April 1, 2026 Today, for the first time in U.S. history, a sitting president attended oral arguments at the United States Supreme Court. President Donald J. Trump broke precedent to take a seat in the front row of the Supreme Court’s public seating area….

🔥👇🏻 ‚Cultivated ignorance is a psychological salve. For many men, acknowledging the reality of widespread male predation threatens their “protector” identities. It is easier to believe that a woman’s safety is a result of a man’s proximity rather than her own constant, invisible labor‘

I spent the afternoon at Sadler's Wells, two new ballets that are beautiful, human, and speak to the chaos and uncertainty of this moment. Chrystal Pite's choreography, as always, was powerful. Kameron Saunders was a disturbing and beautiful on the cyborg future.

That congestion pricing is working -- like, really really working! -- is important for the larger effort to restore faith in govt. Take big swings, get big results that people can actually feel. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/o...

OH MY HEART...the Oberlin Luddites Reject "The Year of AI Exploration"! 💚

So, what we've called a "gender" gap is better understood as a race, class, and gender phenomenon. Marginalization and hardship appear to foster the emotional intimacy that builds close friendships. Whiteness and class privilege may actually work against it. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

"The Justice Department is increasingly telling judges it can’t defend ICE’s actions..." www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Following my reporting here I've learned NYCHH will not renew Palantir's contract when it expires in the fall.

NEW: For the first time, ProPublica has been able to quantify how many U.S. citizen children have been directly affected by Trump’s immigration crackdown: more than 11,000 kids had a parent detained — and that’s an undercount. 1/ 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/trum...

I grew up in this community and I have a few thoughts I want to share. A short thread. www.jewishnews.co.uk/breaking-hat...

Racialised impact for 300,000 children too. Policy design of barriers for working-class children and fast-tracks for the privileged is not one the government can answer. (Home Sec "parents are economic migrants" so we do/should differentiate kids (by social class + race) bsky.app/profile/sund...

The proliferation of this quote is so interesting to me. It's often posted by right wing chuds who use it to defend conventional aesthetic ideas — such as the importance of having a lean, athletic body — but they don't really understand Owens's work. Let's talk about it. 🧵

This is an extraordinary saga that Sunder is pursuing indefatigably. The BBC has repeatedly tried to excuse itself from responsibility for allowing Nigel Farage to lie egregiously about immigration without challenge. It is illustrative of a much wider malaise & so very important. Thank you, Sunder.

The president who fired hundreds of thousands of federal workers is nonetheless spending far more every day than his predecessors. www.pbump.net/o/trump-like...

"In the days following the 2016 EU Referendum, Jeffrey Epstein had emailed another associate, Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel, describing Brexit as 'just the beginning' of 'a return to tribalism, counter to globalisation, amazing new alliances'"

March 19, 2026

The Washington Post is reportedly using readers' personal data to set subscription prices. It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing. Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.

Fantastic news in the UK today - the government has apparently ditched its plan to force creatives to 'opt out' if they don't want AI companies training on their life's work. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog... 🧵 1/4

My god they're talking about him like he's...a woman. How dare he have an agenda and stick to it. Why aren't his elbows...soft? (Though at least they can't say he should smile more.)

The ‘we need to rethink our approach to the North Sea’ is dumbest conversation in UK politics Expensive to extract- much of it now owned by small producers - that goes into global market Good to jobs in Aberdeen, not much else *mad* we’re not talking about energy security + renewables every day

Not to toot our own horns but I feel like we packed so much in this one hour panel with @karenhao.bsky.social and John Palfrey. You can find the recording at www.youtube.com/live/I1tJnM8...

Suez Crisis Part II

Palantir is back in the news.

Palantir CEO promises that his technology will reduce educated women's economic and political power newrepublic.com/post/207693/...

How Paris beat the car www.ft.com/content/882e...

A company being awarded UK Government contracts👇🏻

i may be super emotional or over educated but i am a tad exhausted to hear that all men hate us women so much they would rather invent a world of hyperdisruptive machines rather than give in to a bit more of gender equality

I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out: www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...

It takes a former UK PM to denounce this unforgivable horror www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Venezuela after Maduro: no sign of promised new dawn for democracy

As much of a must read as your timeline is telling you it is www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

There’s always a danger of embracing hyperbole when a moment is still unfolding but I do wonder whether, for many past admirers, Tony Blair has just destroyed every last vestige of the ‘legacy’ he cares so much about. Traditionally, Mandelson would now be advising him on how to turn things round…

Just keep driving.

"the barrister acting for the Zong’s owners illustrated that point bluntly thus: ‘What is this claim that human people have been thrown overboard? This is a case of chattels or goods. Blacks are goods and property; it is madness to accuse these well-serving honourable men of murder.’"

It’s being said a lot that the shadow of Iraq is hanging over Keir Starmer and the Labour Party during this Iran crisis. It absolutely should. What’s remarkable is how little much of the British media and the rest of politics seem to be thinking about it at all, or learning its lessons.

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

“For all we know, we could be in the middle of Keir Starmer’s finest hour”. Starmer’s critics say he is imperiling the UK’s special relationship with the US... But is it Donald Trump who's doing the damage?

"Make people dependent enough, and then make it shitty" Still giggling at this hilarious video from the Norwegian Consumer Council "A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator" which seems a perfect embodiment of Silicon Valley and tech generally these days www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...

Citing reporting by @propublica.org and others, nearly 4,000 doctors, nurses and health professionals sent a letter to DHS Sec Kristi Noem calling for the immediate release of all children currently in immigration detention. Full letter: tinyurl.com/yz2amueb 1/

These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share. *one voice altered to disguise identity

What does this mean for the UK given its wholesale embrace of US tech and AI? Palantir has a central role.

“We cannot say that the United States’ actions are against international law, but we condemn Iran’s retaliatory actions as against international law,” is neither a coherent nor a compelling position.

Concierge medicine as horror show. This story is so upsetting, not least because many of the doctors mentioned are still practicing & so far have not been held accountable for their unethical & likely also criminal activities.

The main news today is,of course, the war in Iran. How will this affect Russia (the oil market)and, accordingly,the war in Ukraine? After the strike on Iran,the oil market reacted predictably:Brent rose to $72-73 per barrel, and in the event of an escalation, experts believe it can move toward $80⤵️

Obscene.

"...she and her three kids watched through a window as guards swept through their room in late January, removing drawings from the walls and placing colored pencils and crayons in plastic bags before taking them away."

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Once again Reform are spreading misinformation & smears, and the press & the media seem to repeat them.. its really important that the media.. take responsibility so when Reform or Farage says something they don't just keep repeating it"👏👏👏

⏰Historians @marthasjones.bsky.social & @katemasur.bsky.social have filed a NEW brief in the birthright citizenship cases. It shows how the story of free Black Americans' advocacy for birthright citizenship unravels Trump's lead justification for his EO. 📑⬇️ www.brennancenter.org/sites/defaul...

Age walls could be erected at the government's whim. New Henry VIII powers would give Ministers the ability to impose age verification across the Internet. And it goes way beyond social media. We'll have to surrender our ID to unregulated providers for everyday access to information and services.