Lying To Congress Seems Like A Big Deal, Actually
Perhaps the singularity has nothing to do with the rate of technological production, or artificial intelligence. Perhaps, rather, it’s the
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Government
The Eleven Leading Horrors from the Past Week
It’s, well, not great.
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Buckle Up, Comrades. It’s About To Get Weird.
There has been no shortage of declarative thinkpieces about the event taking place today in Washington, DC. I won’t pretend
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Four Years After January 6th: Did We Learn A Damn Thing?
Last night, a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend kind of thing posted on Facebook about
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The Weird New Political Age
Donald Trump has not yet re-taken the office of the presidency, and there are already fractures between him and co-president Elon Musk.
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Predictions for Trump 2.0
Revanchism and violent revenge, both hallmarks of American conservatism in 2024. It’s a sort of appalling glimpse at what may be to come in a second Trump presidency.
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Antonio Brown’s Appearance At a Rally Is An Apt, If Not Depressing, Metaphor for the Trump Campaign.
Whether we’re talking about the moral bankruptcy behind the NFL’s complete refusal to deal with the epidemic of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or the former president’s display of cognitive decline, it’s just all kinds of unfortunate.
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Repeat After Me, Class: Better Data Will Not Solve It.
I attended a meeting of this volunteer committee on MSU’s campus that convenes monthly to talk about alternative transportation. Safety
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The 2024 Election Has Two Choices. One Is Certainly Disastrous.
American democracy cannot afford another Trump presidency.
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Streamlining City Approvals Will Speed Up Housing, Says New Paper
Researchers from the University of California Los Angeles and California State Northridge used a set of mathematical and statistical models to explain how improving bureaucratic processes in building departments could have outsized effects on increasing the rate of housing development.
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