How ICE watchers are helping de-escalate Minneapolis' protests
Scientific research has shown that their tactics can undermine the conditions that lead to violence.
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‘It feels like an invasion’: Minnesotans stunned as federal agents flood their state
The scale, sustained intensity and aggression demonstrated by law enforcement deployed here appears to be greater than past immigration enforcement operations in blue cities.
‘They’ve pickled each others’ brains’
Longtime entrepreneur and critic Anil Dash speaks with Gazetteer on where the tech industry has been and where it may be going.
Trump’s Most Dangerous Gambit
Seems very bad.
Letter from an Occupied Minnesota
It's worse than is being broadly reported.
Why Vance Committed So Hard to the Minneapolis Shooter
Violence! It's what the right craves.
Eight arrested in Minneapolis as Trump officials issue threats to protesters
Federal agents use teargas against protesters as homeland security officials tell of ‘largest operation in DHS history’
How a university got itself banned from the Linux kernel
Some bad ethical calls on the part of these researchers
The Son King of Hollywood
This is a greatest hits of Large Adult Son stories
Why it seems like everyone has the flu this year — Harvard Gazette
Immunologist says it’s not too late to get vaccinated.
7,000-year-old underwater wall raises questions about ancient engineering — and lost-city legends
Very cool. And I learned the causeway/chaussé connection
ICE is not the victim
They're all abusers at heart and have to lie constantly to make their worldview consistent
How the hell are you supposed to have a career in tech in 2026? - Anil Dash
Tons of great points!
The Price of Software
It's a harder business to be in unless you're a big guy or have another source of income.
The Brazen Illegality of Trump’s Venezuela Operation
A scholar of international law on the implications of the U.S. arrest of President Nicolás Maduro.
The Collapse of American Capitalism
As the decisive political year 2026 begins, the source of our national angst is becoming clearer. It’s nothing less than the collapse of American capitalism. Our peculiar brand of extreme, unregulated, self-promotional, science- and engineering-free,...
But for the customer this promo stampede reduces all the power of the Internet and digital computers to next to nothing. They might as well not have been invented.
I’ve Read 3,000 Studies About COVID: Here’s What You’re Ignoring That Could (Still) Harm You or a…
I'm sure I don't mask enough.
Most Americans didn't read many books in 2025
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The People Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI
Hoo boy it's going to be really bad in a generation
The Grand AI Disconnect
Josh is catching up on the discourse
The 'Crisis of the Humanities' is Over — And That's Not A Good Thing
Public education is one of the most amazing things we've built as humans and the feudalists and fascists are trying to take it away.
» On SFWA’s generative-AI surveyOn SFWA’s generative-AI survey – Lorem Ipsum
Jed asks some good questions.
Cancel Culture’s Boomerang Effect
All about deciding who gets to say what.
They were not defending a universal right to freedom of speech; they were defending a right to monologue.
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule
Seattle-area Somali community on edge after Trump lashes out
Total culture of fear. It stinks.
25 Things to Say to Your Children | Cup of Jo
I like a lot of these
Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can’t Pretend Anymore
Your brain's middle finger to people-pleasing
The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twenty-Five: Groundhog Day
An all time favorite.
The North Pole Has Suffered a Data Breach
Dear Valued Child,
This letter was slipped into your stocking to inform you that we recently identified a breach of our North Pole Magic Systems (N...
2025 will be remembered for what Apple didn't deliver
2025 was supposed to be the year of Apple Intelligence. Well, there's always next year.