Hex Index

25 Propositions about the New Romanticism

Ted Gioia · ·Jan 16, 2026 · 11 min read

#58: Tips for a Successful Writing Retreat (and How to Make One at Home)

Matt Bell · Matt Bell ·Jan 16, 2026 · 19 min read

Sidgwick Defended

Richard Y Chappell · Good Thoughts ·Jan 16, 2026 · 10 min read

I Met a Guerrilla Fighter that Evaded US-Backed Death Squads for 20 Years. Here are 7 Takeaways about American Intervention.

Kahlil Greene · History Can't Hide ·Jan 16, 2026 · 11 min read

Stop the Stream

Mo_Diggs · ·Jan 16, 2026 · 46 min read

Perhaps People Are Cynical About Success in the Creative Arts for a Reason

Freddie deBoer · ·Jan 16, 2026 · 14 min read

Israel escalates deadly strikes in Gaza; U.S. seizes another oil tanker in the Caribbean; ACLU sues Trump admin for racial profiling in Minnesota

Ryan Grim & Jeremy Scahill · Drop Site ·Jan 16, 2026 · 22 min read

The Dilbert Afterlife

Scott Alexander · Astral Codex Ten ·Jan 16, 2026 · 53 min read

Many Small Steps for Robots, One Giant Leap for Mankind

Packy McCormick · Not Boring ·Jan 16, 2026 · 56 min read

Will Google Become Our AI-Powered Central Planner?

Matt Stoller · ·Jan 16, 2026 · 21 min read

Richard Danzig on AI and Cyber

Jordan Schneider · ChinaTalk ·Jan 16, 2026 · 54 min read

Trapped in the hell of social comparison

Noah Smith · Noahpinion ·Jan 16, 2026 · 11 min read

Barrister’s Powerful Speech At Filton Trial

Jonathan Cook · ·Jan 16, 2026 · 13 min read

"Seasons Clear, and Awe" - Chapter 11

PILCROW · ·Jan 16, 2026 · 17 min read

January 15, 2026

Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American ·Jan 16, 2026 · 10 min read

Abolish the senses

Brian Merchant · ·Jan 16, 2026 · 23 min read

CROSSPOST: Alan Wolff: Bamboozled: What made anyone think the Trump tariffs were legal?

Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Jan 15, 2026 · 10 min read

From Tokens to Burgers: A Water Footprint Face-Off

Dylan Patel · SemiAnalysis ·Jan 15, 2026 · 12 min read

If You Want Freedom and Democracy For Iranian People and All Peoples, You Must Start By Admitting What America Is and Does

Freddie deBoer · ·Jan 15, 2026 · 19 min read

Senate Republicans block effort to limit further U.S. action in Venezuela; Witkoff announces "Phase Two" of U.S. plan for Gaza

Ryan Grim & Jeremy Scahill · Drop Site ·Jan 15, 2026 · 20 min read

Proving (literally) that ChatGPT isn't conscious

Erik Hoel · ·Jan 15, 2026 · 11 min read

The Surprisingly Long Life of the Vacuum Tube

Brian Potter · ·Jan 15, 2026 · 13 min read

Solving the Electroporation Bottleneck

Niko McCarty · ·Jan 15, 2026 · 14 min read

Our Year in Review

Jordan Schneider · ChinaTalk ·Jan 15, 2026 · 10 min read

Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. “This is another Tuskegee.”

Jeremy Faust · Inside Medicine ·Jan 15, 2026 · 19 min read

Amazon vouchers to fill school places

Michael Macleod · London Centric ·Jan 15, 2026 · 13 min read

Moldova’s Productivity Trap: Why Good Firms Can’t Grow

David Smith · Moldova Matters ·Jan 15, 2026 · 11 min read

The Spellbinding Transformation of Tulsi Gabbard

Michael Tracey · ·Jan 14, 2026 · 22 min read

Digital Socialism or Extinction

Rezgar Akrawi · ·Jan 14, 2026 · 19 min read

“Praise Allah, There Are Still People Like You”: Jeffrey Epstein Nurtured Israel-Emirates Ties Before Abraham Accords

Ryan Grim & Jeremy Scahill · Drop Site ·Jan 14, 2026 · 24 min read
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