Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
The sublime, feral pleasure of Girl Dinner Diaries
In an age where it feels like we should all know less about each other, there’s at least one place on the internet where you just want to know more: It’s called r/GirlDinnerDiaries. As its name suggests, the subreddit consists of women posting a photo of their meal accompanied by a brief story about what’s […]
Packing the Supreme Court is no longer a fringe idea
Kamala Harris wants to talk about packing the Supreme Court. Last Wednesday, during a video event hosted by the advocacy group Win With Black Women, the former vice president rattled off a long list of democracy reforms that could be part of an “expanded playbook” Democrats can use to reverse a series of recent policy […]
Photos reveal strange sea creatures that scientists have never seen before
It lives in a glass castle deep under the sea. It’s not a character from The Little Mermaid but a very real, very mysterious marine worm. Known as Dalhousiella yabukii, the worm resides inside a glass sea sponge — a simple marine animal that forms a glass-like skeleton — in the cold, dark waters off […]
Trump gets his slush fund
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Last week, we wrote about President Donald Trump’s plan to create a nearly $2 billion slush fund using taxpayer money. Today, he made it happen. […]
The 5 most unhinged revelations from Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI
Friendship breakups are never easy, but few are as messy and expensive as the collapse of Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s once thriving tech bromance, which has — for now — reached a legal end. On Monday, a jury ruled against Musk in his lawsuit against OpenAI, which contended that Altman and other executives “stole […]