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The creation of instant coffee

Various · Works in Progress ·Apr 6, 2026 · 14 min read · History
The creation of instant coffee

Real feelings for fake beauty

Freddie deBoer · ·Apr 6, 2026 · 18 min read · Housing & Cities
Real feelings for fake beauty

The information state isn’t going away

Various · Compact Magazine ·Apr 6, 2026 · 14 min read · Media
The information state isn’t going away

Two ways to think about the collective will

Richard Hanania · ·Apr 6, 2026 · 13 min read · Foreign Policy
Two ways to think about the collective will

The administration's tiger-riding predicament

Various · Sinification ·Apr 6, 2026 · 23 min read · China
The administration's tiger-riding predicament

Your boss wants to use surveillance data to cut your wages

Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic ·Apr 6, 2026 · 14 min read · Economics
Your boss wants to use surveillance data to cut your wages

The image boards of hayao miyazaki

Various · Animation Obsessive ·Apr 5, 2026 · 16 min read · Culture
The image boards of hayao miyazaki

Monopoly round-up: Lina khan is back

Matt Stoller · BIG by Matt Stoller ·Apr 5, 2026 · 10 min read · Economics
Monopoly round-up: Lina khan is back

Social media has become a freak show

Nate Silver · ·Apr 5, 2026 · 14 min read · Media
Social media has become a freak show

Roundup #80: All AI, all the time

Noah Smith · Noahpinion ·Apr 5, 2026 · 15 min read · AI & Tech
Roundup #80: All AI, all the time

To the moon!

Various · Defense Tech and Acquisition ·Apr 5, 2026 · 81 min read · Defense
To the moon!

Best books q1 2026

Jordan Schneider · ChinaTalk ·Apr 5, 2026 · 14 min read · History
Best books q1 2026

The ultimate Iran war briefing, part II

Dan Perry · Dan Perry ·Apr 5, 2026 · 14 min read · Foreign Policy
The ultimate Iran war briefing, part II

When non-interference is no longer enough: A qualified case for Chinese “interventionism 2.0”

Various · Sinification ·Apr 5, 2026 · 18 min read · China
When non-interference is no longer enough: A qualified case for Chinese “interventionism 2.0”

Strikes, summits and the possibility of boots on the ground in Iran: The week that shaped two wars. The big five, 5 April edition

Mick Ryan · Mick Ryan ·Apr 4, 2026 · 23 min read · Defense
Strikes, summits and the possibility of boots on the ground in Iran: The week that shaped two wars. The big five, 5 April edition

The illusion of experience #405

Andreas Matthias · Daily Philosophy ·Apr 4, 2026 · 10 min read · AI & Tech
The illusion of experience #405

Weekend update #179: Russian losses in March and uavs, a shocking statistic

Phillips P. O'Brien · Phillips P. O'Brien ·Apr 4, 2026 · 12 min read · Defense
Weekend update #179: Russian losses in March and uavs, a shocking statistic

Springy green goddess shrimp + orzo chop

Caroline Chambers · What to Cook ·Apr 4, 2026 · 17 min read · Culture
Springy green goddess shrimp + orzo chop

EU ready to cave to on tech

Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic ·Apr 4, 2026 · 11 min read · AI & Tech
EU ready to cave to on tech

Short circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Various · Reason ·Apr 3, 2026 · 10 min read · Law & Rights
Short circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

F-15, pete's purges, centcom hubris, war of 1812

Jordan Schneider · ChinaTalk ·Apr 3, 2026 · 36 min read · Defense
F-15, pete's purges, centcom hubris, war of 1812

Salarymen, specialists, and small businesses

Noah Smith · Noahpinion ·Apr 3, 2026 · 11 min read · AI & Tech
Salarymen, specialists, and small businesses

wRC+ vs ops+: Why one stat actually tells you how good a hitter is

The Baseball Nerd · The Baseball Nerd ·Apr 3, 2026 · 10 min read · Sports
wRC+ vs ops+: Why one stat actually tells you how good a hitter is

The two homelessness problems

Matt Yglesias · Slow Boring ·Apr 3, 2026 · 16 min read · Housing & Cities
The two homelessness problems

China's AI education experiment

Jordan Schneider · ChinaTalk ·Apr 3, 2026 · 26 min read · AI & Tech
China's AI education experiment

April 2, 2026

Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American ·Apr 3, 2026 · 11 min read · History
April 2, 2026

Chartbook 439 electrostates v. Petrostates. Clarifying a tricky distinction.

Adam Tooze · Chartbook ·Apr 2, 2026 · 11 min read · China
Chartbook 439 electrostates v. Petrostates. Clarifying a tricky distinction.

Maundy Thursday: My heart at God's altar

Various · Wayfare ·Apr 2, 2026 · 10 min read · Faith
Maundy Thursday: My heart at God's altar

Perhaps there are options other than "toxic confidence" and insecurity-as-identity

Freddie deBoer · ·Apr 2, 2026 · 11 min read · Culture
Perhaps there are options other than "toxic confidence" and insecurity-as-identity

127: 5 ways to have a healthier home, according to an activist who’s gone up against the chemical industry

Various · Two Truths ·Apr 2, 2026 · 12 min read · Public Health
127: 5 ways to have a healthier home, according to an activist who’s gone up against the chemical industry
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