From dyslexic kid to ‘Resident Punk’: Legs McNeil on surviving the scene that made him a writer
Legs McNeil doesn’t come across as sentimental. It’s what happens when you’ve dumped out decades’ worth of memories and stories...
‘Feminism Is the Consequence of the “Man Problem,” Not Its Cause’
The Men Who Don’t Want Women to Vote A virulent form of misogyny has become the single most important force...
3 No-Skip Art Rock Albums Turning 20 This Year
In the 2000s, art rock had branched out, infiltrating adjacent genres and vice versa. By 2006, art rock had become...
Emily St. John Mandel Imagines What Comes After America
Emily St. John Mandel writes science fiction, with the accent firmly on fiction. Imagination, not technical verisimilitude, is her strength;...
MAGA rep’s astonishing smear of Dem stirs defamation fears: ‘This is actual malice’
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) was accused of spewing defamatory statements Monday night after falsely accusing progressive activist Hasan Piker...
Harvard Kennedy fellow Shlomit Wagman: The U.S. and China will never trust each other on AI. That may not matter
The first workable global AI safety pact should be designed for a world without trust. A few months ago, I...
The AI Tipping Point
Jacob Coxon published the viral post from a park bench in San Francisco’s Alamo Square. “I resigned from Anthropic today,”...
Consulting’s Trump-era DEI bill hits $63 million as Accenture joins Deloitte and IBM in settling discrimination claims
Accenture is the latest consulting firm to settle with the Department of Justice over DEI discrimination claims. Matthias Balk/picture alliance...
Why the Postpandemic Tech Bust Sent Billionaires to Trump
In the spring of 2020, as a new and highly contagious virus spread throughout the country, the US came to...
O.C. e-bike buyback nets hundreds of vehicles, drawing big crowds and some controversy
Orange County authorities this week touted the success of a novel effort to get e-bikes — which they have characterized...
