"Trump seems to thrive at being in the cockpit of history because it grants him omnipresence. My sense is that omnipresence is more important to him than omnipotence." historyneverended.substack.com/p/jesus-of-m...
New study found approximately 35 percent of all new websites are either AI-generated or AI-assisted.
The same study also found that online writing is âincreasingly sanitized and artificially cheerful.â www.wired.com/story/ai-slo...
âIn a system where synthetic content moves faster than it can be verified, the only real defense may be behavioral: hesitation. A pause before the repost. A few minutes of scrutiny in a system designed to reward none.â www.wired.com/story/how-th...
đ„đđșđłïž BREAKING: PĂ©ter Magyar says Viktor OrbĂĄn called to concede and congratulate him.
Magyar will be Hungaryâs next prime minister and, as it stands, is set to secure a 2/3 supermajority â enough to fully dismantle OrbĂĄnâs system.
A 16-year chapter is over.
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53% of the votes in
#Tisza likely is growing if correct we are in landslide territory.
#Hungary votes
Tisza now at 132 seats, one seat away from supermajority.
With 37% of the vote in, the Hungarian opposition is on the verge of winning the 2/3 supermajority in the legislature to overturn Orban's changes to the constitution.
They need 133 seats for a supermajority. They're currently projected for 132.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
An awful lot of blue in these early results from Hungary. Shaping up to be a big night vtr.valasztas.hu/ogy2026?filt...
âThe meme magic era Trump rode in on is long gone ⊠Theyâve completely misunderstood the internet generation; the second you post cringe content, youâre done.â www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
âWe will explore. We will build. We will build ships. We will construct science outposts. We will drive rovers. We will do radio astronomy ⊠But ultimately, we will always choose Earth. We will always choose each otherâ
Astronaut Christina Koch,
Artemis II mission
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BREAKING: Artemis II astronauts are more than 248,655 miles from Earth, breaking Apollo 13's record for the greatest distance humans have traveled from the planet.
âOnce the links between citizen and conflict have been severed, you can tell yourself whatever story you want about who you are and what you are doing in the world.â www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/m...
Buying a new media brand beloved of those most passionate about the acceleration of AI is not a serious bid to shape wider public opinion. This is a shiny megaphone pointed at those building the future, not a good-faith effort to engage those who will live it.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
âGen Z didnât choose digital overload. They inherited it. But they are now doing something no previous generation has done: deliberately dismantling the attention economy from the insideâ fortune.com/2026/04/01/g...
âTrumpâs net approval ⊠roughly matches Joe Bidenâs nadir after his disastrous debate performance in 2024, when many Americans concluded he was unfit for office.â
The Economist
âIn the spaciousness of not-knowing, there is room to act.â
My friend Adam Thomas writes a newsletter for changemakers and this week heâs talking about âhope as a disciplineâ in uncertain times.
www.evenlydistributed.co/newsletters/...
âThe most fossil fuel-friendly government in recent U.S. history has shown us all just how risky reliance on oil and gas can be â and taught the world that true energy security lies in accelerating toward a cleaner, electrified future.â
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/o...
Our cognitive biases make us think kids today are faring worse than kids in the past.
If thatâs where your mind is at, I highly recommend this mind-blowing read
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
"Heavy social media users are less likely to think democracy is the best form of government and more likely to stray from democratic norms" www.axios.com/2026/03/31/d...
The good of the web only exists because of the openness of the web. They can't just keep on taking and taking without expecting people to finally draw a line and saying "enough". anildash.com/2026/03/27/e...
âThis U.S. president is setting the world on fire, and the rest of us are choking on the fumes.â
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...
"We donât need to give up on the ability to discern what is real from synthetic. But we do need to actâ
Wise words from Sam Gregory, highlighting the âfailure of political will at the senior levelsâ of big tech companies to enforce effective content labelling
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"If markets both control the betting systems themselves and have influence over the information that may move them, theyâre entering a dangerous, closed system, one where the markets are âcosplaying as news" www.cjr.org/tow_center/p...
The internet is not yet the safe, equitable, empowering place it could be, but I've never stopped believing it can get there. The mission continues. It just got a lot more powerful.
"Silicon Valley spent twenty years removing every obstacle to connection and gave us something that looks like it but isnât. Now people are building friction back in â consciously, joyfully, intentionally and defiantly." susanmcpherson.substack.com/p/we-chose-f...
It was a real pleasure to sit down with my former Twitter colleague Ian Plunkett to talk diplomacy, tech and reckless decisions you never regret open.spotify.com/episode/2BQJ...
âIt is a recurring mistake in modern Iranian political life â one learned painfully in the aftermath of 1979. We confuse the force that can topple a ruler with the force that can build a free society.â www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...
âI still donât really know whether the internet as we now experience it has made it impossible for any narrative to stick with the public, and whether this, in turn, makes it impossible to tell any story that might inspire abiding dissent.â
www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...
