Apocalypse Soon? Earth Day once helped focus public attention on real environmental problems. Today it is a festival of alarmism, misanthropy, technophobia, and moral theatrics.

Earth Day once helped focus public attention on real environmental problems. Today it is a festival of alarmism, misanthropy, technophobia, and moral theatrics.

Canada’s 215 Imaginary Martyrs How will Canadian journalists cover the five-year anniversary of the 2021 ‘unmarked-graves’ social panic without admitting their complicity in promoting a fake story?

How will Canadian journalists cover the five-year anniversary of the 2021 ‘unmarked-graves’ social panic without admitting their complicity in promoting a fake story?

The Professor and the Pariah How a brilliant mind fell for bad history and worse people.

How a brilliant mind fell for bad history and worse people.

Hasan Piker Is the Enemy If liberals wish to forge an alliance of convenience with a socialist and apologist for jihadist violence, they will be betraying the very values they profess to uphold.

If liberals wish to forge an alliance of convenience with a socialist and apologist for jihadist violence, they will be betraying the very values they profess to uphold.

Hasan Piker Is the Enemy If liberals wish to forge an alliance of convenience with a socialist and apologist for jihadist violence, they will be betraying the very values they profess to uphold.

If liberals wish to forge an alliance of convenience with a socialist and apologist for jihadist violence, they will be betraying the very values they profess to uphold.

F-to-m trans people are irrelevant to the topic, which is about women, in which category Gazan includes m-to-f trans people.

Infinite Ingenuity: Andy Weir’s Optimistic Vision in ‘Project Hail Mary’ The new film 'Project Hail Mary' based on Andy Weir's bestselling novel, celebrates scientific problem-solving on a cosmic scale. There are striking parallels with David Deutsch's radical optimism.

My review of #projecthailmary is now out at @quillette.bsky.social. It's about Andy Weir's book, the film and the radical optimism so eloquently championed by David Deutsch—the same impulse that launched Artemis II and sent us out among the stars. ✨

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The UN’s Historically Selective Denunciation of Human Bondage The transatlantic slave trade was a monstrous crime against humanity. Yet it represented just one example of an ancient evil that spanned many civilisations.

The transatlantic slave trade was a monstrous crime against humanity. Yet it represented just one example of an ancient evil that spanned many civilisations.

The Iran War: An Explainer A selection of essays and interviews in Quillette examining how and why Iran and the West are at war, and what is likely to happen next.

A selection of essays and interviews in Quillette examining how and why Iran and the West are at war, and what is likely to happen next.

Move 37 and the Coming Mindhack What happens when human manipulation arrives at its Claude Mythos moment?

What happens when human manipulation arrives at its Claude Mythos moment?

The Final Frontier Like the old Wild West, the Moon offers the prospect of resources to exploit and land to settle. Artemis II's successful mission is just the beginning.

Like the old Wild West, the Moon offers the prospect of resources to exploit and land to settle. Artemis II's successful mission is just the beginning.

The Tragedy of Murdered Indigenous Women is Real. So How Did Activists Turn It Into a Punch Line? Leah Gazan’s use of the absurd term ‘MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+’ to describe female Indigenous homicide victims is a case study in progressive linguistic self-sabotage.

Leah Gazan’s use of the absurd term ‘MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+’ to describe female Indigenous homicide victims is a case study in progressive linguistic self-sabotage.

The Tragedy of Murdered Indigenous Women is Real. So How Did Activists Turn It Into a Punch Line? Leah Gazan’s use of the absurd term ‘MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+’ to describe female Indigenous homicide victims is a case study in progressive linguistic self-sabotage.

Leah Gazan’s use of the absurd term ‘MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+’ to describe female Indigenous homicide victims is a case study in progressive linguistic self-sabotage.

The Battle for the Strait After the failure of ceasefire talks in Islamabad, the United States remains at war with Iran and Trump’s priority is to liberate the Strait of Hormuz for international shipping.

After the failure of ceasefire talks in Islamabad, the United States remains at war with Iran and Trump’s priority is to liberate the Strait of Hormuz for international shipping.

Germany’s Cozy Catastrophe The German state has been generous to its beneficiaries—but that largesse is becoming increasingly unsustainable.

The German state has been generous to its beneficiaries—but that largesse is becoming increasingly unsustainable.

AI and the Wiki Wars The Wikipedia knowledge monopoly is not ready for the Grokipedia threat.

The Wikipedia knowledge monopoly is not ready for the Grokipedia threat.

AI and the Wiki Wars The Wikipedia knowledge monopoly is not ready for the Grokipedia threat.

The Wikipedia knowledge monopoly is not ready for the Grokipedia threat.

Foreign Power, Local Politics Where local collaboration is absent, foreign intervention imposes enormous costs or simply stalls. Where it exists, intervention can succeed with surprising velocity.

Where local collaboration is absent, foreign intervention imposes enormous costs or simply stalls. Where it exists, intervention can succeed with surprising velocity.

Podcast #333: The Search for Truth Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to Michael Shermer, the author of a number of works on critical thinking, epistemology, and ethics, about his new book, 'Truth: What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters.'

Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to Michael Shermer, the author of a number of works on critical thinking, epistemology, and ethics, about his new book, 'Truth: What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters.'

A Costly Misconception Now that glyphosate is has become a national-security issue, it’s time to revisit the source of misinformation about this controversial herbicide.

Now that glyphosate is has become a national-security issue, it’s time to revisit the source of misinformation about this controversial herbicide.

Addressing the Academic Skew Higher education needs intellectual—not political—conservatives.

Higher education needs intellectual—not political—conservatives.

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Podcast #332: The Historical Case for Israel In a new book, US District Court Judge Roy Altman traces Jews’ indigenous presence in the holy land over the last 3,231 years.

In a new book, US District Court Judge Roy Altman traces Jews’ indigenous presence in the holy land over the last 3,231 years.

The IOC Is Protecting Female Athletics. Canada’s Secretary of State for Sport Isn’t Happy About It On his Facebook page, Adam van Koeverden accused the IOC’s defenders of channelling ‘stupid conservative pseudo fantasies.’

On his Facebook page, Adam van Koeverden accused the IOC’s defenders of channelling ‘stupid conservative pseudo fantasies.’

Rohmer at Camelot Éric Rohmer’s Perceval le Gallois (1978) vividly recreates the imaginative world in which the people of the Middle Ages lived inside their heads.

Éric Rohmer’s Perceval le Gallois (1978) vividly recreates the imaginative world in which the people of the Middle Ages lived inside their heads.

To Meet a Chatbot An English professor burns the midnight oil talking to Microsoft Copilot about Shakespeare, Dickinson, Hawthorne, and a play he’s been working on—and comes away deeply impressed by its literary insights.

An English professor burns the midnight oil talking to Microsoft Copilot about Shakespeare, Dickinson, Hawthorne, and a play he’s been working on—and comes away deeply impressed by its literary insights.

Communism’s Obsolescence The structural case for why collectivist systems fail.

The structural case for why collectivist systems fail.

To Meet a Chatbot An English professor burns the midnight oil talking to Microsoft Copilot about Shakespeare, Dickinson, Hawthorne, and a play he’s been working on—and comes away deeply impressed by its literary insights.

An English professor burns the midnight oil talking to Microsoft Copilot about Shakespeare, Dickinson, Hawthorne, and a play he’s been working on—and comes away deeply impressed by its literary insights.

Searching for Structure An autistic writer tries to make sense of his passion for trains, maps, and timetables.

An autistic writer tries to make sense of his passion for trains, maps, and timetables.

Strange Bedfellows The hard Left has once again allied itself with Islamists in the belief that they will help achieve its goals, hence repeating the mistake the communists made in 1979, in revolutionary Iran.

The hard Left has once again allied itself with Islamists in the belief that they will help achieve its goals, hence repeating the mistake the communists made in 1979, in revolutionary Iran.