Alaska's Election Experiment Has Reached a Breaking Point
Alaska became one of the first states to overhaul its entire election system—adopting ranked choice voting, open primaries, and new campaign finance
When is it "self-soothing" and when is it "emotional suppression"?
You’ve probably heard people say that emotional suppression is bad, and self-soothing is good. But how do you know which one is which? I don’t actually think that suppression is…
FCC Plans To Repeal 39% TV Ownership Cap
The FCC plans to vote on repealing local TV ownership limits, including the 39% national audience cap that currently restricts how much of the U.S. market a single broadcast group…
BREAKING: Federal Judge Voids Trump IRS Settlement, Finds No Legitimate Case Existed and Refers Trump's Lawyers to the Bar
A federal judge has delivered a sweeping rebuke of President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, ruling that the case never presented a legitimate legal…
On Deadline: White House, Angelo Carusone explains the right-wing media "chum cycle" of pushing false election fraud claims and why this time it's more dangerous
Trump administration asks justices to have lower court reconsider protected status for Venezuelan and Haitian nationals
Intel Pick Jay Clayton Won’t Tell Congress Whether Trump Ordered Subpoenas of NYT Journalists
Democrats questioned whether Jay Clayton would be able to stand up to Trump about using public office for retribution. The post Intel Pick Jay Clayton Won’t Tell Congress Whether…
The ICE shootings in Maine and Texas.
Immigration agents killed two people in the past week.
FCC to repeal 39% TV ownership cap in boost for Trump-friendly news orgs
FCC chairman claims power to repeal TV ownership limit set by Congress.
Legibility of effort in the LLM age . “What...
Legibility of effort in the LLM age . “What software (and writing, to an extent) is missing now is legibility of effort - the ability to tell at a glance whether something took a…
Lessons Learned from CISA’s Recent GitHub Leak
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a postmortem on a data leak in which a contractor published dozens of internal CISA credentials -- including…
AI Made Cloning Games Easier Than Ever
Vibecoding has made it possible to create a cheap rip off of a video game in just a few hours.
This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It.
The post This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It. appeared first on ProPublica .
Pluralistic: Gerontocracy's failure mode (14 Jul 2026)
Today's links Gerontocracy's failure mode: Where are the designated survivors? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: MSFT v MP3; UK industry v schoolkids;…
The Handbasket LIVE in NYC
Wednesday, July 29th at 6:30pm in Brooklyn. Tickets required.
Update: Judge denies WPATH request to block FTC from proceeding in Texas
Judge James Boasberg heard arguments on Thursday afternoon in D.C.