📚 Books of the Year '25
Education under Trump: Understanding the billionaires' project in education- to defeat it.
How Bell Labs Won Its First Nobel Prize
Brian Potter
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21 min read
Are You Spoiling Your Children?
Rahm on Trump and China: “He is the worst negotiator.”
Jordan Schneider
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ChinaTalk
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43 min read
đź‘‹ Bon(gino) Voyage!
Peter Rothpletz
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Zeteo
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10 min read
Paramilitary “Fitness Clubs.” Anti-Trans Crusades. Far-Right Extremism Is Here
The Walrus
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10 min read
The Woman Who Mapped Labrador and Revolutionized the Literature of Exploration
From Darling to Discarded: Trump’s Second-Term Shift on India
Democrats should try to win in Florida
Matthew Yglesias
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Slow Boring
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10 min read
Elves on shelves and social media bans
I think India can do it
Noah Smith
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Noahpinion
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15 min read
All That Was Left Was the Letter "S"
From street strategists to establishment pundits
Kiran Desai: catching a glimpse in the forest
Henry Oliver
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16 min read
There has to be a way
Brian Merchant
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19 min read
I Do Not Think, Therefore I Am
Boaventura de Sousa Santos
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17 min read
How Long Can Palantir’s Monopoly Last?
John P Ruehl
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10 min read
Don’t Panic, Trump Is Flagging
Yascha Mounk
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Persuasion
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11 min read
Weekly Sub Calls: Expanded | 12.17.25
Various
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Sub Club
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13 min read
Diary: Val McDermid, Deep Winter
Ann Kjellberg
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Book Post
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11 min read
Susie Drops A Doozy
Why Are They So Bad?
Bentham's Bulldog
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12 min read
How Meta Built a New AI-Powered Ads Model for 5% Better Conversions
Satellite images show RSF burning and burying thousands of bodies to hide mass killings in El-Fasher; Trump orders naval blockade of Venezuela
Ryan Grim & Jeremy Scahill
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Drop Site
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20 min read
Impeachment, 25th Amendment, Or Fire The Help
Brian Beutler
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14 min read
2025 Was Rough. These Records Were Incredible.
Kevin Alexander
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21 min read
DEBATE: Is Trump a viable mediator for peace?
Does 'Avatar' Have No Cultural Footprint? A Statistical Analysis
Daniel Parris
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11 min read
Weekly Roundup: Rumors in Transnistria and Parliament Passes the 2026 Budget