The Crowd That Toppled a Dictator — and the Warning Trump's America Needs to Hear Now THE FALL Part 4: When Marcos was removed in 1986, the structural conditions that made him possible remained. This is the lesson America needs.

The Crowd That Toppled a Dictator — and the Warning Trump's America Needs to Hear Now

Orbán Is Gone. Trump's Closest European Ally Just Lost. Here Is What History Teaches Next. During unwinnable, expensive wars, the crack appeared inside the military. Not at the top. In the middle.

Orbán Is Gone. Trump's Closest European Ally Just Lost. Here Is What History Teaches Next.

America's Best Went to the Moon. America's Worst Called Them. When the Earth sets

America's Best Went to the Moon. America's Worst Called Them.

Trail of Tides, Part 3: How I Ended Up Alone at a Beach Bar When Everyone Else Stayed on the Bus Walking into Portuguese history before walking the Fisherman's Trail

I just published part 3 of the series on my recent hike along the southwestern coastline of Portugal.

Trail of Tides, Part 3: How I Ended Up Alone at a Beach Bar When Everyone Else Stayed on the Bus
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Scientists Found a New Branch of Life. Trump Wants to Mine it. Plus: What side do you sleep on? It matters more than you think. Jane Austen's complicated new Pemberley, the ant that can't recognize its own colony, and how life left the ocean in three great waves

Scientists Found a New Branch of Life. Trump Wants to Mine it.

Trump's America Is Not Immune: What History Teaches About How Regimes Fall THE FALL Part 1: A new series on how regimes fall, and what it means for Trump's America in 2026.

Trump's America Is Not Immune: What History Teaches About How Regimes Fall
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The baby bird that became a caterpillar, a diplomat who chose the hard thing, and the dog that finds keys underwater Plus: swans ringing for lunch since 1850, Nazaré's submarine canyon explained, and the Anna's hummingbird's optical trick

The baby bird that became a caterpillar, a diplomat who chose the hard thing, and the dog that finds keys underwater

Trail of Tides, Part 2: Ian Fleming, Exiled Kings, and the Road That Became a Bond Film The coast west of Lisbon: Cabo da Roca in the wind, meeting friends, and a waiter named Pedro

Trail of Tides, Part 2: Ian Fleming, Exiled Kings, and the Road That Became a Bond Film
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Why Trump’s Allies Are Terrified of Tomorrow’s Protests Lessons from European resistance movements on the power of showing up when democracy needs you most

It’s a good day to share this post with your friends again: wishing you all a successful No Kings Day.
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Trail of Tides: Walking Portugal's Fisherman's Trail A new series begins — walking Portugal's southwest coast from Sines to the edge of the continent

Trail of Tides: Walking Portugal's Fisherman's Trail

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The Monarch Butterfly Population in Mexico Jumped 64% this Winter Plus: A bonobo tea party with imaginary juice, why older people laugh less, an ocean art installation in Western Australia, and a moth that looks exactly like a broken twig

The Monarch Butterfly Population in Mexico Jumped 64% this Winter

The man who swept his mother's driveway and built two million followers Plus: The otter cat that confused scientists for 200 years, can a Substack chat group fight loneliness? A reader's remarkable cousin, and the Dutchman who invented a new species

The man who swept his mother's driveway and built two million followers

Trump's America Will End. History Shows What Comes Next. Part 5 of After the Fall: four models of post-authoritarian accountability and what they mean for the United States.

Trump's America Will End. History Shows What Comes Next.

The Great Stories That Don't Make the Headlines: From Neanderthal Hookups to an Otter-Cat in the wild Plus: Why birth rates are really falling, Antarctica's last forest, the elm tree invader, and daredevil chimpanzee toddlers

The Great Stories That Don't Make the Headlines: From Neanderthal Hookups to an Otter-Cat in the wild

Travel writing, history, and curiosity: welcome to The Curious Wanderer A new newsletter, often written from trails and hotel rooms, for readers who want something more personal

Travel writing, history, and curiosity: welcome to The Curious Wanderer

Why Your Brain Tricks You With Déjà Vu Plus: ancient DNA overturns a famous myth, one million fish return, language learning has no age limit, and a NASA astronaut's farewell to space

Why Your Brain Tricks You With Déjà Vu

How to find a cheaper flight in about ten minutes Plus: Why flexible dates matter more than flexible tickets, how Google Flights and Skyscanner work differently, and the honest trade-off nobody talks about

How to find a cheaper flight in about ten minutes

More Stories That Continue: Ice Art, Healing Lizards, and the Moth That Tracked England's Pollution Plus: Sleep as a problem-solving tool, Monet's kitchen was yellow, and NASA confirms a miss

More Stories That Continue: Ice Art, Healing Lizards, and the Moth That Tracked England's Pollution

Strao; The Island Ritual in Zeeland That Tells Me Winter Is Almost Over | Alex Verbeek Get more from Alex Verbeek on Patreon

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After the Fall: How Central Europe Purged Its Authoritarians, and Why America Won't Even Try East Germany preserved the Stasi files. The Czech Republic disqualified informants from public office. Poland's process was messier. America's process hasn't started.

After the Fall: How Central Europe Purged Its Authoritarians, and Why America Won't Even Try

Bees, Flamingos, Butterflies, and a Warning for Dog Lovers Plus: The gender bias hiding in Stone Age science, Pablo Picasso's secret faith, plant-based diets, and butterfly memories

Bees, Flamingos, Butterflies, and a Warning for Dog Lovers

The sounds that help you fall asleep faster are already free on your phone Plus: why white noise works differently for different people, how to set a sleep timer so sounds stop automatically, and the one setting most people miss

The sounds that help you fall asleep faster are already free on your phone

The dock, the widgets, and the folder trick that changes how you use your phone Plus: the four apps that belong in your dock, how to hide rarely used apps without deleting them, and a widget worth adding to every phone immediately

The dock, the widgets, and the folder trick that changes how you use your phone

A lost Rembrandt, the coral reef that shouldn't exist, and ants from the age of dinosaurs Plus: the EU's circular fashion revolution, Brussels' new museum giant, and Theo Jansen's wind-powered beach animals

A lost Rembrandt, the coral reef that shouldn't exist, and ants from the age of dinosaurs

Trump Started an Illegal War. No Coalition. No Plan. Nobody Asked Europe. From Davos to Brittany, Europe is drawing its own conclusions about what American leadership now means.

Trump Started an Illegal War. No Coalition. No Plan. Nobody Asked Europe.

From Trump's Accountability Gap to a 9,600-Year-Old Tree: Nine Stories That Needed More Room Plus: Van Gogh's yellow obsession, Galileo's planetary protection sacrifice, Oregon's threatened forests, and diplomatic borders in the insect world

From Trump's Accountability Gap to a 9,600-Year-Old Tree: Nine Stories That Needed More Room

Five Diets That Add Up to Three Years to Your Life Plus: Small fruit trees that really produce, singing choirs that beat Parkinson's, fish that work hard to do nothing, and a sea turtle's 1,700-mile homecoming

Five Diets That Add Up to Three Years to Your Life

The contact list on your phone is probably a mess. Here is how to fix it. Plus: how to set up your Favorites so the right people are always one tap away, how to share your own contact details with anyone in seconds, and what to do when someone’s number changes

The contact list on your phone is probably a mess. Here is how to fix it

Today's Ten Good News Stories You Don't Want to Miss Including: A boy saves his family at sea, Mediterranean diet cuts stroke risk by 18 percent, Vienna turns parking lots into parks, and the Moon's ancient mystery is solved

Today's Ten Good News Stories You Don't Want to Miss

Should America Just Move On After Trump? South Africa Shows Why Forgiveness Is Not Enough. Part 3 of After the Fall: Mandela's truth, forgiveness, and the reparations that never came

Should America Just Move On After Trump? South Africa Shows Why Forgiveness Is Not Enough