The Scourge of A.1.
The New Yorkerby Ian Frazier7 Sept 2026
Rather than devote this space to humor, as I sometimes do, this week I want to speak about a very serious subject: A.1.
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top 78%The Prolific Storytelling of This Is Lorelei
The New Yorkerby Amanda Petrusich7 Sept 2026
In the summer of 2024, Nate Amos released a record called “Box for Buddy, Box for Star” under the sobriquet This Is Lorelei.
Has the A.I. Job Apocalypse Been Postponed?
The New Yorkerby John Cassidy7 Sept 2026
Nearly three years ago, shortly after OpenAI released ChatGPT-4, Sam Altman, the company’s C.E.O., suggested that the artificial-intelligence revolution could eliminate up to half of all existing...
Can You Feel the Dub Tonight?
The New Yorkerby Daniel Alarcón7 Sept 2026
Unlike the tourists pushing strollers and browsing bedazzled “Frozen” T-shirts at the midtown Disney Store on a recent morning, the activist and voice actor Fernando Valencia and the filmmaker...
Grandmaster Flash’s Remix of Hip-Hop History
The New Yorkerby Vinson Cunningham7 Sept 2026
Check out a dance floor the next time you get a chance. Take note at the point in a song when the real dancers stop messing around.
The Art of American Sophistication
The New Yorkerby Adam Gopnik7 Sept 2026
The prompt, let’s say, is “American sophistication.” What does it make the L.L.M. in our heads, trawling the riverbed of our old reading and viewing, produce? Whom do we think of first?
Have Conservatives Taken Sexy Back?
The New Yorkerby Jennifer Wilson7 Sept 2026
Martin Luther King, Jr., once observed that one of the “most segregated hours” in American life is Sunday at eleven in the morning, referring to church service.
Tom Sachs Channels Chanel
The New Yorkerby Rachel Syme7 Sept 2026
In the winter of 1994, Barneys, the former high-end Manhattan department store known for its daring storefront displays, unveiled its Christmas windows: three hundred and nine original works by...
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
The New Yorkerby The New Yorker7 Sept 2026
The Breakup, by Kurt Andersen (Random House). This comic novel is set in a hysterical vision of the year 2045, in which what was once the United States has been split apart by a civil war between...
This Labor Day: Darkness in Washington, but Sunshine Across America
The New Republicby Terri Gerstein, Gaby Goldstein7 Sept 2026
On Labor Day 2026, the outlook for workers can seem grim. The Trump administration is rolling back workplace protections, and corporations act as though they have a free pass to do whatever they...
How Decades of Privatization Unleashed Trump’s Warmongering
The New Republicby Andrew Lanham7 Sept 2026
It used to be that the president of the United States tried to persuade the public to go to war. Franklin Roosevelt’s speech asking Congress to enter World War II produced one of the most famous...
It’s Labor Day, not Union Day. American workers deserve freedom of choice
FOX Newsby Mark Mix7 Sept 2026
As summer comes to an end, many Americans are looking forward to the first celebration before fall: Labor Day.
America’s massive labor crisis started in the classroom, not the workplace
FOX Newsby Marissa Streit7 Sept 2026
America has nearly 7 million unfilled jobs. Some of those positions remain open because employers can't find workers with the right technical skills.
How Facts Are Made - 3 Quarks Daily
3 Quarks Dailyby W. Alex Foxworthy7 Sept 2026
by W. Alex Foxworthy Recently, following an assignment that required AI use, a student asked me whether it was true that every question she asks a chatbot uses up a whole bottle of water.
DR BEN CARSON: The woke machine is lying in wait for a political comeback
FOX Newsby Ben Carson; M D7 Sept 2026
We all remember how bad it got. Just a few short years ago, it felt like every major institution — from corporate America, to media, to universities, to Hollywood, to our own government — had...
What's open and closed on Labor Day 2026? See which businesses are operating.
CBS Newsby Mary Cunningham; Alain Sherter7 Sept 2026
All hail Labor Day, when we celebrate the great American worker, and even offer a day of respite for some, as well as a chance to soak up the dregs of summer.
The Winners and Losers of Maine’s Race to Armor Its Shoreline Against Climate Change - Inside Climate News
Inside Climate Newsby By Emmett Gartner7 Sept 2026
GORHAM, Maine—Supersonic shockwaves shook the bones of Charlie Hamblen’s historic Maine farmhouse more than a dozen times last year, travelling over half a mile from blasts at a nearby quarry.
Israeli Airstrikes On Village In Southern Lebanon Kill 12, Including 2 Children
World Newsby Ahmad Mantash7 Sept 2026
KFAR RUMMAN, Lebanon (AP) — Israel’s air force carried out two airstrikes early Monday on a southern Lebanese village, killing at least 12 people and wounding others, including children, Lebanon’s...
Scientists say love follows hidden mathematical rules
ScienceDaily7 Sept 2026
Scientists say love follows hidden mathematical rules Scientists are using mathematics to reveal the hidden tipping points that may determine whether love lasts or falls apart.
View: Africa should stop treating energy shocks as surprises
Semaforby Nana Menya Ayensu7 Sept 2026
The Strait of Hormuz crisis has exposed just how vulnerable African economies remain to energy shocks.