Bugs Not a Feature
The week of December 29, 2025: Insect disappointment, the debt, silver, California’s proposed wealth tax, and more. Source link
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Tim Walz’s Unsurprising Two-Step from the Political Stage
The financial scandals that long shadowed the Minnesota governor finally caught up to him. Source link
Hack Walz Down
Tim Walz exits stage far left, undone not by extremism but by scandal. Source link
Legal Questions over the Maduro Extraction Won’t Help Him in Court
As a matter of American law, the ex-dictator hasn’t a leg to stand on. Source link
Teddy Roosevelt Would Be Proud
Donald Trump carries on in TR’s tradition. Source link
The Maduro Raid Was a Strategic Victory and a Tactical Success
Maduro’s fall presents the communist Chinese with a comprehensive embarrassment. Source link
In Venezuela, the Era of Escaping Consequences Is Over
In the wake of the narco-regime’s takedown, five lessons emerge — for the region, for the U.S., and for the world. Source link
How Consent Can—and Cannot—Help Us Have Better Sex
The latest and most vigorous addition to this genre is “Sex Beyond ‘Yes’: Pleasure and Agency for Everyone” (Norton), by Quill Kukla, a professor of philosophy and disability studies at…
A Photographer’s Portraits of Her Dad
In the nineteen-eighties, Janet Delaney took pictures of her father at work, and came to a deeper understanding of who he was. Source link
Elon Musk company bot apologizes for sharing sexualized images of children
Grok, the chatbot of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, published sexualized images of children as its guardrails seem to have failed when it was prompted with vile user…
Tesla dethroned as the world's top EV maker
Elon Musk’s Tesla is no longer the top electric vehicle seller in the world as demand at home has cooled while competition heated up abroad. Tesla lost its pole position after reporting…
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How Taylor Swift’s Engagement Ring Is Changing the Diamond Game
In the antique-jewelry scene, the reveal was the equivalent of a Super Bowl victory. “I think I cried,” Marion Fasel, the author of “The History of Diamond Engagement Rings,” told me. “My…
“Young Mothers” Is a Gentle Gift from the Dardenne Brothers
Goodness is not hard to find in “Young Mothers.” The film is set in and around a maternity home in Liège where the staff look after their charges, all teen-agers, with tough-minded…
The biggest startups raised a record amount in 2025, dominated by AI
The excitement around artificial intelligence led to a record year for certain types of fundraising. Silicon Valley’s AI companies secured record funding in 2025, even as investors advised…
Reading for the New Year
To start the new year, New Yorker writers are looking back on the last one, sifting through the vast number of books they encountered in 2025 to identify the experiences that stood out.…
The Trump Administration Should Articulate and Defend Its Tariff Game Plan
The team has approached its most distinctive economic policy in a way that maximizes its ability to negotiate, but not its ability to play defense. Source link
This Long Beach studio is designing America’s cheapest EV truck
In an echoing Long Beach studio, an ambitious team of designers is trying to reinvent how electric vehicles are made. Slate Auto has assembled a team of EV engineers from Tesla, Rivian and…
Thierry Breton’s Vacation Problem
The week of December 22, 2025: Confronting the EU’s online censorship, the Fed, Elon Musk’s pay, and more. Source link
Warner Bros likely to reject Paramount’s latest hostile bid, source says
WARNER Bros Discovery will likely reject Paramount Skydance’s amended US$108.4 billion hostile bid for the storied Hollywood studio despite a personal guarantee from billionaire Larry…
Tesla’s vanishing order hastens fall of an US$800 million fortune
TESLA once propelled a little-known South Korean family into the ranks of the ultra-rich on a landmark supply deal. But as the contract fell short of expectations, it became a drag on a…
US Fed officials showed deep divisions at December meeting: minutes
THE US Federal Reserve agreed to cut interest rates at its December meeting only after a deeply nuanced debate about the risks facing the US economy right now, according to minutes of the…
Republicans try to flip an Iowa Senate seat and reclaim a supermajority in year-end special election
Some Iowans are ringing in 2026 with a special election on the final Tuesday of the year, casting ballots for a state senator in a race that offers Republicans an opportunity to reclaim…
DOJ pushed to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia only after mistaken deportation, judge's order says
A newly unsealed order in the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia reveals that high-level Justice Department officials pushed for his indictment, calling it a "top priority," only…