2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (383+ words) 9:25 AM EDT on September 10, 2026 There are some people to whom correctness matters even more than it matters to coders, however: mathematicians. When a mathematician brushes up against “correctness,” they have good reason to believe they are doing so in a…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (702+ words) Maybe you have heard of Roko’s Basilisk. This is a thought experiment, for lack of a better term, popular among a certain set: hyper-rationalists, futurists, effective altruists. Tech-industry guys. You get the idea. The most exhausting humans who ever lived,…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (935+ words) Defector Barcelona Is The Greatest Show On European Soil 12:02 PM EDT on September 8, 2026 Four matches into the La Liga season, Barcelona has looked like one of the greatest attacking teams of all time. What other conclusion can I draw from…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (228+ words) This week on Nothing But Respect, we mostly talked about dumb stuff with a smart guy. The guy in question was Jake Bittle, staff writer for Grist and the author of The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (156+ words) 11:27 AM EDT on September 2, 2026 Once again, Normal Gossip returns to the crucible that is college housing, and for good reason. Not only do stints in the dorms and subsequent apartments provide ample opportunities for self-discovery, but you’re also pretty much…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (236+ words) 9:07 AM EDT on September 1, 2026 Fernando Flores, a bookseller and writer here in Austin, Texas, specifically called out the omission of booksellers from Horowitch’s article. He pointed out on Instagram how often booksellers are excluded from this genre of piece, and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (205+ words) 11:40 AM EDT on September 1, 2026 That suspicion was confirmed Monday night by Status News, which reported that Weiss was so impressed by the story she specifically praised it during the network's daily editorial meeting on Monday. She also personally directed a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1080+ words) Like all people not gravely deficient of soul, I teared up a little when I heard Dolly Parton died. I am by nature something of a patch of soft pavement—easily impressed upon —and so there’s not much surprising here....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1379+ words) Defector Marge Schott Was A Five-Tool Bigot Who Would Have Thrived In Any Era 11:05 AM EDT on August 25, 2026 It's nearly impossible to relay a single fact about former Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott that does not stop an unfamiliar recipient…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (172+ words) 12:15 PM EDT on August 24, 2026 Traditional publishing is a frustrating industry whose workers are under-resourced and often mandated to chase metrics like authors' audience size and nascent trends based on "data," "vibes," and "TikTok." If, in the years-long dark period when…...