2025-04-03: The US will apparently charge tariffs on exports from Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, a …
2025-03-27: There is no administration in the world — beyond this one — where a blunder of these proportions …
2025-03-27: The Washington Post on Il Foglio, an Italian newspaper that began experimenting with AI: The …
2025-03-24: The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was …
2025-03-18: Two important things about sex must be clearly and constantly stated. One: It’s the greatest thing …
2025-03-18: Some fascinating details in this Times of London profile of British podcaster Steven Bartlett: His …
2025-03-12: A lot can happen in five months. 🇺🇸 [image or embed] — Carl Quintanilla ( …
2025-03-10: “A world without Caesars.” — English translation of the Latin text on a t-shirt worn by Bluesky CEO …
2025-03-10: "Meta, then called Facebook, developed a censorship system for China in 2015 and planned to install …
2025-03-05: "For much of late modern history, the barbigerous were regarded with skepticism. During the 19th …
2025-03-04: "If I were editing these, I’d be throwing “FIND A BETTER SOURCE” in the comments, over and over." — …
2025-03-04: "There is nothing cryptic about Donald Trump’s endorsement of cryptocurrency. Four years ago, he …
2025-03-03: "By standing up to Trump and Vance in the Oval Office, Zelenskyy once again demonstrated that he is …
2025-03-03: "Zelenskyy has learnt the hard way about the mindset and motivations of Trump 2.0. The first lesson …
2025-02-27: Meta Apologizes for Error That Flooded Instagram With Violent Content: A Wall Street Journal …
2025-02-26: "It is essential in a democracy for the public to have access to news about their government from an …
2025-02-25: “Any disruption in these decade-old understandings would be met with cheers from our adversaries in …
2025-02-25: "The Yankees, as any Yankee fan will tell you, don’t have a mascot. They don’t put names on the back …
2025-02-21: "Advertisers are worried about their ads on Twitter being placed next to Holocaust denial tweets, or …
2025-02-21: "Winston Churchill is credited with saying that America does the right thing after exhausting the …
2025-02-21: “Uwaaauwaargh!" — Elon Musk, wielding a chainsaw at the annual Conservative Political Action …
2025-02-21: Streetsblog NYC: One of President Trump's anti-congestion pricing mouthpieces has a notable …
2025-02-20: A study of right-leaning bias shown to German social meda users in the run up to Sunday’s federal …
2025-02-20: Struggling dating apps are now zero-ing in on the real problem: men. From the FT: When a user types …
2025-02-18: Diet Coke Speaking to Ezra Klein, Massachusetts congressman Jake Auchincloss on why Democrats shouldn’t be …
2025-02-18: "Michelle Sinsheimer, who owns Acorn Trails with partner Alex Osborne, said, at one stage, runners …
2025-02-17: "The question remains: Why do journalists keep legitimizing a space where they are increasingly …
2025-02-17: "In messages to newsroom staff, the company announced that it’s opening up AI training to the …
2025-02-17: "The end of this war, when it comes, cannot merely become a temporary pause before Putin attacks …
2025-02-13: “As a global news agency that disseminates news around the world, the AP must ensure that place …
2025-02-13: In the New York Times: For years, officials in the Czech Republic had pushed a dam project to …
2025-02-12: "President Donald Trump’s Small Business Administration told probationary staff members it had …
2025-02-12: "[A]uthoritarianism does not require the destruction of the constitutional order. What lies ahead is …
2025-02-12: I’ve no idea what any of it means but this is one helluva lede: "Deep in the waters of the …
2025-02-12: “This highway robbery of our funds directly out of our bank account is a betrayal of everyone who …
2025-02-11: "What they rarely considered was whether something else might be responsible for the disconnect — …
2025-02-11: "Probably his whole life is from a position of insecurity — I feel for the guy.” — Sam Altman on …
2025-02-10: "Now, [Trump] faces public inflation expectations that are utterly divorced from reality and could …
2025-02-07: “Our only job is to sit in a rocking chair and cradle a stranger’s infant to the left side of our …
2025-02-07: "He has two unerring goals. The first is to recreate the imperial presidency that was buried in the …
2025-02-06: "Of course, the agency I have just described bears no resemblance to the 'radical left' and …
2025-02-06: "We’re not done. Our reporters are getting hundreds of new tips every day and are publishing their …
2025-02-05: "[T]he political scientist Elizabeth David-Barrett lays out three general mechanisms of state …
2025-02-04: "But a voice is not just a sound. And I’d like to think that no matter how much an A.I. version of …
2025-02-04: "If I wanted to destroy democracy in the US, I’m not sure what I would do differently." — Elizabeth …
2025-02-03: "In private meetings and at public events, elected Democrats appear leaderless, rudderless and …
2025-01-31: "The oligarchs are not conservative. They’re certainly not on the right. Everything they’re doing — …
2025-01-29: “Employers would be making a gentleman’s agreement, where they assume all of the risk, and that …
2025-01-27: "I mean, this is insane shit." — Bill Gates on Elon Musk
2025-01-23: Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers, a subsidiary of News UK, has used its financial might to keep at …
2025-01-22: "Wherever you look: Bastards." — Ian Dunt: A litte bit of hope after a terrible week
2025-01-17: "The other side of the aisle may very well be mad. But this does not imply that we are sane." — …
2025-01-15: "We used to say “the internet isn’t real life” to reinforce the primacy of real life. Thiel and his …