: Ethan Siegel Link: https://startswithabang.substack.com/p/mmx-mission-to-reveal-the-origins JAXAs Martian Moons eXploration mission has just launched. The origin of Phobos and Deimos are at stake, with samples returning home soon. 12. Joel Kaplan leaves Meta Source: Casey Newton Link: https://www.platformer.news/meta-joel-kaplan-midterms-moderation/ Long a voice for Republicans inside the company, he played a leading role in pushing Meta to the right 13. Sundar Pichai: Googles Frontier Imperative, Compute Scarcity Dilemmas, Future AI Products and Businesses Source: Kara Swisher Link: https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/sundar-pichai-googles-frontier-imperative Googles CEO on sacrificing cloud revenue for AI research, the future of personal agents, and why he remains confident in the compute buildout. 14. Reid & Jones #2: Building the Future Britain anthology with Martin Grace Source: Simon K Jones Link: https://simonkjones.substack.com/p/reid-and-jones-2-building-the-future Were back, and this time we have a guest 15. Nick Mowbray, The Billionaires, And Our Elections Source: David Farrier Link: https://www.webworm.co/elections/ What role could Nick Mowbray & the billionaire class play in our elections? 16. Whats going on at the edge of the universe? Source: Neil deGrasse Tyson Link: https://startalk.substack.com/p/whats-going-on-at-the-edge-of-the The one bubble everyone would be sorry to burst 17. The Bear Cave #348 Source: Edwin Dorsey Link: https://thebearcave.substack.com/p/the-bear-cave-348 New Activist Reports, Notable Departures, News of the Week, and Tweets of the Week 18. Listen to This Article: Art is More Important than Politics Source: Matt Taibbi Link: https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-art-is-more Listen now (12 mins) | Art belongs to everyone and even heavy metal is more important than causes 19. I Would Do a Theranos for Nathan Fielder to Look at Me like This Source: Hunter Harris Link: https://hunterharris.substack.com/p/you-can-see-everything-reaction And other You Can See Everything thoughts. 20. 438: Good Hangs, Bad LLMs Source: Helen Lewis Link: https://helenlewis.substack.com/p/438-good-hangs-and-bad-llms The men fidgeted with buttons and wrung their hands 21. Submit Your Questions for This Week's Q&A Episode Source: Glenn Greenwald Link: https://greenwald.substack.com/p/submit-your-questions-for-this-weeks-484 Live at 7:00 p.m. Eastern, Glenn will answer your questions, all of which you can submit by commenting on this recurring post. 22. Exxon scientist says the company knew its algae biofuel ads were BS Source: Emily Atkin Link: https://heated.world/p/exxon-scientist-says-the-company In newly reported deposition testimony, a company scientist calls Exxons claims patently falseand says he warned them before they went public. 23. More From Sam: Bond Villains, Useful Idiots, Firing Squads, and More (Ep. 498) Source: Sam Harris Link: https://samharris.substack.com/p/more-from-sam-bond-villains-useful In this latest episode of the More From Sam series, Sam and Jaron talk about current events. 24. Live from my hotel, with Wajahat Ali Source: Anand Giridharadas Link: https://the.ink/p/live-from-my-hotel-with-wajahat-ali Talking with my friend and hilarious, fiery host about cities, the Real America, and the asymmetry of humanization in our society 25. The lazy persons guide to getting off the sofa Source: Rosamund Dean Link: https://rosamunddean.substack.com/p/how-to-stay-motivated-to-exercise-in-winter I dont want to exercise. I want to hibernate 26. Culture Study + Bama Rush S05 + All Your Personal Style Questions, Answered Source: Anne Helen Petersen Link: https://annehelen.substack.com/p/culture-study-bama-rush-s05-all-your Everything youre missing from the Culture Study Universe 27. 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 28. 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. 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. Defund Musk and Impeach Trump | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, October 24, 2026 Source: Robert Reich Link: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/defund-musk-and-impeach-trump-the With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich 32. Oil Deals Source: Heather Cox Richardson Link: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/oil-deals To read this letter, click here: 33. Claude Duet is beautiful. I still forgot to use it Source: Lenny Rachitsky Link: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/claude-duet-is-beautiful-i-still Watch now (16 mins) | I tested Claude Duet, Anthropic's beautifully designed new personal agent, on real work to see if it can beat my personal agent fatigue and make the cut 34. Bad Company, Socialism, Jealousy Source: Rob Henderson Link: https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/bad-company-socialism-jealousy Links and recommendations 35. Friday discussion post Source: Matthew Yglesias Link: https://www.slowboring.com/p/friday-discussion-post-314 Tweet counts and polling errors 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 549 available items for this weekly brief.