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archived 29 Jul 2023 10:10:05 UTC

Extra terrestrials? Intra-terrestrials? Inter-dimensionals? Weather-balloons? Secret military tech? Or something even stranger…? An infographic summary of all the major theories, from ordinary to out-there.

J.B. Pritzker, governor of Illinois, in a commencement address at Northwestern University, June 12, 2023: The best way to spot an idiot? Loo...

While other streamers are cutting costs and trying to minimize subscriber churn, Roku is finding adventurous ways to grow ad revenue.

About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters.

The Texas Education Agency took over Houston ISD, the state’s largest school district. Parents and teachers are furious.

Photo by David Tomaseti on Unsplash These are dangerous days. To say what you feel is to dig your own grave. Sinead O’Connor/Black Boys on Mopeds

Trends in alcohol consumption from the middle ages to the modern world tell a story.

Judge voids subpoena, says film studios sought info that isn't relevant to case.

“It’s OK to day-drink. I am.”

Three decades on, we owe it to ourselves to learn from Sinéad O'Connor's act of bravery on SNL.

A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team

Will there be bananas after capitalism? It’s a quandary that has plagued many a socialist philosopher throughout history, including journalist Malcolm Harris, author of the new book Palo Alto…

Critical Role’s first Illuminated Worlds creation, Candela Obscura, is charting an optimistic path for future live-play games. We sat down with its star-studded cast.

Overnight, not unlike an NFL owner silently absconding with a whole football team to move it to a new town, Elon Musk decided to change the name of Twitter to “X,” which, for those of y…

It's a short but pivotal scene.

Writers and artists want compensation from AI firms that they claim have trained their models on copyrighted works. But their legal fights miss the bigger issues.

Jaron Lanier's You Are Not a Gadget has one of the more sobering prefaces to be found in recent books. "It's early in the twenty-first century, and...

Merion West is an online magazine for culture and politics.

An impassioned argument about the downside of online collectivism and Web 2.0 culture from the Silicon Valley veteran Jaron Lanier.

A review and summary of Jaron Lanier's book on how social media platforms are destroying our individuality and corrupting our society.

"What I'm proposing is actually a freelance economy, but it's a freelance economy where freelancing earns you not just income but also wealth. That's an important distinction to make."