#Longread The US Is Losing the War In Iran. The Corporate Media Won't Tell You That. open.substack.com/pub/stevendo...

Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.

#LongRead but thoroughly well researched article on Sam Altman at #OpenAI

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

#AI

Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.

#LongRead but thoroughly well researched article on Sam Altman at #OpenAI

www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-...

#AI

#TheDeepDiveSociety #MusicCulture #DeepListening #ArtMatters #CulturalCriticism #SlowContent #MusicJournalism #Philosophy #CreativeWriting #LongRead #ThinkDeeper #ArtAndCulture #IndependentMedia

#Longread The Metropole: Closer to a prison than a holiday for asylum seekers
blackpool.thelead.uk/p/the-metrop...

#Longread ‘We’re just getting started’: from Alberta to Montana, Blackfeet guardians hope to bring back the buffalo jump: thenarwhal.ca/blackfoot-gu...

A nifty little move for that bucket from Bona, who's got six points on 3-of-3 shooting.

In case you missed the #longread on him from earlier in the week and need a halftime activity! 👇

The Nonprofit Group Disrupting the Homeless Services Sector San Francisco-based Urban Alchemy runs shelters and patrols streets in several cities, armed with a salty slogan, a controversial model and a reputation for moving fast.

Weekend #longread —> my deep dive into Urban Alchemy, the controversial national homeless services nonprofit with a complicated track record, for @bloomberg.com and how it symbolizes the way cities are searching for a solution to a growing problem www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta’s $2B Lobbying for Invasive Age Verification Tech Meta funneled $2B through nonprofit shells to push age verification laws targeting Apple and Google while exempting its own platforms from surveillance requirements.

Meta's $2B lobbying op, explained in 3 acts:

1 Dark money nonprofits (DCA) testify in 45 states.

2 Push for OS APIs that enable persistent ID tracking.

3 Exempt Meta's platforms while hobbling Apple/Google.

🔗 www.gadgetreview.com/reddit-user-...
#LongRead #TechPolicy #NoAgeVerification #NoKOSA

#Longread The US coup: one year on open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

#Longread Treasury Criticised by Leading Labour MP for ‘Short-Sighted’ Refusal to Back Rainforest Fund at COP30 www.bylinesupplement.com/p/treasury-c...

Endo dreams of sushi: a trip around Japan with one of the world’s greatest chefs The long read: Endo Kazutoshi spent decades climbing to the top of the culinary world, only for a devastating fire to threaten it all. I joined him in the aftermath as he travelled around his homeland...

Wonderful #LongRead by Kieran Morris that's much more profound than just a 'cook's tour'.

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

In case you missed yesterday’s #longread on Adem Bona, and the origins of his high-energy playing style

“He’s a guy that’s going to help set the temperature in the room … and I think people feed off it.

“His big smile, when he walks in a room, he lights it up.”

👇🏻

#Longread How to Organize a Real General Strike in the US
jacobin.com/2026/02/ice-...

With Joel Embiid out tonight vs. the Wizards, perhaps you’d like to enjoy a #longread about Adem Bona? 😊

Remember when Adem Bona flipped an early-season OT win in Washington with his high-energy play?

Here’s a #longread on where that comes from, and the people he is still bringing along for the ride👇🏻

Hearing Sounds Through the Eyes, by Jisu Sunim Sometimes people feel afraid because they don’t know what the teacher is talking about! `How we can face our own reality?’ But the teacher also has difficulty in getting the studentR…

Buddhist read: Buddhist practice: Zen koan practice: 'Hearing Sounds Through the Eyes', by Jisu Sunim
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#Longread

#Longread Grace Blakeley: Divestment Works.
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...

"Top of the Lake" reveals the difference between a problem and a condition -- and what you owe the world when the condition doesn't budge. New essay on Campion, activism, and tragic action.
joetripician.substack.com/p/the-lake-d...
#TopOfTheLake #JaneCampion #TVCriticism #Feminism #LongRead

"When Nazis are the guys who fight you, a term like “antifa” almost stops making sense. If the fa are anti-you, being antifascist is just the condition of being attacked, and pretending you haven’t been attacked is no choice at all."

#LongRead, though, he's not kidding.

This Military Tragedy Became a Blockbuster Movie. Here’s What It Didn’t Tell You.
More than 20 years after Operation Red Wings, Navy SEALs are finally opening up about what really happened.

#LoneSurvivor | #OperationRedWings | #SEALs | #USN | #longread | #longreads

#Longread My heart is in pieces’: How UK government’s migration policy shatters lives www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-im...

#Longread The US Is Losing the War In Iran. The Corporate Media Won't Tell You That. open.substack.com/pub/stevendo...

The Rise of the Digital Oligarchy AI has pushed society into a period of tumult and confusion. What comes next will determine if humanity remains the author of its own story.

Important #LongRead about AI: The Rise of the Digital Oligarchy

Trump’s Ballroom Design Has Barely Been Scrutinized (Gift Article) Fake windows and a stairway to nowhere: Three months that could change the White House for generations.

Cadeau 🎁- un #longread d’architecture sur la future salle de bal de la maison blanche. C’est super interessant et bien sûr, elle est très mal conçue d’un point de vue architectural. Tout ce que touche Trump …

#Longread The US coup: one year on open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Prepping for a disaster? You’ll probably want to pack a little treat. It’s not just sardines and dried beans. Self-identified preppers are also stashing luxuries like coffee and chocolate.

Weekend #longread: Prepping for a disaster? You’ll probably want to pack a little treat | @fridagarza.bsky.social grist.org/culture/prep...

#Longread How to Organize a Real General Strike in the US
jacobin.com/2026/02/ice-...

#Longread How Palantir infiltrated the state www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...

#Longread Southern Ontario prairies need fire to flourish, and a place to grow: thenarwhal.ca/alderville-b...