NEW: Elon Musk bypassed Biden to help arrange a prisoner swap between Iran and Italy. Iran traded Italian journalist Cecilia Sala for an Iranian man indicted by the Justice Dept. Biden's aides say it's a bad deal. Our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/w...

For the, “they’re taking our jobs” crowd.

Here’s your chance—$16.50 an hour, no benefits, and no time off. Let’s see how fast the patriotic job-seekers line up for the grind they’ve been so mad about losing.

A long thread on the war and the current situation. Although the worst-case scenarios didn’t materialize in 2024, it was the most difficult period since spring 2022. There were positive developments, and bright spots, but the current trajectory is negative. 1/

About 4.3 billion years ago, Mars may have had enough water to cover its entire surface in a liquid layer about 450 feet deep

credit: NASA/GSFC

Watching MAGA try to force qualified immigrants out in order to hire unqualified Americans proves that Americans are actually the DEI beneficiaries that MAGA believed Black folks were. Elon & Vivek are finding this out in real time.

These next 4 years are going to be terrifyingly entertaining🍿

More than 1,000 North Korean soldiers were killed or wounded fighting Ukrainian troops in Russia’s Kursk region in the past week, and a few chose suicide over surrender, the Biden administration said on Friday.

We’re burning the planet for this 🤷‍♂️

If you’re interested in critical security perspectives check out this thoughtfully curated new textbook to which I was delighted to add a short case study on lethal autonomous weapons global.oup.com/academic/pro...