Author: DPstaff

Friday Poem: Reflections by Javed Ansari

Droplets of meditation brim forth,the cauldron boils perpetually —through the tedium of life.The etched screen…

An Essay: Nero’s Violin

By Judson Vereen at Poetic Outlaws: It was sometime in the evening and I was…

Sit-ins on Company Dime: Google Fires 28

Liz Wolfe at Reason: Yesterday, Google fired 28 of its workers after employees held sit-ins…

‘Putin Is My Enemy.’ The Revolution of Yulia Navalnaya

Simon Schuster in Time: In Russian custom, the soul of the dead is believed to remain…

Whoever Wants World Peace Should Shun War Economy, and War Trade

by Chinese writer Chua Qinling published in March 2023: The biggest threat to the United…

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Mark Manson, the #1 NY Times Bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving…

Exploding Stars Are Rare—but if One Was Close Enough, It Could Threaten Life on Earth

Johannes Kepler observed the last supernova in the Milky Way in 1604, so in a…

Thursday Poem: ‘Still I Rise’ by Maya Angelou

You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in…

Annie Jacobsen: ‘What if We Had a Nuclear War?’

Annie Jacobsen in New Scientist: As an investigative journalist, I write about war, weapons, national…

How Do Machines ‘Grok’ Data?

Anil Ananthaswamy in Quanta: In January 2022, researchers at OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, reported that these…

Traveling At The Speed Of The Soul

Nick Hunt in Noema: Returning home after being away for any length of time is strange….

Israel-Iran Conflict: High Chances of War

Did Iran destroy Israel’s largest Air Base? Big confession by Israel? Some talking points on…