Freedom from the Internet
by Santiago Ramos at Wisdom of Crowds: I’m moving, which means I’ve spent the last…
Tuesday Poem: The Breaks
To learn more about your new Kenmore washer, break the plastic seal.—from the manufacturer’s instructions…
Carl Jung: Where Love Stops, Power Begins, and Violence, and Terror
at Poetic Outlaws: Nothing has a more divisive and alienating effect upon society than… moral…
AI Chatbots are Intruding Into Online Communities Where People are Trying to Connect With Other Humans
Casey Fiesler in The Conversation: A parent asked a question in a private Facebook group…
Why is the West Defending Israel After the ICC Requested Netanyahu’s Arrest Warrant?
Ken Roth in The Guardian: In a terse statement, Joe Biden called the charges “outrageous”, stating that…
America Still Has Heroes
Joe Nocera at The Free Press: It was early afternoon, the Thursday before Memorial Day,…
Biden’s Age is Now Unavoidable
By Helen Lewis at The Atlantic: As an outsider observing the U.S. presidential election, I…
When Margaret Thatcher Refused to Jump
Douglas Murray at The Free Press: Welcome to Douglas Murray’s column, Things Worth Remembering, in…
Monday Poem: Rapunzel
Think what it must have been like for her, cagedin her tower, the small window…
Phytomining: Using Plants to Mine Valuable Metals From the Soil With Their Roots
By Edd Gent at Singularity Hub: The renewable energy transition will require a huge amount…
From Boom to Bust: 3 Graphs of Interest
How things were going for Pakistan during the period 1960 thru 1991 (30 years). And…
What We Gain by Recognising the Role of Chance
Mark R Rank at Psyche: On 18 August 1913, at a casino in Monte Carlo,…