Movements cannot shy away from conflict
Engaging in generative conflict by asking tough strategic questions was an important step on the road to New York City’s rent freeze.
Behind the Blog: Infinite Bowl Machine
This week, we discuss AI music, slop bowls, and the endless quest for optimization.
The People Fighting Back: Inside Maine’s Immigrant Defense Movement
An excerpt from 'Breaking ICE' on how Maine became the blueprint for an immigration defense movement that caught fire in the Trump era.
Palestine Solidarity in the South African Mirror
Looking at the Palestine solidarity campaign through the prism of the South African anti-apartheid movement, this paper identifies strategies to put pressure on the Israeli regime from the outside.
The strange disappearance of Japan’s animators
Endo Mizuki always enjoyed seeing his drawings come to life.
Major Blockchain Firm Consensys Accidentally Hired a North Korean Hacker
An engineer under the alias “Tyler Knapp” managed to be brought on as a software developer at the Ethereum-based firm.
Rochester Transit Workers “Cautiously Optimistic” About Non-Renewal of Transdev’s Contract
On July 6, Rochester, Minn. City Council voted unanimously to award Via Transportation with a contract to manage Rochester Public Transit (RPT)—replacing Transdev, the former management company.
Trump promoted companies on Truth Social days after buying their stocks
President Donald Trump hopped on Truth Social last year to share some “very big and exciting news.
They Knew Too Much
With Close Encounters of the Third Kind Steven Spielberg promised an encounter and delivered one.
Why the right is so mad about the ending of The Boys
It parodied Trump's death, but their anger goes deeper than that.
The Internet Is Bad and Getting Worse—Especially for Queer Kids
A broad new law will end up erasing vital spaces and resources
Out-of-control Canadian wildfires prompt calls for ‘Nuremberg trials for big oil’
Climate change isn’t a tragedy, it’s a crime. The fossil fuel industry are arsonists at a global scale.
Researchers Reveal the Power of ‘Quantum Proofs’
When checking that solutions to certain problems are correct, it turns out, you can’t get around the inherent complexity of the quantum world.
Fat Leonard pleads poverty, blaming lawyers, lobbyists — and Maduro
The defense contractor who bilked the U.S. Navy says he lacks funds to pay $30 million in restitution.
Insurgent Democrats Face Their Toughest Test Yet in Michigan
Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is looking to extend the left’s winning streak. It won’t be easy.
San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores
The City Attorney’s Office sent the tech giants cease-and-desist letters this week telling them to stop profiting from 13 “face-swap” apps that are overwhelmingly used to target women and girls.
There’s a lot of hype around perimenopause. Don’t buy it.
Perimenopause has entered the chat. Perimenopause—and its better-known relative, menopause—used to be considered taboo. Not anymore, thanks at least in part to TV doctors and social media influencers.
We’re Still Living In The 2016 Election
Bernie Sanders’ chief campaign strategist says Democrats rigged the 2016 presidential primary — and started a fight the party is still having today.
So Much More Complicated
In her documentary Ask E. Jean , Ivy Meeropol finds a subject with “a way of talking about sexual assault that I hadn’t heard before. ”
