“I was struck with a taser, beaten with punches and kicks, insulted and humiliated. ... You entered through one door and a group of six or seven people would beat you mercilessly until you emerged from the other side.” apnews.com/article/gaza...

This is wild. nymag.com/intelligence...

To understand Fetterman's position on Israel, it helps — according to a dozen staffers — to understand the increasingly influence of an unpaid, little-known adviser. A big story from @alexshultz.bsky.social

not the plot here but "How should it cost? Free?” will stick with me nymag.com/intelligence...

good lord

To understand Fetterman's position on Israel, it helps — according to a dozen staffers — to understand the increasingly influence of an unpaid, little-known adviser. A big story from @alexshultz.bsky.social

As the senator isolates himself from the Democratic Party and his staff, a little-known writer has become one of Fetterman’s closest confidants and a key adviser on Israel.

"Dugan is among a growing cohort of New York City public-school parents who view AI use in the classroom as parasitic — siphoning their children’s intellectual curiosity, capacity for boredom, and data in order to make money." nymag.com/intelligence...

Amazon is trying to sell DHS a truck with a bunch of drones attached to it www.wsj.com/tech/trumps-...

As Harvey Weinstein’s criminal cases have made their way through the system, much of the world has subtly shifted back in his favor. Now, a third Weinstein trial is happening, but few are watching.

“It will not be AI in government. It’s going to be AI as governments.”

"As a 67-year-old on the Upper West Side, Schwartz is fairly representative of the boomer class living in the city. He likes the Grateful Dead and Lucinda Williams and hates what Donald Trump has done to this country." nymag.com/intelligence...

"veritable"

Geothermal is one of the few things that survived Trump's cuts to the IRA. That means a tiny NC town — with massive energy bills ($650+ a month in winter!); that didn't even have consistent indoor plumbing in the 1980s — is at the vanguard of using the tech for its grid

Fun to see a sitting congressman think big — very big

HUGE scandal if true. Laura Loomer got Marco Rubio to throw two Iranian women with green cards in ICE jail to be stripped of status and deported, claiming they were related to Qasem Soleimani. Official documents provided to @dropsitenews.com appear to show they are NOT related; they're innocent.

The ultimate humiliation to Italy would be if this actually happened www.ft.com/content/1ff3...

wtf

Amid fallout on all fronts, Trump wants to seem in control, and so he brings back the great myth of insecure leaders: A big, scary jail for "them" nymag.com/intelligence...

“Every mohel is inclined to narcissism. I’m careful about ... having as much humility as I can, alongside the fact that I’m eight years into my practice and major synagogues in New York have me at the top of their list.” nymag.com/intelligence...

Someone else living my dream (a wedding with a drone gun, no Ron DeSantis, and David Blaine doing magic table to table) www.thecut.com/article/broo...

good piece on "The Retreat of the Political Black Athlete" nymag.com/intelligence...

look at the anti-AI voter coalition (based on gut instinct): SZA to Dale Earnhardt Jr's son Kerry — it's all of America in here, annoyed

Absolutely insane numbers on data center buildout. I haven’t vetted these by they’re about right based on memory/back of the envelope.

The NBR playoff mega-preview is out now, starring @seankuhn.bsky.social @highkin.bsky.social @kylietcheung.bsky.social @ichotiner.bsky.social @eamonwhalen.bsky.social @jacobrosenberg.bsky.social @islemcelroy.bsky.social @maitreyiaa.bsky.social @toley.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

Happy tax season: Here's how Trump's tax cuts helped private-jet — and thoroughbread racehorse — owners this year nymag.com/intelligence...

Looks like they didn't leave www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/14/w...

Ok! www.ft.com/content/0b01...

Happy tax season: Here's how Trump's tax cuts helped private-jet — and thoroughbread racehorse — owners this year nymag.com/intelligence...

This is great news. I was hit and run by a moped that blew a red light going 30+ mph here — it sucked. And everyone I told about it was like "Oh right near the library you got hit? Makes sense." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/n...

"As Mr. Vance was detailing the impasse in negotiations, President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were at a sports arena in Miami for UFC 327, watching a video montage of past fights." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

Hey, is it cool if my cover band plays the Kennedy Center? We do a sick version of Yes' "Roundabout" www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

We spoke to @nymag.com about Muskism nymag.com/intelligence...

This is perhaps not the ideal time to announce I am the Bob Woodward of the Beckham wedding drama but here we are: www.thecut.com/article/broo...

smart point about how Musk shows the public's attitude toward the world: green capitalism (first Teslas) v. militarism amid breakdown (cybertruck)

What do you mean the rules of society don't apply because it's a dog!? www.curbed.com/article/dogs...

"Exposing the ties between Jim Crow and Nazism shows us that the process of architecting an atrocity owes as much to incremental bureaucratic measures — tiny legal and procedural papercuts — as it does to unbridled hate." nymag.com/intelligence...

Hey, I'm a Features Editor at New York Mag now. I'll be working on a mix of stuff, with a focus on news and politics. (You can pitch me, or belittle me, at the email in my bio.)

As AI-generated text floods the internet, people are getting falsely accused of using LLMs to write. Clean and precise prose has become a liability, and non-native English speakers and autistic writers are often paying the price.

It had not occurred to the parents who lost their 27 daughters at Camp Mystic that a session in 2026 would be open to debate. But the camp is open this year, with almost 900 girls signed up. Kerry Howley reports on the July 4th tragedy — and the battle over the camp’s future: tinyurl.com/n5pyfzah

Worth a read, from 2022 — from @nlanard.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"In July 2025, as part of President Donald Trump’s reduction-in-force initiative, the administration laid off staff who would have been responsible for gaming out possible scenarios if the Strait of Hormuz was closed." www.notus.org/trump-white-...

The "smell" of war from my mission trips www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

“It’s horrific, they’re shooting people, and here I am hating that in my heart of hearts. And it turns out my company is involved in it.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...