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Envoys of Friendship
Humans Make Mistakes Too
The Lingo of Our AI Tech Overlords
Not Routine at All
This Could Result in an International Incident
Twice as Popular as Taylor Swift
All of This Has Been Done
Other Forms of Dust
Waiting at the Airport
It's Real and It's Dangerous
Something Revolutionarily Wonderful
Seems Like a Bad Idea
15 Points of Agreement
Had You Asked Us, We Would Have Said No
Analysts Are Fairly Skeptical
Those Secret Words
Pro-Peace and Prosperity
Learn to Code, Kids
It's Doomsday Day!
Crazy Things in Foreign Policy
Inherent Greatness and Decency
A Living, Breathing Document
Live from Williamsburg, Virginia!
Wars on Things
A Little Bit of a Vibration
The Remaining Four-to-Five Minutes of Your Life
More Efficient Powerpoint Production
The Hopeful Moment
A Country That Shall Not Be Named
There's Been Some News
A Responsible Member of the Community
That Man Is in Everybody's Business
They Canceled the Lunch
The Limits of Diplomacy
Putting in the Work
They're Using it Wrong
People Who Know What They’re Talking About
Things Were Under Control
Airlifting iPhones From China
Fist Bump, American Flag, Fire Emoji
An Olfactory Device
When Face-to-Face Diplomacy Attacks
Gulf of Cheap Talk
Maybe Fun Is the Wrong Word
Not Yet on Administrative Leave
The Empty Shell of Bed Bath & Beyond
Just a Big Real Estate Deal
Dishwasher and Microwave Safe
Live From Williamsburg
Your Board Game Journey
We're Doing This Again
That Guy Knows Democracy
Go Forth and Be More Cautious
The Dream World You’re Living In
Twist the Logic in Knots
A Time of Intense Difficulty or Anger
A Big Thing When I Was in High School
Balloons are Back
Now it's not a secret, is it?
A Couple of Non-Sports News Stories
You’re Experienced and Then You’re Too Old
Bird Flu Is in All the Milk
Trust But Verify
What a Time To Be Alive
Sting Operation
Can't We Just Enjoy the Moment?
We Consider This Matter Closed
Their Own Little Animosities
Spend Those Escalatory Activities Wisely
Mostly Golden Retriever Videos
Armageddon, Not Just A Good Movie Anymore (Rebroadcast)
The Be-All and End-All of Explaining International Events
Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom
Everyone Has a Theory
A Joe Biden Meat Suit
Like the Friends We Were in Bali
Exercise in Optimism
We're Going To Launch Another Missile at You
The Gloves May Come Off
When the Bill Comes Due
Anti-Diplomacy
He Can't Get His Laptop on the Tray Table
Giving ChatGPT Our Nuclear Codes
Pandamonium
Maybe This Is Something We Should Look Into
The Most Successful Scholar in Our Immediate Family
Three- or Four-Day-Old News
It Was on None of Our Radars
Overwrought and Probably Just Wrong
Little Time Capsules
We're Going To Get That 1.5 Percent
Summit of the Isolated
Our Puny Human Brains
The Guts to Stand Up for the Truth
Persist In Our Dream State
Tossing This Information to the Internet
It's a Slam Dunk! Do It!
Another Unenforceable International Edict
A Person With Feelings
It Comes Down To Paranoia