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Record low crime rates are real, not just reporting bias or improved medical care

Scott Alexander · Astral Codex Ten ·Feb 18, 2026 · 11 min read · Philosophy
Record low crime rates are real, not just reporting bias or improved medical care

The deeper crisis of modernism

Close Reading Poetry · Close Reading Poetry ·Feb 18, 2026 · 15 min read · Writing & Craft
The deeper crisis of modernism

Love after life: Nobel-winning physicist richard feynman's extraordinary letter to his…

Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 18, 2026 · 14 min read · Culture
Love after life: Nobel-winning physicist richard feynman's extraordinary letter to his…

For peace and democracy in the Western hemisphere

Luke Savage · ·Feb 18, 2026 · 17 min read · Foreign Policy
For peace and democracy in the Western hemisphere

Canada is building a surveillance network in space

The Walrus · ·Feb 18, 2026 · 14 min read · Economics
Canada is building a surveillance network in space

First draft: Randy too racist for Republicans?

Andrew Perez · Zeteo ·Feb 18, 2026 · 10 min read · Foreign Policy
First draft: Randy too racist for Republicans?

A.i. Progress is giving me writer’s block

Matthew Yglesias · Slow Boring ·Feb 18, 2026 · 14 min read · AI & Tech
A.i. Progress is giving me writer’s block

On the compulsion to make art

Henrik Karlsson · ·Feb 18, 2026 · 12 min read · Culture
On the compulsion to make art

Elon Musk vs elon Musk: Late capitalism a survival guide addendum

Wes Cecil · Wes Cecil ·Feb 18, 2026 · 12 min read · Philosophy
Elon Musk vs elon Musk: Late capitalism a survival guide addendum

The end of the noisy London pedicab

Michael Macleod · London Centric ·Feb 18, 2026 · 12 min read · Culture
The end of the noisy London pedicab

February 17, 2026

Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American ·Feb 17, 2026 · 11 min read · History
February 17, 2026

A guide to which AI to use in the agentic era

Ethan Mollick · One Useful Thing ·Feb 17, 2026 · 16 min read · AI & Tech
A guide to which AI to use in the agentic era

China is killing the fish

Noah Smith · Noahpinion ·Feb 17, 2026 · 10 min read · Economics
China is killing the fish

Still soft with sleep (a novel based on a true story) - prologue

PILCROW · ·Feb 17, 2026 · 17 min read · Literature
Still soft with sleep (a novel based on a true story) - prologue

Asbestos is a bigger problem than we thought

Derek Muller · Veritasium ·Feb 17, 2026 · 43 min read · Science
Asbestos is a bigger problem than we thought

Simon phillips: How to tune and record your drums!

Rick Beato · Rick Beato ·Feb 17, 2026 · 100 min read · Music
Simon phillips: How to tune and record your drums!

Underground aliens and the future of humanity in 1871

Anna McCullough · ·Feb 17, 2026 · 13 min read · Literature
Underground aliens and the future of humanity in 1871

Did Jesus really have long hair?

Andrew Henry · Religion For Breakfast ·Feb 17, 2026 · 13 min read · Faith
Did Jesus really have long hair?

No, that's not what "the research" says about exam schools

Freddie deBoer · ·Feb 17, 2026 · 13 min read · Media Criticism
No, that's not what "the research" says about exam schools

Why blackstone wants to control your electricity

More Perfect Union · More Perfect Union ·Feb 17, 2026 · 14 min read · Housing & Cities
Why blackstone wants to control your electricity

How codex is built

Gergely Orosz · The Pragmatic Engineer ·Feb 17, 2026 · 14 min read · AI & Tech
How codex is built

Peer review and the quest for truth: Crash course scientific thinking #4

Crash Course · Crash Course ·Feb 17, 2026 · 10 min read · Science
Peer review and the quest for truth: Crash course scientific thinking #4

Exile's reign

Archie Cornish · ·Feb 17, 2026 · 33 min read · Literature
Exile's reign

How Cloudflare eliminates cold starts for serverless workers

Alex Xu · ByteByteGo Newsletter ·Feb 17, 2026 · 11 min read · AI & Tech
How Cloudflare eliminates cold starts for serverless workers

A heaven of friends

Various · Wayfare ·Feb 17, 2026 · 10 min read · Culture
A heaven of friends

No visitors allowed

Various · Natural Selections ·Feb 17, 2026 · 10 min read · Science
No visitors allowed

Rev. Jesse jackson dies; second round of Iran talks conclude amid major u.s. Military buildup; 60…

Ryan Grim & Jeremy Scahill · Drop Site ·Feb 17, 2026 · 20 min read · Foreign Policy
Rev. Jesse jackson dies; second round of Iran talks conclude amid major u.s. Military buildup; 60…

Rsa mafia continues to shape the industry 44 years later

Ross Haleliuk · Venture in Security ·Feb 17, 2026 · 13 min read · AI & Tech
Rsa mafia continues to shape the industry 44 years later

Irregular: Munich insecurity conference

Various · Geopolitical Dispatch ·Feb 17, 2026 · 11 min read · Foreign Policy
Irregular: Munich insecurity conference

The water vapor problem

Roger Pielke Jr. · The Honest Broker ·Feb 17, 2026 · 13 min read · Law & Rights
The water vapor problem
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