Pigeon Effect

Reads — Visual Essays

Visual essays, built by hand. Scroll one and the graphic does the explaining — you set the pace.

Scrollytelling 01

AI Derailment Log

Ride the line through a decade of AI systems going off the rails, from a chatbot that learned to hate to agents that hacked their way out. Terminus unknown.

AI Safety Misalignment Incidents
2026-09 · 15 min ride
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Scrollytelling 02

The Global Race for Semiconductor Supremacy

Walk the chip production line from sand to package, find out who owns each step, and see who is winning the race to own more of it, and what it costs to keep the lights on.

Semiconductors Industrial Policy Electricity
2026-09 · 14 min scroll
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