Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s fallout, explained
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have quickly turned on each other in a very public and bitter feud. Their split isn’t just personal, but has major implications for the rest of the country, with Musk now strongly opposing Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” It is the centerpiece of Trump’s legislative agenda, which includes tax cuts, Medicaid […]
The big reason why Republicans should worry about an angry Elon Musk
How the Musk-Trump blowup ends, nobody knows. Most commentary gives President Donald Trump the advantage. But Elon Musk’s willingness to spend his fortune on elections gives him one distinct advantage — the ability to drive a brittle party system into chaos and loosen Trump’s hold on it. Thus far, Musk has raised two electoral threats. […]
Why Trump probably can’t cut Musk loose
Breaking up is hard to do — especially when one party is a billionaire with near-unassailable dominance of the nation’s ability to launch things into space, and the other is a president who has staked a significant portion of his legacy on wildly ambitious space-based projects. As President Donald Trump and his erstwhile financial backer […]
AI can now stalk you with just a single vacation photo
For decades, digital privacy advocates have been warning the public to be more careful about what we share online. And for the most part, the public has cheerfully ignored them. I am certainly guilty of this myself. I usually click “accept all” on every cookie request every website puts in front of my face, because […]
Beware of this silent, seething relationship-killer
For the last year and a half, Angela has been waging a silent corporate war with her boss. When the two women started working together in finance, they were peers. Even then, Angela felt this coworker was a little too judgmental when Angela took time off work, a little too comfortable asking Angela why she […]