All Predictions Wrong

Note to readers. Nothing for the next three weeks – I’m going on summer vacation. Tuesday Morning Quarterback returns on September 8 and takes over this space through the Super Bowl. Science fiction doesn’t necessarily predict the future. If the 1982 Harrison Ford film Blade Runner were correct, today there would be flying police cars with antigravity systems, along with faster-than-light starcruisers. But sometimes sci-fi is on the beam. Consider the 2004 novel River of Gods by Ian McDonald.

Tuesday Morning Quarterback returns September 1st and will appear through that Super Bowl thing you might have heard about. TMQ fans – See you in September! Supergirl is a box-office bomb. Seems $280 million doesn’t buy what it used to. The result was not superhero fatigue. Audiences loved last summer’s Superman, while the new Spiderman sequel just had one of the biggest opening box offices ever. In its first few days Spiderman Brand New Day earned more than Supergirl’s worldwide total in six weeks.

Note to readers: Here is the upcoming schedule Today: for summer fun, Blockbuster Part One August 7: Summer Blockbuster Part Two August 14: back to serious – is superintelligence about to happen? Nothing the final two weeks of August -- on vacation 9-1 return of Tuesday Morning Quarterback, which will run every Tuesday till that Super Bowl thing you might have heard about Free subscriber? Below is an offer to become a paid subscriber – with full access to TMQ – for a 20% discount.

Below, the NFL is mentioned in passing. This prompts the answer to a question many readers are asking. The answer is Yes. Tuesday Morning Quarterback will return for the 2026 season. I’ll announce the 2026 schedule soon. The football artificial universe is close! Storm clouds continue to gather regarding the upcoming Election Day. Donald Trump just gave a primetime address once again relitigating his 2020 electoral defeat, now claiming China was the hidden hand.

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Please tap the {{heart}} button, which helps new readers find All Predictions Wrong. What follows is actual news, not a comedy sketch: In January a sewer main burst along the Potomac River near the White House, releasing 240 million gallons of raw sewage into the water. The utility district responsible learned in 2018 that the line was close to failure, and scheduled a renovation project. Now it’s eight years later and raw sewage is pouring into the Potomac. The renovation never happened. Why?

Free subscriber? Below is an offer to become a paid subscriber – with full access – for a 20% discount. Also you can use the link to give a discounted gift subscription. https://greggeasterbrook.substack.com/aed498c3 Mid-March, six weeks into the joint American-Israeli attack on Iran, President Donald Trump declared from the Oval Office, “We’ve won this war. This war has been won.” A final peace deal, Trump said, is “very close.” Months later the sides are still shooting at each other.

Please tap the {{heart}} button, which helps new readers find All Predictions Wrong. When your writer grew up in Buffalo, New York, that city was the buckle on the Rust Belt. The sprawling Tonawanda Engine factory of General Motors, walking distance from my boyhood home, encapsulated Buffalo of the period. Today within a walk or short drive from my boyhood home are four major data center projects, including one of Google’s largest.

Discount offer. An offer to become a paid subscriber – with full access – for a 20% discount. Also you can use the link to give discounted gift subscriptions. Spoilers below for the hit new movie Disclosure Day. Space aliens kidnapped children to perform experiments on them. Now the children, played by Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor, are grown up and starting to display powers.

Please tap the {{heart}} button, which helps new readers find All Predictions Wrong. In the United States, automobile sales – cars, light pickup trucks, SUVs – are in a trendline of decline. Ever-fewer teenagers hold drivers licenses. Total miles driven is rising because of population growth: per-capita miles driven is going down. Donald Trump may be the final president of the United States to know how to drive stick.