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Why do AI company logos look like buttholes? “The fluidity and warmth...

Are You Looking for Work? Are You Looking to Fill a Position?

M. Gessen: “This is my radical proposal for universities: Act like universities,...

Unequal Rights

Letter from a high-ranking FBI official who recently resigned. “I took an...

I was chuffed to see that KDO’s own Edith Zimmerman has a...

George Monbiot: Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth...

I am catching up on what happened in season one of The...

New Study Finds Average American Stands No Chance Against What’s Coming. “The...

The Tariff Saga Is About One Thing. “Trump’s desire to dominate others...

Busy Day at the Airport

All the headlines are following Trump’s messaging of a “pause”, but the...

Clean energy powered 40% of global electricity in 2024, report finds. “The...

What It Feels Like, Right Now. “It’s hard to focus. It’s hard...

We Should All Be Very, Very Afraid. “The administration could create its...

If You Heard What I Heard is a collection of Holocaust stories...

From the NYT’s Overlooked obituary series: Katharine McCormick, Force Behind the Birth...

The List Keepers, on the informal efforts to keep track of the...

Former Substack creators say they’re earning more on new platforms. “Paying someone...

ICE director’s dream: “Squads of trucks rounding up immigrants for deportation the...

Speedrunning Economic Collapse for Funsies

From Edith Zimmerman: Vampire Brand Crossovers. Like Nosferatuthbrush from Orlok-B....

The Phoenician Scheme

Which types of people aren’t big fans of “impartial” news? People who...

The Rules of Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote Cartoons

Can I Teach the First Amendment If I Only Have a Green...

25 Films to Help Understand the US Today

Happy 10th birthday to Lit Hub, a site I’ve been reading and...

DJ Bart Simpson & The Hood Internet

How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact. “Crossing into...

On the Episode That Changed Ira Glass’s This American Life Forever. Or,...

Torpedo Bats and the Physics of the Sweet Spot. They invented a...

Thomas Zimmer: “If you are feeling overwhelmed by the stupidity, the chaos,...

America’s Future Is Hungary

Three key points on how economic crises can lead to the breakdown...

Rebecca Solnit on the importance of Preaching to The Choir in activism....

“If we want to bring the world back from the brink, we...

Tesla’s Cybertruck Is The Auto Industry’s Biggest Flop In Decades

An editorial in Nature: “A brain drain would impoverish the United States...

America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State. “For most people,...

Silence is Collaboration: Academics Must Speak Out Against Fascism. “We will call...

I’m a Free-Thinking Centrist with Only Right-Wing Ideas. “I voted for Trump,...

Travel maven Rick Steves made a great hour-long documentary about the history...

This Is the Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write by Taffy...

Photos of the Hands Off! Protests

A rare interview with Tracy Chapman. “But I grew up across the...

Season Three Trailer for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

They’re gonna do a season three of The Lord of the Rings:...

There’s a new Frank Lloyd Wright house that was just built in...

The extended trailer for Mario Kart World, the new Kart title launching...