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Coming in October 2026: What Israelis and Palestinians – and everyone else – can learn from South Africans and Rwandans about ending conflict and healing and rebuilding in the aftermath.

Coming in October 2026: A sixteenth-century Anabaptist treatise lays out church teaching on adult baptism, the Lord’s Supper, community of goods, nonviolence, participation in government, marriage,...

Coming in September 2026: The spiritual advisor to civil rights legends reminds us what faith demands in times that call for action and integrity.

here’s hoping zeteo is one of them

It’s a strange time to be a LIV golf fella:

Denmark is the latest country struggling to keep up with the demands from the massive hyperscale data centers being built to power generative AI boom and a more computationally intensive digital...

"Flirting with racism may help your career but, eventually, it leaves you for dead." sojo.net/magazine/feb...

Elon Musk had lots of reasons to make a deal with Anthropic — but he wouldn’t have done it if he were ahead. PLUS: The incredible testimony of Shivon Zilis, and a big new study on school phone bans

I love my beautiful country of Philadelphia but perhaps not all of our major public transit stations—Suburban, Market East, City Hall—need to be *quite* so cursed

Idk if y’all are following the Canvas hack story, but apparently whoever hacked it is holding each uni’s access to canvas for ransom. Grades are due for graduation and no one can log on. 😬

real real good

There’s always some folks trying to make the world a better place, and they’re always working in opposition to those who are looking to make a quick buck.

Tomorrow's premium: 90%+ of all AI software and compute revenues go through Anthropic and OpenAI, and the majority of GPU customers need far fewer GPUs, meaning that the DeepSeek problem is actually...

"In a time when technology increasingly serves to nullify our bodies, the desert’s physicality obliterates the mind." (2018) sojo.net/magazine/jun...

Despite Congressional efforts to restore Trump administration funding cuts, many of the agency’s programs remain on hold. Here’s a closer look at the state of NOAA today. ⬇️

How controlled burns can help save taxpayers billions

The government regulated airlines like a public utility until 1978, when they were massively deregulated. Since deregulation the airline industry has seen 215 bankruptcies and 45 mergers. Spirit jus

How do I manage my newborn’s life if planning things stresses me out?

Teaching Google Docs about the modern world Really need to be able to add it to more than my personal dictionary. /cc @doctorow.pluralistic.net

Over at defector, I wrote about what it means to be a great American songwriter defector.com/what-makes-a...

How do I manage my newborn's life if planning things stresses me out? defector.com/how-do-i-man...

"To meaningfully come to the table, we cannot begrudgingly sit in the farthest seat with our hands cupped over our ears. We must become people who desire the table." sojo.net/articles/cul...

““If you owe the bank $100, that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem.” A corollary: when one person lacks retirement savings, that’s their problem; when most...

A Michigan town board and its planning commission both rejected the largest data center in the state. Now it's being built anyway. In Saline Township, Michigan, a giant $16 billion OpenAI-Oracle...

You can't tell from the blur, but that Statue of Liberty is wearing a parka.

I had such a great time digging into “Muskism” with @bentarnoff.com and @quinnslobodian.com. It really gives us a lot to ponder about the system we’re living in and how central Elon Musk has been to...

A new study examining the TikTok algorithms appears to suggest that content users received on the platform skewed more politically conservative during the 2024 presidential election, regardless of a...

In the last section of this @parismarx.com interview of @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com they talk about the ideological danger of an AI-mediated infosphere, especially in higher ed and...

A DHS official and another person who attended a recent conference described the plans to 404 Media.

Better bagels up here though!

La imbecilencia artificial ataca de nuevo.

New York was the new York but North York is the new New York in the north.

We spent 4 days traveling the entire state of Maine with Graham Platner to find out if he can win. Along the way we sat him down with Republicans and Independents. One voter told us: "We're so tired

Google puts the NYC skyline in the background of the Android weather forecast for North York, a suburb of Toronto.

Google puts the NYC skyline in the background of the Android weather forecast for North York, a suburb of Toronto.

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This guy will burst into tears over a piece of metal and glass, but has no issue bulldozing 40,000 acres of Utah.

Free solo climber Alex Honnold discusses how climate change has impacted the mountains he's climbed, from melting glaciers to crumbling ice routes. Alex spoke with Grist's Editor-in-Chief Kat Bagley

“I really feel I was called here, and I really feel this land itself is calling for human touch.” – Jessie, Slow Life Family Farm Embracing hunger, desire, and a calling for connection, we’re...

As journalists, we are pretty online. Terminally online. Our screen time apps? Let’s not go there… Now our social media feeds are likely different from many of yours. So we wanted to ask all of you,...

Paris Marx is joined by Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian to discuss their new book Muskism which explores how Elon Musk exemplifies a new economic system shaping our lives, similar to Fordism in the tw

Paris Marx is joined by Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian to discuss their new book Muskism which explores how Elon Musk exemplifies a new economic system shaping our lives, similar to Fordism in the...

Unsurprisingly, there was some angry feedback on my essay yesterday about the new shrine to Barack Obama, built by the moguls who got rich during his administration. And much of the feedback from...

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation ‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify ,...

US debt rises past GDP as military spending, interest payments, and global conflicts continue to drive borrowing higher. Working people face the effects through inflation, economic pressure, and...

The 61st Venice Biennale may be marked by various protests as artists hum through the exhibitions, hundreds gather in front of the temporary Israeli pavilion in the Arsenale, and Pussy Riot makes...

Plus Stillwater wants to clear its calendar, how art is saving a small town, and MCC nixes nuking City Council approval powers in today's Flyover news roundup.

Unsurprisingly, there was some angry feedback on my essay yesterday about the new shrine to Barack Obama, built by the moguls who got rich during his administration. And much of the feedback from...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is exploring developing a pair of smart glasses that would “supplement” the agency’s facial recognition Mobile Fortify application, which lets officers scan...

Cropdeck is exactly the game its name implies Read the full article here: Cropdeck is a great, chill farming roguelite

VENICE — Alma Allen’s United States pavilion at the Venice Biennale says nothing, does nothing, means nothing, and goes nowhere. Curated by Jeffrey Uslip, who resigned from a job in 2016 after...

VENICE — In the middle of the second day of the Venice Biennale’s opening preview, Cuban artist María Magdalena Campos-Pons took the first step of a poetry caravan across seven locations in the...

Forty years ago, New York was almost the opposite of what it is today. Though the city had mostly pulled back from the brink of breakdown brought on by White Flight, bankruptcy, etc., by the early...

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The terminal phase of our state's absolutely demented budget process is normally marked by the governor proudly declaring during a victory-lap press conference that after a lot of negotiations,...

Utah has a long track record of short-sighted internet policymaking , but the latest example really does take things to a new level of stupid. As of yesterday, Utah’s “ Online Age Verification...

Preceding a retrospective screening of her work at the Walker, the now-Minnesota-based director reflects on her evolving style, filming inside Cowling Arboretum, and violence to the point of...

Left to right: New Museum Artists-in-Residence Yun Choi (photo Verena Blok), Alison Kuo (photo Da Ping Luo), and Korakrit Arunanondchai (photo Brad Trone) (all courtesy New Museum) Art Movements,...

A new study examining the algorithms of the social media site TikTok appears to suggest that content users received on the platform skewed more politically conservative during the 2024 presidential...

The purpose of this article is to share the concept of a Solidarity Economic Circuit as presented in Euclides Andre Mance’s 2022 curriculum Solidarity Economic Circuits and Economic Liberation –...

The 17 pharmaceutical companies anchoring TrumpRx, the White House’s new prescription drug-pricing program, poured more than $130 million into federal lobbying in 2025 — a nearly 23% surge that...

Real journalists wrote and edited this (not AI)—independent, community-driven journalism survives because you back it. Donate to sustain Prism’s mission and the humans behind it. This essay was...

Florida has released a new U.S. History course for high school students that aims to provide a conservative alternative to Advanced Placement courses — the latest attack on public education in the...

We need to be adults about this: Hockey is real. The NHL's playoffs are in point of fact going on right now. There is just no sense in hiding from it. While I wouldn't say we were hiding from the...

Freelancers know the drill: you do a scope of work for a client. You may sign a contract or agree to terms. You do all of the work. Finally you send your invoice when it's all wrapped up, and then…...

Contributing producer Rose Witmer and her sister Maggie explore the nature of collecting — specifically, collecting Disney branded enamel pins — in an age where social media dominates hobbies across...

“The country’s most important civil rights law no longer effectively exists, and that’s going to have ramifications on American democracy for a very long time.” Mother Jones correspondent Ari Berman...

Over the last few weeks, the Trump administration’s relentless war on the U.S.’s scientific infrastructure has picked up speed. The New York Times’s Lisa Friedman reported in late April that over the...

The cops never change. Only the tech toys do. That’s the upshot of this report from the Institute for Justice , which has been tracking what cops have been tracking now that they have always-on...

Kash Patel’s FBI is going after reporters and news organizations for routine newsgathering practices.

For decades, the U.S. Forest Service has actively managed public lands to reduce wildfire risks by clearing underbrush and trees, or employing prescribed burns — something Indigenous nations have...

Learn Raspberry Pi and start building Amazon Alexa projects with The Complete Raspberry Pi and Alexa A-Z Bundle . Catered for all levels, these project-based courses will get you up and running with...

As most home teams do in Game 2 after dropping a series opener, the San Antonio Spurs evened their series with a vengeance Wednesday night, rolling the Minnesota Timberwolves, 133-95. None of the...

If it had not been stopped at an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank, the garbage truck carrying more than 70 Palestinian laborers seeking work would likely have been able to enter Israel...

Faculty members at Rutgers University in New Jersey on Thursday were among those condemning the school’s decision to rescind an invitation to Rami Elghandour, a biotech executive and producer of the...

On Wednesday, Tennessee state Republican lawmakers proposed a new congressional map that would lessen the already small Democratic representation in the state and eliminate Black political power...

As Governor Kathy Hochul and the state legislature continue to fight over whether or not a budget deal even exists, all parties have come to an agreement that chronically speeding drivers in New York...

I do not care for Alleria - I want to hang out with these evil World of Warcraft boys who are clearly brewing malicious schemes. Read the full article here: These two shady bitches are carrying World...

The legacy of the World Cup is intertwined with human rights abuses and propagandizing on behalf of killers and despots. The 2026 tournament has already sullied itself with things like the handing of...

Real journalists wrote and edited this (not AI)—independent, community-driven journalism survives because you back it. Donate to sustain Prism’s mission and the humans behind it. We humans—when we...

Monitors display hurricane models at NOAA’s National Hurricane Center on May 30, 2025. Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images Our good friends at the Popular Information newsletter have...

You might be charged double for a routine medical visit. Corporations and hospitals are buying up private practices across the country, then tacking “facility fees” onto standard appointments. While

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In this News Brief, we talk with Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller, authors of the new book Boom to Bust: How Streaming Broke Hollywood Workers, about rising inequality and precarity in Hollywood,...

For the past month the story of a man who discovered almost a million dollars worth of rare trading cards in a Texas dumpster has enthralled a niche subset of the Yu-Gi-Oh trading card game community.

Residents of Dunwoody, Georgia are furious about the city's surveillance contract with Flock. Do their elected officials care? Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z4k_vDovbY This is a produc

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CBC is expanding its regional news coverage and not everyone is happy about it. Some local news outlets say that the CBC is poaching their staff and stories. Plus, Carney’s government is planning a...

This week we start with Jason's story about Flock accessing cameras in a children's gymnastics room as a sale pitch demo. After the break, Emanuel tells us why Nature retracted a paper about the alleg

The final of our three-part miniseries about the UK’s 1926 general strike, which saw one and three-quarter million workers walk out in the biggest single work stoppage in British history. In...

“Why am I letting people who don’t even live in my state make decisions for me?” Kevin O'Leary, a multimillionare from Canada, attempts to skirt around criticism of his 40,000 acre data center by say

Kevin O’Leary’s proposed data center is estimated to eventually consume 9 GW of power a year. That's more power than the entire state of Utah. At 40,000 acres, it would be the largest data center in t

Japan’s Minister of Defense Shinjirō Koizumi posed with a cardboard drone on Monday during a meeting with drone manufacturer AirKamuy. The AirKamuy 150 is a cheap pre-fab cardboard drone meant to die

PM Mark Carney has managed to stitch together a majority in the House of Commons and has approval numbers we haven't seen in forever. Host Noor Azrieh thinks this is the kind of political moment that...

Why is it suddenly so hard to fix the stuff we depend on most?

In Before They Came (2026, 81min), Samer and Rana are just trying to spend one afternoon alone together—but outside the apartment walls: economic collapse, political unrest, water shortages, gunfire,

Air travel is a public good, and taking the profit out of the system would mean cheaper flights and cheaper shipping. Nationalization would also mean the public air service would be bound to serve th

Go to https://ground.news/tomnicholas to get 40% off unlimited access to the news tool I actually trust. It helps you cut through the noise and understand how stories are being reported across the spe

Over the last few months, we have seen people in San Francisco and Los Angeles torch Waymos, bash delivery robots with baseball bats, destroy Flock cameras, and threaten AI data centers and the politi

Is a city “dynamic” just because its charts point up and to the right? Chuck uses a week in the UK to question that assumption. In Manchester, a swelling population of 20‑somethings looks like...

Book review from @BrightWingsChildrensBooks: Both nature and poetry put us in our place as human beings, humble us and ennoble us. First with *Poems to See By* and now with *Nature Poems to See By*,

Objection.ai is the new AI-powered tool from Aron D’Souza and Peter Thiel. The duo who helped bankrupt Gawker ten years ago. They're also teaming up to bring the world the steroid-embracing Enhanced...

This week, we talk to Brian Merchant, author of Blood in the Machine, about a rash of people physically destroying AI and surveillance infrastructure. Brian puts this wave of attacks in the historical

Tucker Carlson says he wants to interview Graham Platner. David Sirota asks Platner directly: would he go on — and how does he think about engaging with conservative media? At a time when Democrats

How do I afford building a cabin and living a more self-sufficient life without a traditional 9–5 job? In this video, I share how I finance my off-grid homestead while staying debt-free and building

BREAKING: The REI union is asking customers across the country to boycott the chain. The workers of @reiunion have been trying to negotiate a first contract for 4 years. They're tired of the stonewa

This week, the Iran War reaches its official 60-day mark. That’s a critical deadline under the War Powers Resolution, a Nixon-era law created to limit presidential war-making. Under that law, Preside

Graham Platner says what everyone is thinking: why are we using our money to blow up schools or give breaks to billionaires?

🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePod Monologue: AI's Compute Demand Story Is A Lie | Better Offline In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron runs through

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Buyers. Sellers. Real estate porn. With so many Canadians locked out of the market, should the coverage shift to reflect the realities of the housing crisis? Sabrina Nanji joins San Grewal to talk...

David Sirota asks Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner about the growing divide inside the Democratic Party — whether oligarchy or regulation is the real problem in American politics. Platner’s answe

Tim Cook is stepping back as CEO of Apple. What legacy does he lead and where does the company go next? I spoke with Brian Merchant to discuss why we can’t ignore the labor exploitation built into th

All month, we’ve been asking you to share Canadaland with as many people as possible. Our goal was to double our audience. Did we pull it off? Let’s put it this way: Our investigations budget will be...

In 2013, education reformers tried to help poor students the using the best tool at their disposal: The 16th most popular Ted Talk. Special thanks to Marcus Credé! Where to find us: Our PatreonOur...

Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss Apple’s announcement that Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO, including his history and legacy, and what may be next for the company. Brian Merchant is

Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss Apple’s announcement that Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO, including his history and legacy, and what may be next for the company. Brian Merchant is...

A new political machine is quietly reshaping Democratic primaries — and most voters have no idea it exists. The Lever reporter Luke Goldstein breaks down how two groups — Majority Democrats and the B

🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePod Palantir's Manifesto with June and Caleb from KTC | Better Offline On this week’s Better Offline, Ed Zitron digs into Palantir’

Doug Ford is facing public scrutiny for his changes to Freedom of Information and his “gravy plane” fiasco. But throughout his career, Ford has leveraged his folksy persona to deflect and distract...

Part 2 of our three-part miniseries about the UK’s 1926 general strike, which saw one and three-quarter million workers walk out in the biggest single work stoppage in British history. In...

I'm on Spotify 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/0qSzwHHHo7Hx9QbvzKHQAy?si=l9gQx_T6Tbuh2Kz84O-eng ******* Chapter Breakdown 00:00 - Intro 03:30 - Following The Oil 09:57 - Why Export And Import At Th

Is Alberta separatism being boosted by foreign “slop”? Today host Sam digs into a network of faceless YouTube channels pushing 51st state fantasies, grievance-fueled separatist content, and...

One man rejected nationality and dared the world to recognize him anyway.

This is the origin story of the unitary executive theory. When President Reagan appointed his close confidant Edwin Meese as attorney general, it quickly became clear that the former prosecutor had a

When the AI bubble bursts, people are going to suffer from how it hits the economy. Unless OpenAI can somehow pull a Tesla. I spoke with @kbode about coverage of tech and how the industry uses narrat

David Sirota asks billionaire Tom Steyer about the idea that “every billionaire is a policy failure.” His answer is more complicated than you’d expect. Follow The Lever for investigative reporting o

A random Facebook post. A strip club that burnt down long ago. A mother missing for 30 years. It wasn’t much. But it was enough for reporter Kallan Lyons to start digging into The Fantasia Cold Case....

When planner Patrick Kennedy started asking why prime land near downtown Dallas was filled with parking lots and boarded‑up buildings, the trail led straight to an elevated freeway: I‑345. He...

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California has spent decades chasing a bold goal: a single-payer healthcare system. Lawmakers have promised it. Voters support it. A bill even passed once — before being vetoed. And more recently, de

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I quit off-grid living… but not completely. In this video, I’m connecting my off-grid tiny house to the grid — while still keeping my off-grid systems as backup. With changes in the world, climate un

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🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePod Monologue: How OpenAI Kills Oracle | Better Offline In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron runs through how OpenAI

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We’re excited to share the trailer for our first featured documentary “After Oil”, set to premiere in the US at the NY African Film Fest it will be screening May 24th at the Brooklyn Academy of music.