Read the full story here: stanfordreview.org/investigation-…

From now on anyone who deadnames the Gulf of America will be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Everything you really need to know about the Australian election: #auspol theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

NEW from Quillette Narrated 🎧: Sean Welsh on Australian colonial history. Read by William Laing 🇦🇺 🇮🇱🇦🇺. quillette.com/2025/05/15/tru…

Brilliant analysis of Alasdair Macintyre's life and legacy from Nathan Pinkoski at COMPACT. "He helped us see the ruins of our time. What practices we develop to escape them is no longer his concern. These questions trouble us; he can rest in peace." compactmag.com/article/postli…

Ukraine Cites Mossad as Assassinations Multiply - CEPA cepa.org/article/ukrain…

The Enlightenment’s Gravediggers quillette.com/2025/06/19/the…

Acronym of the Day. #SCEBs Sweaty Chemically Enhanced Bodies. #AustraliaDay Sounds like a cool #biotech project 🤣

Why did the British sign a treaty with the Māori in 1840—but not with Aboriginal Australians in 1788? The answer as has less to do with high-minded principles and more to do with timing, power, and politics. 🧵

In Empire and the Making of Native Title (2020), historian Bain Attwood challenges the idea that Britain followed any consistent legal or moral logic when dealing with Indigenous peoples. Instead, decisions were often ad hoc, reactive, and shaped by local conditions.

BREAKING: “The Emirate of Hebron shall recognize the State of Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people," write five Hebron sheikhs, backed by 16 more. This unveils a peace initiative they've been working on with Israel's Nir Barkat since February, meeting at his home.

American conservatives show no interest in understanding their country’s greatest geopolitical foe. The consequences of this incuriosity could be disastrous, writes D. Marshall. quillette.com/2025/07/28/get…

I tried to buy a manual car in my preferred model and make the car before last. This would have been around 2018 or so. The salesman said, they don't make them anymore... But for the record I can drive stick but it has been a years since I drove one...

Outstanding article from Quillette. Personally I think #GPT5 is over-confident, over-complicated and always trying to sell you a side of fries. quillette.com/2025/09/07/cha…

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This is very good, surprisingly good, but the tragedy is that the very person behind these words will turn 180 degrees yet again after another pointless phone call with Putin “about peace,” with another heap of Russian war propaganda bullshit hanging from his ears, and with yet

I now have a 100% successful supervision rate for PhDs (1 count em, 1 outta 1). There will be beer and bbq!

Fair.