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@nytimes.com how exactly would this be "progressive"? If masculinity is about confidence, then is femininity about insecurity? Could your journalists ask, like, questions when they decide to profile the latest random bro?

I love these silicon valley bros that think ChatGPT has achieved some kind of sentience and therefore might have rights. Like dudes, you don't even think poor people deserve rights, let's try to achieve that before giving person-hood to the autocomplete algorithm.

Note how much of what Trump is trying to destroy, from Radio Free Europe to transatlantic trade, is precisely what the Russians most want him to destroy www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...

You can't report on this garbage without informing readers of the literal identical policy under Hitler. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...

Here comes the dystopia

E. coli contamination in romaine lettuce sickened at least 90 people across 15 states and killed one person, but the FDA won't share information about the outbreak. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

By Jessica Calarco: “There’s something big missing from Trump’s post-war manufacturing fantasy” www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Since August 2023, NewsGuard has debunked 51 false narratives linked to Storm-1516 targeting Ukraine, the 2024 U.S. election, the 2024 Paris Olympics, the February 2025 German election — and now France. Read it in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/russian-pr...

SCOOP: sources tell me that the State Dept plans to eliminate its only office to counter foreign disinformation, as soon as today, delivering a win to foreign governments like Russia, Iran, and China—and the office's mostly conservative critics. www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...

Texas Republicans want to test the state's wastewater for evidence of birth control pills, abortion medication, pregnancy hormones, and hormones associated with gender affirming care. What could go wrong?! jessica.substack.com/p/texas-want...

Controprova

Mario Vargas Llosa, giant of Latin American literature, dies aged 89

Excellent

An excellent opening paragraph (@economist.com reviewing a book by pop theologian Ross Douthat.)

The thing about Europe: it’s the actual land of the free now economist.com/europe/2025/... from The Economist

Trump is trying to deregulate crypto as his personal businesses get more involved in the industry. He also just gutted the DOJ team that investigates crypto fraud. This may be one of most overt conflicts of interest in presidential history and it's hardly a blip on the news.