The Pope is WEAK on crime is so gd funny; I am HOWLING

She Spoke Out About Gaza. Now She Can’t Use a Credit Card. After accusing governments and corporations of complicity in Gaza, the U.N. investigator for Palestine territories now finds herself in Washington’s crosshairs.

She spoke out about Gaza. Now she can't use a credit card.

The UN investigator for Palestinian territories is facing U.S. sanctions and accused of antisemitism by the State Department.

Oh so now copyright matters.

Texting a Random Stranger Better for Loneliness Than Talking to a Chatbot, Study Shows A newly published study of how college students interact with chatbots and human strangers showed talking to a random person offers more connection than an LLM.

A newly published study of how college students interact with chatbots and human strangers showed talking to a random person offers more connection than an LLM.

Really great update on where the social media ban is at. A lot of insidery bits sprinkled throughout.

How Gambling Ate the World In less than a decade, betting apps swallowed sports. And now they’re doing the same to the news.

A country built on losers: I reviewed two books on sports betting and wrote about gambling, the vile vice that's eating the world, for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2073...

Really interesting study that found AI use is concentrated in opinion articles (rather than straight news) at top newspapers

arxiv.org/pdf/2510.18774

Some amazing photos around from the No Kings protests - this one taken near the Metropolitan Detention Center in LA. 📸Credit: Etienne Laurent / AFP / Getty
www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Such a useful lecture at this moment in time

First major probe of NACC will allow MPs to 'drag body into the light' Long-standing gripes about the NACC's lack of public hearings will form part of a parliamentary inquiry into the body.

Exclusive | The leadership of the National Anti-Corruption Commission will for the first time be grilled on its work by a major parliamentary inquiry. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/26/f...

Incredible stuff. Never change Sky News

ProPublica’s union authorizes the first U.S. newsroom strike over AI protections The Guild has voted to walk off the job if ProPublica doesn’t agree to a ban on AI-related layoffs, as well as “just cause” for firings, seniority provisions during layoffs, and wage increases.

I took a closer look at the ProPublica union’s vote to strike, including their demand for protection from AI-related layoffs.

The vote marks the first time a major U.S. newsroom has authorized a strike, at least in part, over AI protections. www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/prop...

Opinion | Trump Has Made a Fundamental Miscalculation about Iran

“A veteran of Iraq like Mr. Hegseth should know better. The enemy always gets a vote, and even after a victorious campaign, the effect of war on a population may have complex, unwanted and sometimes catastrophic consequences”

I wrote about Iran for @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/o...

Only one party can defang One Nation, and it’s not the Libs The political circumstances for the government are treacherous right now. But that’s why opportunity knocks so loudly for Anthony Albanese.

"If Labor merely manages, does it win the short-term while sacrificing the long term, steering the country through one crisis while steering it into another?"

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Israeli settlers carry out series of West Bank attacks as security forces stand by Witnesses describe coordinated raids in which homes and vehicles were set on fire and several Palestinians injured

Israeli settlers have carried out a series of attacks across the occupied West Bank, setting homes and vehicles on fire and wounding several Palestinians in what witnesses described as coordinated raids on communities.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

'The same tragedy, again and again': At 33, Abbas has been displaced three times Abbas Ayoub has fled Beirut's Dahiyeh for the third time, as more than a million Lebanese people are forced from their homes.

"What we are seeing right now in Lebanon is a rapidly deteriorating and large-scale humanitarian crisis.”

www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Paul Thomas Anderson Finally Gets His Coronation | Defector There are two surefire ways to win an Oscar as a great director. One is to make a movie that crowns you the undisputed king of Hollywood, conquering the box office and the critics alike—in other…

"Seeing Anderson so full of nerves every time he went on stage really drove home how much the moment meant to him, and just how long he's been waiting for this."

Wired has done such incredible stuff recently!!!

SAM KERR DOING WHAT SHE DOES BEST 😮‍💨

Workers who love ‘synergizing paradigms’ might be bad at their jobs | Cornell Chronicle Employees who are impressed by vague corporate-speak like “synergistic leadership,” or “growth-hacking paradigms” may struggle with practical decision-making, a new Cornell study into “corporate BS” r...

Extremely vindicating for everyone on the editorial side of a news company who has ever had to collaborate with the business side to make any kind of decision news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...

The bikers transforming the lives of abused children, one ride at a time BACA members accompany kids to court, stand guard outside their homes, and provide a sense of safety with burly presences and deeply rumbling motorbikes.

BACA members accompany kids to court, stand guard outside their homes, and provide a sense of safety with burly presences and deeply rumbling motorbikes.

Is Australia at war? Legally, the answer is yes It's a reasonable question for Australians to ask given the government is sending a sophisticated reconnaissance plane — crewed by dozens of military personnel — to the Middle East. And legal experts ...

"Are we at war? It's a reasonable question for Australians to ask, given the government is sending one of its most sophisticated reconnaissance planes — crewed by dozens of military personnel — to the Middle East." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

please let me ghostwrite your substack

Slurs Filled a Chat Created by a Republican Party Official in Florida

passive voice final boss grand champion honorable mention award for turning slurs into a sentient thing that can do actions www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

Why Trump Is About to Lose Control in Iran Air strikes have never dislodged a regime. And Professor Robert Pape, an expert on the limits of such tactics, argues that such military tactics are more likely to deepen Trump’s Iran problem than solve it.

Air strikes have never dislodged a regime. And Professor Robert Pape, an expert on the limits of such tactics, argues that such military tactics are more likely to deepen Trump’s Iran problem than solve it.

‘Some parents said they’d break my knees’: the teacher who exposed Putin’s primary school propaganda Grenade-throwing contests replaced PE and ‘denazification’ speeches became homework. Pavel Talankin’s undercover film about his school’s indoctrination drive won a Bafta and is tipped for an Oscar, bu...

This doco is great - Australians can now catch it on DocPlay www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

Child’s Play, by Sam Kriss Tech’s new generation and the end of thinking

This is a hell of a piece of writing by Sam Kriss