Kind: Reads

The pursuit of knowledge and truth is more important than ever—which is why we must fight to save our universities.

I won’t pretend to know what the hell is happening at OpenAI. The story is changing by the hour. It’s chaos though. And that’s a good thing. For the past few years, OpenAI has told a near-perfect story: The company was founded by tech luminaries — people skilled at noticing developing technologies and operating as though the future had already arrived. They recognized that we were on the cusp of a breakthrough that would transform, well,

Strange beliefs, fights over money and bad science fiction

If You Kill Two People In A Car Crash, You Shouldn’t Then Sue Their Relatives For Emailing Your University About What You Did by Mike Masnick

Holy shit. So, in 2021 there was a car accident in Atwater California that killed a married couple, Pam and Joe Juarez. According to police reports at the time, a 20-year-old Stanford student, King Vanga, struck their car from behind. Here’s how ABC 30 reported on the matter: The California Highway Patrol says Pam, 56, […]

Jews are being attacked as the root of all Western evil.

A parody song sung in Hebrew uses Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence” to eviscerate Israel’s right-wing politicians.

Plus: Liz’s smackdown.

At a recent conference in Philadelphia, Bret Stephens coined the term, “October 8th Jew.” It was meant especially for left-wing Jews who, observing the glee with which their ideological fellow travelers responded to the previous day’s mass murder of Jews, belatedly realized that progressive politics are no safe haven from antisemitism.  Now, it’s time for […]

November 20, 2023

Terrorism is the defining issue of the post 9/11 world. It is also one of the most confusing and contested words in the political lexicon. The route to understanding, says Fred Halliday, is through making connections: between past and present, state and insurgent violence, nationalist and religious movements. The result is an illuminating survey of terrorism’s history, current impact, and possible future.

The Return of the Progressive Atrocity by Susie Linfield

It is the responsibility of Western activists to know who and what they support, and to separate themselves—openly and decisively—from programs and regimes that are predicated on violence and repression.

On the ADL's influential CEO, and the intentional confusion regarding who really has power.

Elon Musk and The Enduring Appeal of “Criticism is Censorship”

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt should not give cover to someone who amplifies white nationalist rhetoric and conspiracy theories.

History's chilling echoes