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Recently covered: Aaron Sorkin maintains a romantic and idealistic belief in American institutions and the achievability of greatness, arguing that despite current distrust and darkness, these systems remain the best alternative for societal progress and that human-created art will always be preferred over artificial substitutes, The AI safety movement is driven by a rationalist ideology that believes its adherents must build and control AI to prevent existential risks, yet this very drive accelerates development and creates the dangers they fear, Jacob Coxon argues that AI development is accelerating toward an existential threat that requires immediate regulatory intervention to prevent a catastrophic outcome. He maintains that the industry's rapid progress, combined with the unpredictable and autonomous behavior of advanced models, creates a unique danger that cannot be mitigated by working within the current race dynamic.
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Trump Banned the Media. This Time, the Media Struck Back.
The Trump Administration Defangs the Endangered Species Act
How a 1,000-Year-Old Tapestry Took London by Storm
Aaron Sorkin Still Believes in American Institutions, Even If No One Else Does
Aaron Sorkin maintains a romantic and idealistic belief in American institutions and the achievability of greatness, arguing that despite current distrust and darkness, these systems remain the best alternative for societal progress and that human-created art will always be preferred over artificial substitutes.
The Techno-Religion at the Center of the A.I. Debate
The AI safety movement is driven by a rationalist ideology that believes its adherents must build and control AI to prevent existential risks, yet this very drive accelerates development and creates the dangers they fear.
Why Gas Prices Just Keep Going Up
48 Days Until the Midterms: Is a Blue Wave Coming?
The Bond Market Is Flipping Out. Here’s Why You Should Care.
The A.I. Researcher Whose Rebellion Is Changing Everything
Jacob Coxon argues that AI development is accelerating toward an existential threat that requires immediate regulatory intervention to prevent a catastrophic outcome. He maintains that the industry's rapid progress, combined with the unpredictable and autonomous behavior of advanced models, creates a unique danger that cannot be mitigated by working within the current race dynamic.
The Good, the Bad and the Good-Bad (Movie)
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Say the End of the World is Now on the Table
End times fascism represents a coalition of powerful groups that accept planetary collapse and focus on survival for a select few, requiring the left to offer a credible, inclusive vision of the future to counter it.
Trump’s War on Mail-In Voting
The Trump administration's executive order to restrict mail voting is an unprecedented and unconstitutional power grab that turns the Postal Service into a partisan operator, creating voter confusion and eroding trust in democratic institutions regardless of the Supreme Court's final ruling.
‘Buy Now, Pay Later’: A New Wave of Consumer Debt
Classical Music Is in Crisis. Gustavo Dudamel Is Here to Save It.
The Intertwined Legacies of Gloria Steinem and Dolly Parton
Gloria Steinem and Dolly Parton represented two essential, complementary approaches to feminism: Steinem as the explicit organizer and articulator of structural change, and Parton as the joyful, unlabelled embodiment of feminist ideals in practice. Together, they expanded the movement's reach by appealing to different audiences while advancing the same core goals of women's equality, independence, and self-determination.
A.I. Is Outsmarting Its Creators
The Fight for the West Bank
How a Teenager Found Undiagnosed Brain Injuries in the Military
How Flock Cameras Took Over America
Who Will Rule the 2026 U.S. Open?
Matthew Futterman repeatedly emphasizes that tennis success requires separating one's identity from match results and focusing on the next point, a mindset he applies to both the sport and life.
Ina Garten Says You Can Either Get on Her Train or Get Out of the Way
Garten repeatedly states that she evaluates new projects and career moves by asking whether they will be fun and whether they allow her to execute her own vision rather than following established patterns. She applies this standard to her cookbooks, podcast, business decisions, and personal relationships, consistently prioritizing creative control and personal satisfaction over expansion or convention.
Lindsay Clancy Is on Trial. So Is Postpartum Psychosis.
A Historic Settlement Over Social Media Addiction
The Stunning Rise of the Democratic Socialists of America
Canada Is Done With Trump
Natalie Harp’s Devotion to Trump
Think Baseball Is Boring? The Savannah Bananas Are Here to Fix That.
An Expert on Conflict Says Your Relationships Are Doomed Without It
Conflict is a functional and necessary component of human connection that, when managed with specific skills and rituals, strengthens relationships and communities rather than destroying them.
When Private Equity Comes for Your Favorite Team
Who Moves Up, and Who's Pushed Out, in Pete Hegseth's Military
El Niño Is Back. And Worse Than Ever.
What Went Wrong on the U.S.S. Lincoln?
Extended deployments without reliable logistical support or maintenance capabilities degrade the readiness and safety of U.S. Navy vessels and personnel. A failure to account for predictable adversarial strikes on supply hubs creates an unsustainable operational environment that strains the entire carrier fleet and forces the military into emergency contingency plans that create strategic vulnerabilities elsewhere.
Luigi Mangione’s High-Risk Legal Strategy
What Makes a Killer Thriller?
The Charming, Amusing, Surprisingly Low-Confidence Matthew Rhys
Matthew Rhys states that he struggles with insecurity and pessimism despite his career success, attributing this to a Welsh cultural trait of knocking down those who feel above their station. He notes that he cannot fully relax even during moments of high achievement because he fears that comfort signals a decline, maintaining a constant drive to fill an internal void that awards and recognition never satisfy.
The Secret Spy Network Feeding Russia’s War Machine
Are The Democratic Socialists Winning or Losing?
Nate Cohn's recurring argument is that the Democratic Socialist-aligned progressive left has genuinely grown strong enough to compete evenly with the establishment even in purple battleground states, a major shift from its past confinement to deep-blue cities. But this growth has come from trading Bernie Sanders's 2016 white-working-class, economic-populist coalition for a narrower base of young voters and disillusioned mainstream suburban liberals, which is enough to win primaries but not obviously enough to win general elections. That tension—rising primary strength versus uncertain general-election viability—drives the episode's closing question of whether the Democratic Party will gradually assimilate the progressive left's ideas or face a more contentious, Republican-style hostile takeover.'
All the President’s Planes
Maggie Haberman argues throughout that the administration's chronic lack of transparency and pattern of exaggeration have created a credibility crisis so severe that even legitimate security measures, like a decoy plane to protect the president from a credible Iranian threat, become shrouded in suspicion and confusion. She suggests this self-inflicted erosion of press trust may paradoxically undermine the very safety the secrecy was meant to protect, since officials publicized aspects of the plane switch themselves and then punished reporters for asking about it rather than relying on discreet, trust-based arrangements used by past administrations.
The U.S. Missile Stockpile Is Dangerously Low
Eric Schmidt's reporting traces a recurring pattern in which U.S. and administration officials repeatedly underestimated how quickly munitions would be depleted and how resilient Iran would prove, from Trump dismissing pre-war warnings about low stockpiles, to Hegseth's claim that Iran's capabilities were destroyed, to the belief that the war would be short. Each miscalculation compounds the same underlying problem — a slow-to-replenish, geographically concentrated industrial base — which Iran appears to be actively exploiting, gaining leverage in negotiations as it recognizes the U.S. cannot easily rebuild its defensive stockpiles.
Why Adults Are Getting Cancer at a Younger Age
Nina Agrawal's reporting frames early-onset cancer's rise as a phenomenon researchers can now document statistically but still can't fully explain, with hypotheses—obesity, diet, childhood E. coli exposure, shifting reproductive patterns—remaining speculative and unproven for any individual case. Running through Whitney Johnson's story is the argument that this scientific uncertainty compounds the isolation of young patients, who face disruptions to fertility, relationships, and identity at a life stage with no cultural script or peer support for illness, and who often must accept they will never know exactly why it happened to them.
Is 'Gentle Parenting' Ruining French Children?
Billy Strings Escaped the Darkness. He’s Playing to Not Go Back.
Is America’s Drinking Water the Next Front in the Iran War?
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