Society

Güney Işıkara and Patrick Mokre have published an insightful book that explains how Marx’s theory of value operates to explain the trends and fluctuations in modern capitalist economies. Called Mar…

No.373 — At The Edge of Here ⊗ The Next Four Years ⊗ There will always only be one Jane Goodall ⊗ The cross-section king

If we want anything from our governments – roads, drinkable water, an education system, health care, a pipeline, postal service, safe working conditions, air traffic control, security –…

If enforcing the Constitution is “insurrection,” then refusing to defend it is surrender.

"We cannot control who sees what, we cannot see what users are doing, and we cannot verify that the software itself is secure."

Azhdarchid: So, if you're online poisoned like me, you may have noticed that Bluesky CEO Jay Graber has been having sort of a slow motion, low-key public meltdown for the past several weeks. [...] For the record: I think Jay Graber is a transphobe; I think there's just too much evidence in her behavior to not read that into her actions at this point. No normal person would go out of their way

You've heard ICE is arresting Black Americans in Chi town. Is it true? Sit down because we have answers.

The Hatch Act of 1939 is a beautiful piece of legislation. It disallows all kinds of things, like bribing voters with jobs to vote a certain way, as well as limiting any campaign activity by federa…

Around 10 PM on Monday, September 30th, 2025, federal agents surrounded an apartment building in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. ICE, Border Patrol, FBI, ATF—a multi-agency operation targeting …

Chicago and the End of American Liberty.

The Bad Bunny affair and the sufferable evil of authoritarian normalization.

It turns out that "we're protecting democracy and our industry is dying, please pay us money" is not a great sales pitch.

Many of our colleagues' communities are being directly targeted by an increasingly authoritarian, anti-immigrant regime. As managers and leaders, we have a duty of care. It starts with listening.

What is OpenAI? I realize you might say "a foundation model lab" or "the company that runs ChatGPT," but that doesn't really give the full picture of everything it’s promised, or claimed, or leaked that it was or would be. No, really, if you believe its leaks to the

Manufacturing outrage.

Here is the challenge before you: Name a famous person who is 28 years old. Go ahead. No cheating, no looking it up. Off the dome. Pure, uncut 28-year-old naming. I bet you can’t do it.  Zendaya? 29. Gracie Abrams? 26. Paul Mescal? 29. Hannah Einbinder? 30. You’re lower than dirt. You couldn’t name a…

This piece is part of our Hottest Jobs in Tech series — a set of...

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The social web is the web. It's just that simple.

Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.

Can states regulate AI risks of disclosing nuclear secrets? This post will explore the Atomic Energy Act, its applicability to AI, the potential impacts on state efforts, and potential policy recommendations for guiding AI safety evaluations and model releases.

It is harder and harder to know what is what these days. We have never been so inundated with information, but so much of it is worthless -- or worse, misleading.

Far from being a relic of the past, peasants are vital to feeding the world. They need to be supported, not marginalised

Danish MP Pelle Dragsted explains the tradition.

Against the New Feudalism of Algorithms and Oligarchs

The Seditious Conspiracy Disguised as Conservatism

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