Will tax cuts create more readers?
Denmark proposes ending VAT on books
Random Digest: August 25, 2025
10 hand-picked articles from our collection
This digest was algorithmically curated to spark serendipity and encourage intellectual wandering. Each article was chosen at random from our recent collection, creating unexpected connections and delightful discoveries across diverse topics and perspectives.
Monday, August 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
DeBriefed 15 August 2025: Raging wildfires; Xi’s priorities; Factchecking the Trump climate report
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate... The post DeBriefed 15 August 2025: Raging wildfires; Xi’s priorities; Factchecking the Tru
What Really Happened in the 2016 Election
Debunking Russiagate Myths
Me talking about AI elsewhere
I’ve been popping up in a few places lately. Here’s a round-up: a talk, an academic paper, and a blog post. Rethink AI, WIRED x Kendryl I spoke about AI agents as part of a Wired event called Rethink
The Gulf World That Air Conditioning Wrought
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Two surprising discoveries about obedience
Tuesday links: protecting the financial system
HOISTED FROM THE ARCHIVES: Cory Doctorow on FanFiction
FanFic, wetware, and the battle for narrative: Cory Doctorow dissects fiction’s strange empathy machine from Virgil to LiveJournal, or, who owns the dragons?: the cognitive science of fanfiction...
How climate change endangers mothers and children
Rising temperatures are rewriting the earliest stages of life, according to a new report.
What Does It Mean To Be Thirsty?
The effects of insufficient water are felt by every cell in the body, but it’s the brain that manifests our experience of thirst. The post What Does It Mean To Be Thirsty? first appeared o