Pope Leo Escalates Call for Ceasefire in Iran by Addressing Those Responsible for the War | History’s first U.S. pope mentioned the attacks “which have hit schools, hospitals and residential centers.”

Who awards comedy more often: The Oscars or The Caldecott Medal? It’s a closer contest than you might think. open.substack.com/pub/travisjo...

The short peak season has begun in the strawberries on CA's Central Coast. In this 9 hour day, "Irma" managed to pick 90 flats or 1,020 of the plastic 1 pint boxes we buy at a supermarket. (A flat holds 12 plastic one pint baskets). She earns $2.20 a flat. #WeFeedYou

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

Existence of Mamdani in the media criticism discourse is so useful because it demonstrates what the media could be doing to Trump if they ACTUALLY thought that he was an aberrant threat to our Republic. Not that you need to do this for Trump but: You can just write negative stories based on nothing!

Once again—New Mexico is leading the way by protecting free and fair elections! NM becomes the first state in the nation to ban armed federal agents at the ballot box. This is how you do it! 🗳️🇺🇸💪

It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire. 1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.

Oh no, these videos might ruin the reputation of the guys who stole our social security numbers

“she had spent nearly six months in jail and because she was unable to pay bills while behind bars, she lost her home, her car and her dog…Lipps’ arrest is the eighth documented wrongful arrest in the United States tied to facial recognition, according to IBS Times.“

‘It’s like a giant book club’: how British schools are getting children excited about reading again | The Guardian

Some good news.

This is long and you'll have to deal with some jargon, but well worth reading if you've been hearing about falling birth rates and "pronatalism." A needed and thoughtful perspective.

I think about this a lot.

The Authors Guild applauds the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and thirteen major publishers for bringing a copyright lawsuit against the notorious pirate website Anna’s Archive

When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.

Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.

reskeeting w alt text the Congressman's horrendous statement, Politico downplaying that statement, the Congressman then doubling down like no no I said what I said fuckin yikes all around

Without Ursula Nordstrom, These Beloved Classics Might Never Have Been Published | New York Times buff.ly/SaBUsYw

This is fun and also an in-depth look at a large corporation extending a very well established logo: www.fastcompany.com/91501856/how...

“AI can never be AI without humans. It is not artificial intelligence. It’s African intelligence...We are training our own death. We train ChatGPT and it’s killing us slowly.” Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. Now, they're fighting back.

A female friend of mine told me last year that a red flag for her when dating men was how involved they were in sports betting. And you know what? She is right. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Open acknowledgment of the goals of media manipulation. It’s almost like they think if they can tell the story they want, even if it’s not true, that it will become true.

Dublin has so many fantastic bookstores, but this might be my favorite! Books Upstairs has a great selection of books and a wonderful cafe. (Ironically the books are downstairs and the cafe upstairs.) I recommend the carrot cake--and love the no laptops policy. They ask you to read a book instead.📚

"Its pivot to renewables has been a big win for household energy bills. In 2019, prior to Spain’s wind and solar revolution, it had some of the highest electricity prices in Europe. Now it has some of the cheapest." Schön zu sehen, was sozialistische Regierungen so auf die Reihe kriegen.

It's only going to get worse as we replace actual (police) work with AI.

Chuck is entirely correct.

Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?

Putting aside the use of the term “intelligence” for what at best is a digest of previous writing or images, this suggests the AI industry should be highly regulated for the public benefit.

This looks interesting. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Sickening racism from a sitting senator. The Ogles hate is contagious. You’re either calling this out or normalizing it. There’s no third option.

share.inquirer.com/qvRf8T?utm_s... Gift article. Maybe tRump could pick up a book, or even remember what happened in Vietnam (though I doubt he'd understand-incursion vs excursion- big f*ing difference)!

For those lacking context because it has, in fact, been 14 years: whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/s...

Certain dudes are still upset with me when I said in 2012 that here in the US, being a straight white male is living on the lowest difficulty setting of life. From here on out I'm just going to refer them to these DOGE staffer depositions, and then tell them to go fuck themselves.

Again, for the record: Duffy is just making things up. My kids—some younger than 14—take the subway to school daily. And we have no fears, except that the easily-distracted one may miss their stop.

More on the class action lawsuit against Grammarly over their ill-advised "Expert Review" AI feature that appropriated the names and identities of writers and journalists without their knowledge or consent gizmodo.com/grammarly-al...

I hope this is one of the most consequential pieces I will have ever written. Epstein and His Co-Conspirators’ New York Crimes: What NY officials can now do

I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...

My column this week speaks to this point that Trump is plainly incapable in acting in a way that isn’t self-destructive. (gift link)

This doesn't happen in other countries.

Happy John Aubrey Day – 400 years old today! The original stone botherer, who recognised the Avebury stones for the prehistoric marvel they are, and rightly commented that the site 'doth as much exceed Stonehenge as a cathedral doth a parish church'.

"I felt like a printer with an old printing press, arranging letter forms one at a time." Daniel Nayeri shares his latest experimental novel with us, talking fables, myths, and typography in the process. How to create an utter original. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/03/12/h...

Last week I shared that I’m hiring a junior designer, but, also, our trade art department as a whole has a total of 5 open roles right now. All new seats, not from turnover. 💙❤️ scholastic.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External

I find it odd that the US is touting the use of AI in Iran AND blaming a "targeting error" for bombing the shit out of a girls' school, and no one in the media seems to be asking the obvious question.

Good. They should be sued. Shutting it down is too late. They should never have done it in the first place.

I know it's only March, but I believe that "sloppelganger" is 2026 Word of the Year

BREAKING: Grammarly is pulling down its explosively controversial feature that impersonates writers without their consent futurism.com/artificial-i...

To me, anyone who says AI will lead to UBI is being anti-historical. Tech inventions tend to add to what bosses expect you to get done. The Epstein class is excited about AI b/c they'll make more money *off* us, not that we'll get more time back. So it goes. Nice to see awareness of it real-time.

It’s Okay to Be Messy: Why I Write Flawed Heroes for Middle Grade Readers, a Teen Librarian Toolbox guest post by Scott Kurtz teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2026/03/11/i...

Really does feel like a lawsuit waiting to happen. Bad enough to steal people's work, but at least they have the facade of fair use (I beg to differ). This is wholesale impersonation without consent and for profit. This has to violate a law, no?