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JD Vance says ICE will begin doing door to door searches and I’m hearing crickets from the “don’t tread on me” crowd.
January 10, 2026 at 6:13 PM
JD Vance says ICE will begin doing door to door searches and I’m hearing crickets from the “don’t tread on me” crowd.
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Kay Cicellis’s reimagined Greek myths reflect literature’s continued interest in ancient mythology—and what in life is inevitable, versus what we can control, Rachel Vorona Cote writes.
Why Authors Can’t Let Go of Greek Myths
The fascination with these stories reflects an existential interest in what in life is inevitable, and what we can control.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Kay Cicellis’s reimagined Greek myths reflect literature’s continued interest in ancient mythology—and what in life is inevitable, versus what we can control, Rachel Vorona Cote writes.
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A recent poll found that about half of young people believe that individuals who do their own research can know as much as a doctor. Health-care providers need to help patients see the value of science and medicine in their lives, Dhruv Khullar writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/NGeSFQ
The Role of Doctors Is Changing Forever
Some patients don’t trust us. Others say they don’t need us. It’s time for us to think of ourselves not as the high priests of health care but as what we have always been: healers.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A recent poll found that about half of young people believe that individuals who do their own research can know as much as a doctor. Health-care providers need to help patients see the value of science and medicine in their lives, Dhruv Khullar writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/NGeSFQ
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TSA is forwarding names, photos, and flight info to ICE
TSA is forwarding names, photos, and flight info to ICE
The secret airport deportation program denies victims any semblance of due process.
www.motherjones.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
TSA is forwarding names, photos, and flight info to ICE
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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The writer and director Kleber Mendonça Filho's political thriller “The Secret Agent” brings the history of 1970s Brazil to life. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/lOlgI2
“The Secret Agent” Is a Political Thriller Teeming with Life
The Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho conjures fateful interconnections among vivid characters living in the grip of military dictatorship.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The writer and director Kleber Mendonça Filho's political thriller “The Secret Agent” brings the history of 1970s Brazil to life. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/lOlgI2
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‘I don’t think there’s anyone on today’s bestseller lists as accomplished on the page as he was; he had the extraordinary ability to evoke a place with the sparsest of descriptions.’
@jrobertlennon.com on Elmore Leonard www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@jrobertlennon.com on Elmore Leonard www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
J. Robert Lennon · Never use your own car: Elmore Leonard’s Superpower
I don’t think there’s anyone on today’s bestseller lists as accomplished on the page as Elmore Leonard was; he...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
‘I don’t think there’s anyone on today’s bestseller lists as accomplished on the page as he was; he had the extraordinary ability to evoke a place with the sparsest of descriptions.’
@jrobertlennon.com on Elmore Leonard www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@jrobertlennon.com on Elmore Leonard www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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SCOTUS just made it easier for law enforcement to violate the Constitution by essentially allowing racial profiling in immigration sweeps. Justice Kavanaugh lets it all hang out in his concurrence where he reveals a little too much! @legalafmtn.bsky.social
@meidastouch.com
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SCOTUS Ruling BACKFIRES on their OWN PRECEDENT?!?
YouTube video by Legal AF
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September 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
SCOTUS just made it easier for law enforcement to violate the Constitution by essentially allowing racial profiling in immigration sweeps. Justice Kavanaugh lets it all hang out in his concurrence where he reveals a little too much! @legalafmtn.bsky.social
@meidastouch.com
youtu.be/knuNKvW54Bc?...
@meidastouch.com
youtu.be/knuNKvW54Bc?...
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File this in the "systematic problems with immigration law" box. The Victorian-era "Crimes involving moral turpitude" concept has been part of US immigration law for over a century, and it holds that any fraud crime (including passing a $25 bad check) can be grounds for deportation or exclusion.
September 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
File this in the "systematic problems with immigration law" box. The Victorian-era "Crimes involving moral turpitude" concept has been part of US immigration law for over a century, and it holds that any fraud crime (including passing a $25 bad check) can be grounds for deportation or exclusion.
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Tech companies have trained their AI models by pirating LibGen, a database that contains more than 7.5 million books and 81 million research papers, Alex Reisner wrote in March. Use our search tool to see which works are in the collection:
The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
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September 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Tech companies have trained their AI models by pirating LibGen, a database that contains more than 7.5 million books and 81 million research papers, Alex Reisner wrote in March. Use our search tool to see which works are in the collection:
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SCOOP: Three Trump Cabinet Members Have Multiple Primary-Residence Mortgages @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @justinelliott.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...
www.propublica.org
September 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
SCOOP: Three Trump Cabinet Members Have Multiple Primary-Residence Mortgages @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @justinelliott.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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JUST IN: Judge Cobb has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to extend rapid-fire deportation procedures to immigrants who have been in the U.S. more than two years — warning that it is a flagrant deprivation of due process that could ensnare anyone. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
August 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
JUST IN: Judge Cobb has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to extend rapid-fire deportation procedures to immigrants who have been in the U.S. more than two years — warning that it is a flagrant deprivation of due process that could ensnare anyone. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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China’s underground financiers have specialized in international money laundering.
Chinese Bankers Are at the Center of Global Crime
China’s underground financiers have specialized in international money laundering.
foreignpolicy.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
China’s underground financiers have specialized in international money laundering.
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“An NBC News analysis of building materials and import data found that the total cost of building a mid-range single-family home could rise by more than $4,000 — an estimate that industry experts who reviewed the analysis called conservative. ”
nbcnews.com/specials/hou...
nbcnews.com/specials/hou...
From lumber to lighting: How Trump's tariffs drive up home construction costs
NBC News found tariffs could add $4,000 or more to the cost of a 3-bed home. See how Trump’s plan may affect U.S. housing affordability.
nbcnews.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“An NBC News analysis of building materials and import data found that the total cost of building a mid-range single-family home could rise by more than $4,000 — an estimate that industry experts who reviewed the analysis called conservative. ”
nbcnews.com/specials/hou...
nbcnews.com/specials/hou...
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Perfectly timed. Shade seasoned to perfection.
“His GPA did not warrant it, his SAT scores did not warrant it. We thought for sure, there was no way this was going to happen. Then, lo and behold, Jared was accepted.”
More on how the rich buy their children’s way into elite universities with massive, tax-deductible donations (published 2016):
More on how the rich buy their children’s way into elite universities with massive, tax-deductible donations (published 2016):
The Story Behind Jared Kushner’s Curious Acceptance Into Harvard
ProPublica editor Daniel Golden wrote a book a decade ago about how the rich buy their children access to elite colleges. One student he covered is now poised to become one of the most powerful…
www.propublica.org
July 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Perfectly timed. Shade seasoned to perfection.
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“Mepo stood still. He stood still forever. With just the slightest tug, that Ranavav-whetted sickle sank deep into his neck.”
A story by Jhaverchand Meghani, translated from the Gujarati by Jenny Bhatt. buff.ly/R1lWe61
A story by Jhaverchand Meghani, translated from the Gujarati by Jenny Bhatt. buff.ly/R1lWe61
July 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“Mepo stood still. He stood still forever. With just the slightest tug, that Ranavav-whetted sickle sank deep into his neck.”
A story by Jhaverchand Meghani, translated from the Gujarati by Jenny Bhatt. buff.ly/R1lWe61
A story by Jhaverchand Meghani, translated from the Gujarati by Jenny Bhatt. buff.ly/R1lWe61
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‘The morning after the US bombed Iran, I went to my desk and stared at the fast-paced, topical novel I’d been working on. I was embarrassed to have written it. It felt as if I were betraying my five-year-old self.’
Amir Ahmadi Arian:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Amir Ahmadi Arian:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Amir Ahmadi Arian | From under the Dining Table
I met the great Iranian novelist Mahmoud Dowlatabadi in 2006. We had the same publisher, and through them he sent me a...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
‘The morning after the US bombed Iran, I went to my desk and stared at the fast-paced, topical novel I’d been working on. I was embarrassed to have written it. It felt as if I were betraying my five-year-old self.’
Amir Ahmadi Arian:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Amir Ahmadi Arian:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
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The 10,000-step goal originated from a 1960s Japanese advertising campaign for the world’s first commercial pedometer
New research suggests the magic of 10,000 steps a day is a myth
www.independent.co.uk
June 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The 10,000-step goal originated from a 1960s Japanese advertising campaign for the world’s first commercial pedometer
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A good writer lives for a run of sentences like this nymag.com/intelligence...
June 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
A good writer lives for a run of sentences like this nymag.com/intelligence...
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Sun Pharma’s transgressions were so egregious that the FDA imposed one of the government’s harshest penalties: banning the factory from exporting drugs to the U.S. But a secretive group inside the FDA gave the global manufacturer a special pass to ensure the safety of America’s drug supply.
The FDA Allowed Contaminated Factories to Send Drugs to the US
Medications that otherwise would’ve been banned went to unsuspecting patients across the US, including some with cancer.
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June 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Sun Pharma’s transgressions were so egregious that the FDA imposed one of the government’s harshest penalties: banning the factory from exporting drugs to the U.S. But a secretive group inside the FDA gave the global manufacturer a special pass to ensure the safety of America’s drug supply.
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The Spy Factory: How Russia’s intelligence services turned Brazil into an assembly line for its deep-cover operatives –– until an elite team of Brazilian cops hunted them down.
New investigation with Michael Schwirtz. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/w...
New investigation with Michael Schwirtz. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/w...
The Spy Factory
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The Spy Factory: How Russia’s intelligence services turned Brazil into an assembly line for its deep-cover operatives –– until an elite team of Brazilian cops hunted them down.
New investigation with Michael Schwirtz. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/w...
New investigation with Michael Schwirtz. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/w...
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How to lock down your privacy in WhatsApp
How to lock down your privacy in WhatsApp
Keep your WhatsApp chats secure.
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May 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
How to lock down your privacy in WhatsApp