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Opinion | A Plan to Restore Trust in Science From a ‘Fringe Epidemiologist’Jay Bhattacharya, the N.I.H. director, says authorities broke the public’s trust in the Covid era. Now it’s up to outsiders to restore it. #Donald Trump #US Politics 2026-1-29 2:05am The New York Times Ross Douthat, Sophia Alvarez Boyd ($) 10,000 words Rated 2026-1-29 8:31am
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The national masculinity conversation continues to devolveRead to the end for a very annoying way to play "Dark Souls" #Politics #Technology 2025-10-24 11:10am Garbage Day Ryan Broderick ($) 2,000 words Rated 2025-12-13 4:59pm
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The Trump Halo Memes Aren't Supposed To Make SenseThere’s a theory that started on Bluesky a month ago from composer Patrick Cosmos that everyone in the US government is 12 now. Cosmos goes on to show how all the dumb shit we’re currently living through, and which boggles the minds of regular people, makes total sense if you imagine it was conjured up by the brain of a pre-teen. I had a little laugh at this theory but didn’t think about it too seriously until this weekend, when several government social media accounts got really into Halo. How #Donald Trump #Politics #Twitter 2025-10-27 12:44pm Aftermath Riley MacLeod 1,000 words Rated 2025-11-15 9:15am
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How Bari Weiss of The Free Press Won the Top Job at CBS NewsAt The Free Press, she battled “wokeness” and buddied up with billionaires. Now she’s the editor in chief of CBS News. #US Politics 2025-10-6 6:37am The New York Times Jessica Testa ($) 1,000 words Rated 2025-10-6 12:36pm
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The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal WorkersWIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices. #Donald Trump #Elon Musk #Politics 2025-9-25 3:00am WIRED Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, Vittoria Elliott, Makena Kelly, ... 2,000 words Rated 2025-9-25 7:11pm
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Global politics happens on Discord nowRead to the end for some good footage of the DC occupation #Politics #Technology 2025-9-17 12:11pm Garbage Day Ryan Broderick 2,000 words Rated 2025-9-22 7:23pm
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Charlie Kirk was killed by a memeMaking sense of our dark new era of extremely online political violence #Politics #Technology 2025-9-12 11:31am Garbage Day Ryan Broderick 2,000 words Rated 2025-9-22 7:13pm
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Opinion | Can Jay Bhattacharya Save Science?Can Jay Bhattacharya save science? #Science #US Politics 2025-9-22 2:00am The New York Times Ari Schulman ($) 3,000 words Rated 2025-9-22 5:55pm
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Opinion | Stop Funding Trump’s TakeoverDemocrats aren’t powerless, and they don’t have to enable autocracy. #Corruption #Donald Trump #US Politics 2025-9-6 10:02pm The New York Times Ezra Klein ($) 4,000 words Rated 2025-9-7 2:12pm
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Opinion | How Math Turned Me From a D.E.I. Skeptic to a SupporterIt’s about more than figuring out the right or wrong answers to questions. #College #Mathematics #US Politics 2025-9-5 2:01am The New York Times Eugenia Cheng ($) 1,000 words Rated 2025-9-5 2:23pm
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Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can surviveHow the world’s largest encyclopedia became the factual foundation of the web, but now it’s under attack from the right wing, tech billionaires, and AI. #Politics 2025-9-4 5:30am The Verge Josh Dzieza ($) 10,000 words Rated 2025-9-5 1:22pm
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States rethink a long-held practice of setting speed limits based on how fast drivers travelRoad safety activists and some states are pushing to depart from a longstanding rule that sets speed limits in the United States based largely on how fast drivers actually travel. This is due to the 85% rule, which ties speed limits to the speed of the 15th-fastest vehicle out of every 100 traveling a road in ideal conditions. Critics say this approach encourages speeding. Ohio is among the states considering new guidelines that focus more on safety. But supporters of the rule say it provides... #Activism #Business #California #North Dakota #Ohio #Politics #Texas #Washington #Wisconsin 2025-8-16 9:00pm AP News https://apnews.com/author/jeff-mcmurray 2,000 words Rated 2025-8-19 4:57pm
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Opinion | A Cloud Forest in Ecuador Is Crying for HelpEcuador’s ecological progress is threatened by a series of reforms steamrolled by its young populist president, Daniel Noboa. #Ecuador #Environment #Mining #Politics 2025-8-14 10:00pm The New York Times César Rodríguez-Garavito, Robert Macfarlane ($) 1,000 words Rated 2025-8-16 2:51pm
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Opinion | Abolish the Senate. End the Electoral College. Pack the Court.Why the left can’t win without a new Constitution. #Congress #Donald Trump #Elections 2025-8-14 2:02am The New York Times Ross Douthat, Sophia Alvarez Boyd, Raina Raskin ($) 20,000 words Rated 2025-8-14 7:51pm
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‘The Interview’: Robert Reich Thinks the Baby Boomers Blew ItThe former U.S. Labor Secretary on how complacency and corporate ties created a “bully in chief.” #Barack Obama #Bill Clinton #College #Donald Trump #US Politics 2025-7-26 2:15am The New York Times David Marchese ($) 4,000 words Rated 2025-7-27 2:04pm
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Opinion | Have Christians Finally Had It With Trump?The irreconcilable difference between Trumpian politics and Christianity. #Christianity #Donald Trump #Poverty #US Politics 2025-7-11 2:01am The New York Times Esau McCaulley ($) 2,000 words Rated 2025-7-11 4:29pm
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Opinion | The Problems Democrats Don’t Like to SeeThe Democratic future isn’t going to look like the Democratic past. #Books #California #Chicago #Housing #Real Estate #Texas #US Politics 2025-6-8 3:00am The New York Times Ezra Klein ($) 3,000 words Rated 2025-6-10 8:18pm
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Opinion | George Saunders on the Firing of Dr. Carla HaydenWhen a ship is sinking, there’s value in knowing how fast, and calling it out. When a country is self-sabotaging, ditto. #Books #Donald Trump #US Politics 2025-5-13 2:02am The New York Times George Saunders ($) 1,000 words Rated 2025-5-13 7:18am
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Faced with measles, Texas healthcare workers confront ‘information warfare’For the first time in a decade, a US child has died of measles. What can doctors and nurses do to encourage vaccination? #Donald Trump #Politics #United States 2025-3-31 9:37am Al Jazeera Tyler Hicks 2,000 words Rated 2025-4-7 5:33pm
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The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government TakeoverEngineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure. #Donald Trump #Elon Musk #Government #Politics 2025-2-2 11:02am WIRED Vittoria Elliott 1,000 words Rated 2025-2-3 7:19pm
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Inside the Federal Work Force That Trump Has Promised to EvisceratePresident-elect Donald J. Trump and his allies have pledged to strike fear in the heart of what they term “the deep state.” They have already succeeded. #CIA #Donald Trump #Elon Musk #US Politics 2024-11-8 3:53pm The New York Times Robert Draper, Michael Crowley, Zach Montague ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-11-9 6:13am
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Opinion | What Have We Liberals Done to the West Coast?Infected with ideological purity, the West Coast is focused more on intentions than on oversight and outcomes. #California #Homelessness #Mental Health #Oregon #Politics 2024-6-15 4:00am The New York Times Nicholas Kristof ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-6-21 9:07am
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Opinion | The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez You Don’t KnowThree terms in, she’s exiting her political adolescence and coming into her own as a veteran operator. #Congress #Joe Biden #US Politics 2024-5-4 4:00am The New York Times Gaby Del Valle ($) 3,000 words Rated 2024-5-5 7:17pm
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Opinion | The ‘Blood Bath’ Battle and the Electric Car WarDoes President Biden expect to win on a Jan. 6 strategy alone? #Donald Trump #Joe Biden #US Politics 2024-3-23 4:00am The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 1,000 words Rated 2024-4-22 11:55pm
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Why we can’t buildAmerica’s inability to build is killing people. #Politics 2020-4-22 5:50am Vox Ezra Klein 2,000 words Rated 2023-11-16 7:59am
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Opinion | Israel Has Never Needed to Be Smarter Than in This MomentIt would be a mistake to give Hamas what it wants: an overreaction like an invasion of Gaza. #Israel #Joe Biden #Middle East #Military #Politics #Terrorism 2023-10-10 2:58pm The New York Times Thomas L. Friedman ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-10-12 10:25am
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Here to Pump You Up (Emotionally)“The more powerful you are,” says the action icon, author of a new self-help book, “the more power you have in giving back.” #2020 Election #Comedy #Donald Trump 2023-10-1 2:01am The New York Times David Marchese ($) 5,000 words Rated 2023-10-1 7:36pm
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‘A Ticket to Disney’? Politicians Charge Millions to Send Migrants to U.S.The Biden administration vowed to “end the illicit movement” of people through the Darién jungle. But the number of migrants moving through the forest has never been greater — and the profits are too big to pass up. #Colombia #Panama #Politics 2023-9-14 2:03am The New York Times Julie Turkewitz, Federico Rios ($) 6,000 words Rated 2023-9-15 1:05pm
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Opinion | Partisan Politics Put a Huge Win for Public Health at RiskThe loss of support for an AIDS relief program would signal to the rest of the world that it could no longer rely on the U.S. to defend its biggest accomplishments as a leader in global health. #Abortion #Congress #George W. Bush #Joe Biden #US Politics 2023-9-1 12:00pm The New York Times The Editorial Board ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-9-2 8:37am
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America’s Trumpiest court just put itself in charge of nuclear safety, in Texas v. NRCThis decision is radioactive, even by the very low standards of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. #Politics #Supreme Court 2023-8-29 3:00am Vox Ian Millhiser 2,000 words Rated 2023-8-30 10:45pm
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The Chip Titan Whose Life’s Work Is at the Center of a Tech Cold WarAt 92, Morris Chang, the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, can no longer stay in the shadows. #Apple #Artificial Intelligence #China #Politics 2023-8-4 2:01am The New York Times Paul Mozur, John Liu ($) 4,000 words Rated 2023-8-13 10:29am
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How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and PragmatismThe privacy-focused messaging app arose from a fringe culture that emphasized individual autonomy and skepticism of authority. As it tries to go mainstream, can it escape its roots? #Politics #Silicon Valley 2023-7-23 4:00am WIRED Kai Ye 2,000 words Rated 2023-7-25 4:13pm
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The hidden force that shapes everything around us: ParkingA Q&A with Henry Grabar, author of “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World.” #Politics #Transportation #Urban Planning 2023-5-9 4:30am Vox Marin Cogan 3,000 words Rated 2023-7-17 2:20pm
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Vox and the Undertow of Corporate DemocratsToday on TAP: Dylan Matthews’s screed attacking Biden’s industrial policies got an assist from former Treasury official Kimberly Clausing. #Buy American #China #Joe Biden #Media #Politics 2023-5-10 3:00pm The American Prospect Robert Kuttner 1,000 words Rated 2023-6-7 8:06pm |
The Last Days of Berlin's Gas StreetlampsLooking at the German city in a different light. #City #Climate Change #Design #History #Politics 2023-6-1 7:00am Atlas Obscura Alex Rennie 2,000 words Rated 2023-6-1 11:45pm
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California Builds the Future, for Good and Bad. What’s Next?From reparations to tax revolts, the Golden State tries out new ideas all the time. What roads will its latest experiments send us down? #Artificial Intelligence #California #Immigration #Politics 2023-5-30 1:55am The New York Times Laila Lalami ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-5-30 9:15am
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US elections 2024: Who is the Republican contender Ron DeSantis?A look at rise of Florida governor, who is seen as Trump’s most serious challenger for party’s presidential nomination. #Donald Trump #Elections #Government #Joe Biden #United States 2023-5-24 2:09pm Al Jazeera Ali Harb 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-29 11:56am
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The Supreme Court rediscovers humility — in a case about pigsThe justices just did something very unusual: They didn’t try to make themselves even more powerful. #Politics #Supreme Court 2023-5-11 10:55am Vox Ian Millhiser 2,000 words Rated 2023-5-11 10:59pm
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