It’s publication day for the new edition of my first poetry collection, You Took the Last Bus Home. It’s been unavailable for nine months, following the demise of its original publisher, Unbound. I’m so delighted that Picador stepped into the breach to bring out this shiny new edition. Hopefully it will now be back on…
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Scenes from Aboriginal Australian pottery, brought to animated life, capture the turn of the seasons in central Australia
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We must escape the psychological trap where grave warnings about existential threats trigger ever more destructive behaviour
- by M I Krueger
Data has created a new and paradoxical social order: the promise of emancipation is made possible by classifying everything
- by Marion Fourcade & Kieran Healy
It’s good that we’re taking sleep more seriously than we used to, but the messaging about its importance has gone too far
- by Alice Gregory
The Russian foreign ministry added multiple Byline Times and Byline TV contributors to its "stop list" following our award-winning investigations into the Putin regime
Nobody needs to be told that Keir Starmer’s father was a ‘toolmaker’. At a conservative count, he’s brought it up around 40 times in speeches, party political broadcasts and softball interviews. Nor do they need to be told that he enjoys watching Arsenal and playing football. These biographical claims have become so familiar that they […]
Even if collective rights were compatible with the individualistic design of modern legal orders based on subjective rights, it would not make any sense to employ them for cultural survival projects enforced by state power. There cannot be a “preservation” of cultures in the same sense as most of us advocate the preservation of animals […]
Mohammed Gharbawi Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have fuelled a lively debate on the feasibility and proximity of artificial general intelligence (AGI). While some experts dismiss the concept of AGI as highly speculative, viewing it primarily through the lens of science fiction (Hanna and Bender (2025)), others assert that its development is not merely … Continue reading The gathering swarm: emergent AGI and the rise of distributed intelligence
A perfect storm is coming for Obamacare in 2026.
We knew in the 1980s, when neoliberal-influenced governments started selling off public trading enterprise for not much that the strategy would not deliver on its promises. At least some of us knew and wrote about it then. I was part of a team that analysed the disasters that would follow the sell off of the…
Over at Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall has been making the case that the states are critical sites of resistance to Trump’s lawless power grabs on the road to authoritarianism. He was challenged today by a reader who asked him what, specifically, the Blue states can do. Marshall tossed out some ideas: Secure the vote, […]
Sky News Australia host, Sharri Markson, has blamed antisemitism for her show’s appallingly low ratings record. ”The Australian people are clearly antisemitic, I mean why else would they not be watching my show?” Asked the host. ”Every night I deliver... Read More ›
A space tragedy illuminates the risks of penny pinching
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A possible answer to a puzzle at the heart of a flaming jet
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This ride through plastic waste emerges with hope
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An analysis conducted for The Intercept found that the militarization of D.C. could end up costing hundreds of millions.
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What he says: Thank god football’s back.
What he means: I miss my friends.
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What he says: Can you believe Travis Kelce is going as late as the seventh round in a lot of leagues?
What he means: I’ve never been more anxious about the passage of time. I graduated from college ten years ago, yet it feels like yesterday, and I fear the next ten years will go by even faster.
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What he says: I know I’m reaching for Lamar Jackson in the first round, but it’s worth it just for the excuse to watch him play every week.
What he means: I want to buy a motorcycle.
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What he says: I’d rather have the tenth pick than the first pick.
Business empires have long used “refusal to deal” tactics to protect their monopolies — but now, judges are pushing back.
MMT is fundamentally a reaction to the way money is described in mainstream economic theory, where money is seen as something that people save by depositing it in banks, and which banks in turn can lend out by creating credit. Thus, the money creation by banks presupposes that private individuals save. But that idea is […]
At Automattic, we know our time is finite and precious. Here are the questions we ask ourselves before agreeing to any meeting:
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There’s been a lack of cheer on this site lately. The obvious response: some analysis of trivial, ephemeral pop culture. So, a question before the jump: If I were to mention “the MacBride and Kennedy stories”, who would raise a hand and say “I know!” ? — It’s okay to say “no idea”, btw. This […]