via The Atlantic:
How to Destroy a Lesbian Bar
The scourge of COVID led to drive-by whinings disguised as activism.
by Helen Lewis
published on September 25, 2026
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The Industrial Revolution happened without any theoretical knowledge of the physical principles that drove it. It took more than a century for us to piece together the laws of thermodynamics. This scientific advance led to such debatably beneficial things as the smartphone. But it also helped us explain why time flows forward, galaxies exist, and our universal fate is heat death.
~ Gideon Lewis-Kraus via The New Yorker
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This whole tower of wealth and expectation is built on land that is controlled by ordinary Americans — and ordinary Americans possess an absolute hatred for the data centers. This hate will endure until the builders of the data centers can use their products to tangibly benefit the lives of ordinary people who oppose them.
~ Tanner Greer via The New York Times
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In the late 19th century, as liberal and pacifist movements drove states to formalize international law, European powers sought to eliminate war by rendering conquest illegal. To do so, they defined national sovereignty as an inalienable possession. Occupation came to be understood as a temporary phenomenon distinct from permanent annexation.
~ Linda Kinstler via The New York Times
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via The New York Times:
What’s Next for the G.O.P. After Trump? This Political Scientist Has a Guess.
by Seth Masket and John Guida
published on July 17, 2026
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via the report published by MIT’s Ad Hoc Committee on AI Use in Teaching, Learning, and Research Training:
Facing a technology that already has such immense capabilities – built on, modeled after, and in many ways now exceeding human powers – the Institute’s fundamental challenge and most important goal must be to nurture and protect our shared humanity, and to value the MIT community, its members, and their flourishing above all.
Published on August 13, 2026.
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Many of Beijing’s tech companies are in the Zhongguancun district, a cluster of office complexes set on land that, during the imperial era, served as a burial ground for palace eunuchs. For a generation, Zhongguancun has evolved with each passing fashion in tech. These days, advertisements for A.I. products are rapidly replacing washed-out ads for the metaverse.
~ Evan Osnos via The New Yorker
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