Jonathan Swiftâs last joke. His epitaph is, it turns out, an elaborate way of haunting an enemy from the grave
Jonathan Swiftâs last joke. His epitaph is, it turns out, an elaborate way of haunting an enemy from the grave
Ibram X. Kendiâs âGreat Replacementâ theory encompasses so many disparate examples that it loses its explanatory power
Ibram X. Kendiâs âGreat Replacementâ theory encompasses so many disparate examples that it loses its explanatory power
Despite his reputation as a as a conservative ogre, Harvey Mans?fieldâs latest book is immensely clever, subtle, and thought-provoking
Despite his reputation as a as a conservative ogre, Harvey Mans?fieldâs latest book is immensely clever, subtle, and thought-provoking
What happens when a Catholic, Oxford-trained mind intersects with a jaunty midcentury American voice? Wilfrid Sheed
What happens when a Catholic, Oxford-trained mind intersects with a jaunty midcentury American voice? Wilfrid Sheed
âOf all the defects of American gerontocracy today, one of the worst is our failure to face mortality and embrace old ageâ
âOf all the defects of American gerontocracy today, one of the worst is our failure to face mortality and embrace old ageâ
Dissidence is not a political stance, career, or personality type. It occurs when the distance between beliefs and actions becomes intolerable
Dissidence is not a political stance, career, or personality type. It occurs when the distance between beliefs and actions becomes intolerable
How the AI Industry Runs on Its Own Money
It will end really well or really badly
New episode of Great Art Explained on Francis Bacon ....
New episode of Great Art Explained on Francis Bacon. âA new generation was starting to ask - who gets to decide what is right? And who has the authority to tell us how to live?â
20 years ago: a guy interviewing for an IT job gets...
20 years ago: a guy interviewing for an IT job gets pulled onto live TV. âMr. Goma is being celebrated as a folk hero of sorts for anyone who has ever found themselves ill-equipped for a challenge in
These Beetles Might Be Flying Ubers for Worms
Trigger warning for anyone squicked out by wriggling masses of things The post These Beetles Might Be Flying Ubers for Worms appeared first on Nautilus.
Jon Krakauer writes about what has changed about...
Jon Krakauer writes about what has changed about climbing Mt. Everest since he wrote Into Thin Air. âThe deadly hazards I wrote about attracted novice climbers to Everest like gamblers to a slot machi
Red, White, and Psychedelic
The therapy the American family needs right now
âWhat have you tried?â
Ashur Cabrera shares advice in the form of a question he received when hitting a roadblock and asked for help. The approach has held up through many years and upon reading it I can immediately apply i
Wednesday links: an unlevel playing field
Siri Hustvedt recalls her life with the writer Paul Auster
Dwight Garner in the New York Times: She was blond and he was dark-haired; they were almost photonegatives. She looked as if sheâd been in Bergman films. He was, visually, Americaâs Camus â wary, heav
99 percent Utopia and money
For full happiness is possible only in stagnation.
Can an Economic Populist Win Maineâs Governor Race?
âAs Maine goes, so goes the nationâ is an old adage that describes the nearly one-hundred-year streak of Maine politics as the bellwether of presidential elections. Between 1820 and 1958, elections we
Empty Screenings
On one hand I very much want movie theaters to thrive. On the other, I sometimes make purchase decisions based on how few tickets have been sold. Riley Walz made a tool to find the emptiest AMC screen
Infants are dying because parents are opting-out of...
Infants are dying because parents are opting-out of vitamin K shots. âIn the hopes of safeguarding their newborns from what they see as unnecessary medical intervention, they have shunned fundamental
Coffee Break: Self-Dealing and Self-Deluding Two Sides of Trump and His Ilk
The Trump regime's flagrant corruption and obvious irrationality beg the question, 'Are there any rational actors in power today?'
How GĂśdelâs Proof Works
Natalie Wolchover in Quanta: In 1931, the Austrian logician Kurt GĂśdel pulled off arguably one of the most stunning intellectual achievements in history. Mathematicians of the era sought a solid found
My pal Matt Haughey recut the first season of Apple...
My pal Matt Haughey recut the first season of Apple TVâs Murderbot into a 3.5-hour-long movie. âI did it fast so there are a few jarring cuts, but I now have an entertaining as hell movie with zero in
The Devil Wears Prada 2 Hits the Right Bleak Notes
to the top of the box office in the first days of its theatrical run â a surprise to no one who saw the first twenty years ago, then watched its popularity grow over the decades from a brisk, lively
What Your Dream Life Says About You
A conversation with a dream researcher about how dream content and recall may reflect personality and thinking style The post What Your Dream Life Says About You appeared first on Nautilus.
Boris Cherny: Why Coding Is Solved, and What Comes Next
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Not Quite Nonsense
How can we train ourselves not to translate but to imbibe words that we donât understand? How do we push past obscurity and opacity, without the requisite training in, or knowledge of, other languages
Workers Donât Have to Die in the Heat
On a blistering day in May 2008, seventeen-year-old farmworker MarĂa Isabel VĂĄsquez JimĂŠnez was tying grapevines in a vineyard outside Stockton, California, when the temperature crept past 100 degrees
Cropped 6 May 2026: Forest loss falls | Deforestation regulations | Saving âIndiaâs Galapagosâ
We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food... The post Cropped 6 May 2026: Forest loss falls | Deforestation regulations | Saving âIndiaâs Galapagosâ
A Comprehensive Compilation of Theories of Consciousness
Ricardo Forcano with Claude Cowork at Map of Consciousness: Centre of narrative gravity â Daniel Dennett Complementarily to his multiple drafts theory, Daniel Dennett proposed that the self â that cha
Why I Find Woke Criticism of Veganism and Effective Altruism So Outrageous
Using the language of the oppressed to justify ignoring their interests
The Books That Inspired Tolkien
The ancient & medieval roots of The Lord of the Rings
Merz tells high-school students that the Americans lack an "exit strategy" in Iran, Trump slaps him with tariffs and troop withdrawals
Friedrich Merz the Fail Chancellor never disappoints.
What Causes Lightning? The Answer Keeps Getting More Interesting.
Armed with a slew of new instruments, physicists are closing in on one of natureâs oldest mysteries â and finding that storm clouds are seething with violent and unexpected phenomena. The
Trump Is Siccing Shady Private Debt Collectors on Immigrants
The Trump administration has quietly hired a team of scandal-plagued private debt collectors to hound immigrants slapped with new multimillion-dollar civil penalties for not leaving the country, accor
Personal finance links: no perfect equilibrium
Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last weekâs links including a look at what...
How Potatoes Shaped the Genes of the First People to Grow Them
Whoâs domesticating who? The post How Potatoes Shaped the Genes of the First People to Grow Them appeared first on Nautilus.
When Analysts Get It Wrong: Expectation Bias, Market Inefficiency, and What It Means for Investors
For decades, the efficient market hypothesis (EMH) has been the central pillar of modern finance, asserting that asset prices fully and immediately incorporate all available information.
Vacancy: Three-week summer journalism internship at Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief is offering an exciting opportunity for students, or recent graduates, to work with... The post Vacancy: Three-week summer journalism internship at Carbon Brief appeared first on Carbon B
Emily Sargent: Portrait of a Family
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Economic Management in War: Professor Michael Hudson in Discussion with Ian Proud
An informative and wide-ranging conversation of how economic policies can neglect, support, or impede the prosecution of war
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