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Category: Other News
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Investigations into Corporations, We are bombarding America s forests Roundup, and more.
Investigations into Corporations, Politics, and the Environment this week: Mother Jones reports that glyphosate spraying in US forests, particularly on public and private timberland in; and The Modern Ag Alliance, a coalition claiming to…
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Long-Reads on Society, Culture, and, How David Frum Danielle, and more.
Long-Reads on Society, Culture, and Personal Journeys this week: Public figures using personal tragedy for narrative control; signals shifting boundaries between memoir and public; and An oral history of Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Moulin Rouge!
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Inside the Media Industry’s Shifts, podcast bringing together MAHA, and more.
Inside the Media Industry’s Shifts and Scandals this week: The podcast ‘Why Should I Trust You?
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Closing Reflections: From the Outgoing Editor-in-Chief
Cultural Milestones this week: This matters for Cultural Milestones because it gives a concrete current signal to track: As I introduce this final; and This matters for Cultural Milestones because it gives a concrete current signal to…
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Roundup: AI’s Next Phase, Anti-Doomer AI Summit, and more.
AI, Automation, And Platform Shifts this week: Big Technology is hosting a curated AI summit in San Francisco on June 18, 2026, featuring on-stage interviews with; and A Big Technology column pushes back against the emerging narrative…
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Roundup: Music News, Vorhex Angel Drops New Album, Oasis Doc Loses Title, and more.
Music Releases, Tours, and Live Performances this week: This matters for Cultural Milestones because it gives a concrete current signal to track: For many years, brothers; and This matters for Streaming & Cinema because it gives a…
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Roundup: Design and Architecture Showcases, Gerold Katia Schneider transform, and more.
Design and Architecture Showcases this week: Gerold and Katia Schneider, architects and hoteliers, have transformed a 1609 Walser house in Austria’s Lech region; and David Chipperfield Design has launched its first collaboration with…
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Roundup: Major Art Exhibitions and Biennale, Our Guide York Art Week 2026, and more.
Major Art Exhibitions and Biennale Highlights this week: Artsy’s guide to New York Art Week 2026 maps a dense convergence of fairs, auctions, gallery openings, and museum; and Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood have opened their first…
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Radical Acceptance
Long-Form Worth Your Time this week: Hidden Brain’s latest episode, part two of a conversation with behavioral scientist Dave Evans, examines the concept; and A conversation with lead developers of VLC and FFmpeg reveals the…
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What Elon Musk and OpenAI’s High-Profile Court Case Is Actually About
Weak Signals & Single-Source Alerts this week: Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI enters the liability phase this week, centered on claims of breach of charitable; and Meta is installing software called the Model Capability Initiative…