Geopolitics

China Pushes Into Taiwan's Sea Space

Four Chinese ships near the Pratas Islands this weekend, with "Taiwan's future lies in national reunification" broadcast over the radio.

Jun 8 · 3 min read
economics

China's Solar Panel Glut

1,200 GW of capacity. 650 GW of global demand. $0.10-a-watt prices, well below production cost.

Jun 8 · 3 min read
economics

A Public Stake in AI Companies?

Sanders wants 50% of OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI in a sovereign wealth fund. Trump is independently negotiating an OpenAI equity donation. But corporate taxes already exist...

Jun 8 · 4 min read
Culture & Media

Scott Pelley's NYT Interview

Fired after 37 years at CBS, Pelley sat for the NYT Sunday and called Bari Weiss's tenure a "thumb on the scale for the president."

Jun 8 · 3 min read
US Policy

Trump On Meet the Press

Fifty minutes in, Trump called Kristen Welker "either crooked or stupid" and stormed off.

Jun 8 · 3 min read
Geopolitics

Iran Fires Missiles at Israel

Sunday was Iran's first ballistic strike on Israel since the April 8 ceasefire. Trump told Bibi not to retaliate.

Jun 8 · 3 min read
Geopolitics

Israel Strikes Lebanon

The cumulative toll since March 2 is 3,468 dead and over 1 million displaced.

Jun 5 · 3 min read
Geopolitics

Henry Nowak Protests in Southampton

Police handcuffed a dying teenager because they believed his attacker's self-defense story. The bodycam came out, Southampton burned.

Jun 5 · 3 min read
economics

The New Trump Tariffs

USTR just proposed 10-12.5% tariffs on 60 economies -- including the EU, UK, Japan, and China -- for failing to ban goods made with forced labor.

Jun 5 · 3 min read
US Policy

Karen Bass vs. Spencer Pratt

The biggest news from Tuesday's primaries: the LA mayor only got 37%, and a reality TV star whose house burned in the Palisades fires came in second.

Jun 5 · 3 min read
Geopolitics

What in the Heck Is Trump Doing With Iran?

A 60-day MOU is sitting on the table. Trump won't sign it; Iran is preparing to decline it. Hawks want him to scrap it; Vance wants him to ship it.

Jun 5 · 4 min read
Culture & Media

Japan's Bear Crisis

A bear injured four people in a Fukushima factory Tuesday. 238 attacks in the last year. The population tripled in twelve years.

Jun 5 · 4 min read
Tech & Society

Those Zoox Robotaxis

Amazon's purpose-built carriage with no steering wheel just expanded into San Francisco.

Jun 3 · 3 min read
Culture & Media

People Love Backrooms

A 4chan thread became a 78M-view YouTube series became A24's biggest-ever opening.

Jun 3 · 3 min read
Culture & Media

Is Saffron the New Zoloft?

TikTok is selling saffron capsules as an SSRI alternative. The peer-reviewed studies actually back it.

Jun 3 · 3 min read
Geopolitics

Trump Is Mad at Bibi

Trump screamed at Netanyahu, called him "fucking crazy," and pulled the plug on Israel's Beirut strike.

Jun 3 · 3 min read
Tech & Society

Trump's AI Order

Trump signed a voluntary 30-day AI safety review. Smart balance, fig leaf, or Big AI win?

Jun 3 · 2 min read