How Edgar Allan Poe Mined His Own Misery
The New Republicby Evan Kindley23d ago
Edgar Allan Poe can be difficult to take seriously. His contemporaries condescended to him, regarding him as talented but childish and undisciplined.
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top 83%What Peacemaking Loses When Women Are Left Out
Timeby Cristal Downing23d ago
Wars exact a heavy toll on women and yet, too often their voices and concerns are pushed to the margins of global peacemaking.
Should You Sit Out the Armory Show?
Hyperallergicby Hyperallergic23d ago
If you survived day one of the New York fair flurry, you have my respect — Editor-in-Chief Hakim Bishara has read his share of booth press releases over the past 24 hours, too, and offers a...
‘Relief or regret’: The rule that guides Greg Brown’s biggest calls at Motorola Solutions
Semaforby Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson23d ago
The Scene Greg Brown became chief executive of what was then Motorola in 2008. But it’s only in the last decade that he thinks he has become “a reasonably good CEO.” And he credits a series of...
Pope Leo XIV Affirms Need For Media To Cover Public Figures When Asked About Trump Ban
World Newsby Nicole Winfield23d ago
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Leo XIV told reporters they were welcome to cover him Friday, as he responded to the Trump administration’s attempt to bar U.S.
The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector
MIT Technology Reviewby Amit Katwala23d ago
The US government wants to spend $30.3 million over the next five years on an improved form of lie detector, according to a Department of Defense budget request.
Nearly a Decade Later, the Electric Tesla Semi Is Here
Wiredby Aarian Marshall23d ago
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has insisted investors think of his electric automaker as a robotics and autonomous vehicle company now.
A Prophetic Classic About the Dangers of Tech is Back in Print
Literary Hubby Paulina Borsook23d ago
A Prophetic Classic About the Dangers of Tech is Back in Print Paulina Borsook’s Cyberselfish is Truer Now Than When it Was Written 26 Years Ago Paulina Borsook saw there was something rotten afoot...
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Literary Hubby Book Marks23d ago
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week Featuring Gloria Steinem, Naomi Alderman, Chuck Klosterman, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, and More Gloria Steinem’s An Unexpected...
Got Writer’s Block? Go to the Theater!
Literary Hubby Amy Fusselman23d ago
Got Writer’s Block? Go to the Theater! Amy Fusselman Recommends Her Favorite Unconventional Writing Practice This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here.
Remembering Grazia Deledda, the Sardinian Nobel Prize-Winner We Should All Be Reading
Literary Hubby Jeff Biggers23d ago
Remembering Grazia Deledda, the Sardinian Nobel Prize-Winner We Should All Be Reading Jeff Biggers on the Legacy of a Little-Known Writer on the 100th Anniversary of Her Prize “Cross the sea,” a...
“Ode to a Leaf Blower,” a Poem by Jill Bialosky
Literary Hubby Jill Bialosky23d ago
Leaves tangled & braided in limp limbs of the still surviving perennials, our yard a battlefield of trees towering at least seventy feet high, squeezing out the sun, & slowly letting go of their...
“Regular, rigorous, and Reliable.” How to Keep Fighting for a Better World
Literary Hubby Chris Dixon23d ago
“Regular, rigorous, and Reliable.” How to Keep Fighting for a Better World Chris Dixon on the Urgency of Organizing in the 21st Century We can cultivate qualities that help us to stick around in...
Elizabeth Alexander on Finding Life in the Second Spring of Middle Age
Literary Hubby Elizabeth Alexander23d ago
Elizabeth Alexander on Finding Life in the Second Spring of Middle Age “I learned many things during my study of dance that have everything to do with the writing of poetry.” If I could have been a...
The worst bet in America isn't Kalshi or Polymarket. It's hiding in plain sight
FOX Newsby Ted Jenkin23d ago
America suddenly has a gambling problem. Sports betting is everywhere. Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket let people wager on everything from football games to elections.
Cut the bull: The real reason beef costs so much — and what Trump is trying to do
FOX Newsby Jesse Ramos23d ago
Ground beef just hit a record $6.92 a pound, nearly 60% more than Americans were paying just five years ago.
Donalds rips opponent’s ‘complete 180’ as Dem’s own 2016 words come back to haunt him in tightening gov race
FOX Newsby Andrew Miller23d ago
Republican congressman and Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds is taking aim at his Democratic opponent David Jolly over his shifting political positions and party affiliation, in a...
WATCH: Mike Lee explodes on voting error that 'keeps happening' as huge number of noncitizens found on rolls
FOX Newsby Peter Pinedo23d ago
Firebrand conservative Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, slammed both Democrats and Republicans who have resisted passage of the SAVE America Act after a report found that 30,000 noncitizens were "mistakenly"...
Three Takeaways, Number Two: We've Screwed The Pooch, Apparently - 3 Quarks Daily
3 Quarks Dailyby Mike Bendzela23d ago
by Mike Bendzela From preface of Number One last month: Anytime is a good time to take stock of what you think you know, or what you think you have actually learned, but once you have seen...
China is taking the fight to the stars. America must reclaim space supremacy
FOX Newsby Douglas MacKinnon23d ago
As one who has had the honor to consult for NASA and the Space Shuttle team in the past; work space-defense related issues in the Pentagon; speak with all twelve men who walked on the Moon; and...