Report: Nevadaâs lithium boom comes at the expense of Indigenous rights
As demand for critical minerals surges, Indigenous leaders and Amnesty International say mining projects are advancing without tribal consent.
"Cultural Marxism" means whatever you need it to mean. Which is why it never goes away.Â
"Cultural Marxism" means whatever you need it to mean. Which is why it never goes away.
The problem with a literary culture of images is that images have an exceptionally short shelf life. People soon grow bored with them
The problem with a literary culture of images is that images have an exceptionally short shelf life. People soon grow bored with them
The caricature of Camus as an absurdist and existentialist is a convenient fiction. But fiction nonetheless
The caricature of Camus as an absurdist and existentialist is a convenient fiction. But fiction nonetheless
The Gonzo Size of the HyperScaler DataCenter Investment Boom: Chart of the Day
The current $1.5T AI arms race: are hyperscalers building utopia, building dystopia, building digital god, or simply lighting trillions of dollars on fire in a dollar auction? When âfree cash flow...
Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Condemn West Bank Land Sales
Last week, the ran an titled âMamdani and the Antisemites.â The next day, an published in the conservative called the mayorâs behavior âshameful.â The day after that, Republican city council membe
"So, at about 14, I became the team's...
âSo, at about 14, I became the teamâs unofficial basketball musician,â writes Theocharis Papatrechas. âA big shot earned a triumphant snare drum roll with a resolving crash. And if someone missed badl
Sadler's Office Hours: Studying Plato's Dialogues
a extra opportunity to discuss studying philosophy for paid subscribers
New Fathers Are Dying, and We Donât Know Why
A conversation with a pediatrician about the first study to track paternal mortality The post New Fathers Are Dying, and We Donât Know Why appeared first on Nautilus.
The World Press Freedom Index at Global 25-Year Low
Since Reporters Without Borders started tracking their World Press Freedom Index 25 years ago, the global rating has never been lower than the 2026 score. From a summary of their analysis: For the fir
Sounds of the 60s: the IBM 1401 (punchcard collation,...
Sounds of the 60s: the IBM 1401 (punchcard collation, reel-to-reel recorder, etc). These arenât the sounds of my computing childhood but I imagine theyâre nostalgic for some of you.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse â Ageing Patriots
For decades, the Patriot missile system has symbolized American technological superiority and alliance reassurance. But modern missile warfare is evolving toward saturation attacks, rapid adaptation,
Stare Into the Heart of an Ancient Iceberg
The beauty of the blue ice belies a fragility exposed by human activity The post Stare Into the Heart of an Ancient Iceberg appeared first on Nautilus.
Sean Carrollâs Mindscape Podcast: Alvin Roth on the Economics of Morally Contested Markets
Sean Carroll at Preposterous Universe: Economic markets are efficient ways of deciding fair prices, at least in ideal circumstances of perfect competition, information, and choice. But there is more t
Tuesday links: attached at the hip
The Democratic Candidate Closely Tied to Crypto and Big Tech
The Democratic establishment and the are intervening in a competitive Maryland Democratic to back a lobbyist who has been working for the tech giant Oracle while simultaneously serving as a state la
Jamelle Bouie thinks Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is...
Jamelle Bouie thinks Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is positioning herself for a 2028 presidential run. âYeah, sheâs running.â
The Return Of Culture
Capital, culture, and states are three key powers in the world.
Where the Russia-Ukraine war stands today
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Being Fed Content
From an interview (gift link) with Don Hertzfeldt, creator of World of Tomorrow: Not to sound like a curmudgeon, but when I was a teenager, I took the train to go to the record store to find rare stuf
Cerebras IPO and the Four Bottlenecks in Its Custom-Everything Architecture
A closer look at the wafer-scale architecture, the OpenAI deal, and four design vectors that decide if Cerebras can deploy at scale
An ICE Surveillance Vendor Is Misleading the Public
After the reported last month that President Donald Trumpâs immigration enforcers awarded a defense vendor a to map out immigrantsâ routines and real-time locations, the company, Edge Ops LLC, overh
Study: "A few weeks of X's algorithm can...
Study: âA few weeks of Xâs algorithm can make you more rightâwing â and it doesnât wear off quickly.â People using the âFor Youâ feed were more likely to favor GOP policies, less likely to want Trump
Beyond the Hype: How AI Adoption is Quietly Reshaping Corporate Efficiency
A look at new research connecting AI adoption to measurable productivity gainsâand what it means for investors
Checkmate in Iran
Robert Kagan at The Atlantic: Itâs hard to think of a time when the United States suffered a total defeat in a conflict, a setback so decisive that the strategic loss could be neither repaired nor ign
How I lost my mind and bought an old half-restored nineteenth-century Thuringian villa
So, as many of you know, I did a crazy thing two years ago.
Taking a Good, Long Look Into Elon Musk and âMuskismâ
Elon Musk needs no introduction. He is one of the leading capitalists of our time. Unlike many in tech, he gets down and dirty with the physical world (or rather, his employees do), building cars and
The Coming Intelligence Explosion
Explaining, for those out of the loop, what is coming and how we know
Can You See the World When You Close Your Eyes?
Aphantasia (the inability to visualize) is one of those things that I find endlessly fascinating; Iâve written about it a few times since 2016, most recently in response to Larissa MacFarquharâs 2025
Big Techâs Cross-Border Abuses Demand an International Response
On April 16, news broke that Meta had with its contractor in Kenya, Sama, ending a long-standing outsourcing arrangement it had for content moderation and artificial intelligence training. The decisi
A Closer Look: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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Weâre Diversifying the University by Hiring More...
Weâre Diversifying the University by Hiring More Crackpots. âFor too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to
Christian Philosophy and Renewal of Catholic Intellectual Life
a paper given during the Joy in the Truth conference at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture
AI is Hungry for Power and You Are Footing the Bill
AI promises efficiency in offices but its insatiable power needs are making life more costly for communities at large.
Rick Beato Versus the NY Times
The backlash over the best songwriter list intensifies
Christopher Nolan Has Been Dreaming of The Odyssey for More Than 20 Years
Eliana Dockterman in Time Magazine: Christopher Nolanâs Trojan Horse isnât a towering colossus looming over the coast of Troy. Itâs sinking. Half-submerged, it looks less like a monument than a mistak
How AI is De-Risking Drug Development and Companion Diagnostics
Arora and Moore in The Scientist: The path to bringing a new drug to market is increasingly complex and costly, with development costs now exceeding $2 billion and timelines approaching a decade.1,2 T
Shame them, shun them, ban them, beat them!
OR: crock pots and lightning bolts
Digg has (sorta) relaunched (again) and instead of an...
Digg has (sorta) relaunched (again) and instead of an underwhelming Reddit clone, itâs now just scraping noted fascist cesspool âXâ for AI news and telling us that Sam Altman is influential in AI? Thi
Disney Is Encouraging and Exploiting the Rise of âKidultsâ
Earlier this month, the published a mesmerizing if about the âDisney adultâ â that distinct American subspecies of grown man or woman who is stuck in Peter Pan consumer mode, who trembles in delight
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