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Unsurprising: a recent study of 32M tweets from politicians from 27 countries...

Is Social Media Doing You Dirty? Apply the CUE Test.

Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything? Sherrilyn Ifill has a list...

Five Former Treasury Secretaries: Our Democracy Is Under Siege. “[We’re writing] this...

Voting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t...

How People & Institutions in Budding Autocracies Obey in Advance

One of the attributes of the modern condition is an inability to...

From Greg Storey, a list of “ways to take in information without...

“The private companies in control of social-media networks possess an unprecedented ability...

It’s a Coup, But It’s Not Just Musk’s Coup

This is a great thread on how an ordinary person stepped up...

The Power of Chaos

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show. Kendrick said, “The revolution ‘bout to...

Judith Butler: “Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be...

Some Wild Ice Skating

Extinction Burst Explains MAGA Voters’ Racist Anger

According to Wired’s reporting, a US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis has called...

Doechii’s Tiny Desk Concert

Some Actions That Are Not Protesting or Voting, including donating to a...

David Kurtz argues that we should refer to Trump’s mass removal of...

“The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified”

Trump tried to illegally fire US Federal Election Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub....

A kid named Big Balls (with some shady stuff in his past)...

Wired is reporting that the Treasury Secretary and the White House press...

Outrage Fatigue Is Real. These Tips May Help. “Repeated exposure to outrage-inducing...

You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism. “When it comes to...

“In 2022, one of Peter Thiel’s favorite thinkers envisioned a second Trump...

The world has probably passed ‘peak air pollution’. “Global air pollution is...

State Attorneys General to Sue Over Musk’s Access to Government Systems. “The...

Mister Rogers on How to Talk to Kids About Distressing News Events

A list of all the lawsuits related to Trump administration executive orders....

The Musk staffer who broke into the Treasury Dept system has quit...

“The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler”

Business foot traffic is up within the [NYC] congestion pricing zone. “People...

Resegregation, Coups, Orwell, and the Importance of Precise Language

McSweeney’s: Here at DOGE, We’ve Streamlined Every Aspect of America’s Collapse. “I...

A huge list of trans Girl Scouts who are selling Girl Scout...

Unsurprisingly, it would be bad if Elon Musk breaks into the computer...

Palate cleanser: Cabel Sasser’s review of all of the weird new snacks...

From Scientific American, Avoiding Outrage Fatigue While Staying Informed. “We can take...

Timothy Snyder: Of Course It’s a Coup

Lots of people asking what they can do about the coup. Here’s...

Federal software contractor Dan Hon (who’s worked with HHS, Head Start, Medicaid/Medicare,...

“Musk’s Impossible Power Grab And America’s Crisis”

Since NYC began congestion pricing, subway ridership is up, subway crime is...

Incredible: Nearly 96% of new cars registered in Norway in January 2025...

Members of Musk’s team have tried to gain access to servers at...

The End of the Liberal Consensus

A Programming Note

This Changes Everything