Have been so proud to work on this book over the last few years, and it's finally coming into print. It totally destroys self-serving U.S. mythology about our benevolent commitment to freedom and justice, & exposes the true face of American power. Coming from penguinpress in Oct

a wonky contribution to forecast uncertainty is specification uncertainty. forecasters make independently reasonable modeling decisions that result in different outputs, so you can think of any individual forecast as a draw from a _distribution_ of possible forecast outcomes

NYPD arrests scientist Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 at Citibank: “I’m a biologist, I’ve been studying climate change since 1982 and no one is listening to the data. So today they’re going to have to listen to my body blocking the doors of the world’s largest funder of new fossil fuel

If you’re on polling Twitter you’ve probably seen some criticism recently of a pollster called ActiVote, which has been releasing a lot of polls conducted on their own smartphone app. So Nathaniel Rakich actually called them up to ask about methods: abcnews.go.com/538/smartphone…

the article has been adapted into a chapter in the new book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738224/t…

The Seattle Times: “4 thought-provoking books to pick up this fall” features Noam Chomsky & Nathan J. Robinson’s THE MYTH OF AMERICAN IDEALISM: HOW U.S. FOREIGN POLICY ENDANGERS THE WORLD. @PenguinPress Nathan J Robinson Current Affairs seattletimes.com/entertainment/…

When a US citizen is killed by Hamas, you will hear Biden and Harris vehemently denouncing the evil of the killers. There will be no such speech denouncing Israel after its soldiers murdered Aysenur Ezgi Eygi.

MAGA is reinventing the decadent phase of Maoism, you love to see it.

delighted that The Myth of American Idealism is a "Must Read" selection of the Next Big Idea Club alongside books by Malcolm Gladwell and Ta-Nehisi Coates The Next Big Idea is that U.S. foreign policy is a menace to global stability and the human future. nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/next-…

a reminder that this Sunday is our Current Affairs "Subscribers Tea" on Zoom where we all drink tea together and chat about the world, it's lovely, come join us! All active subscribers will receive a link: currentaffairs.org/subscribe RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

We shouldn't measure success against what came before but against what we could have done and what we ought to do. “Better” does not actually mean “good." currentaffairs.org/news/2019/05/t…

in the Seattle Times, the Myth of American Idealism is one of "4 thought-provoking books to pick up this fall" seattletimes.com/entertainment/…

It’s actually impressive the human brain can generate something this twisted and insane.

Our prison population is outrageously large. But how do we actually begin to dismantle the system? currentaffairs.org/news/how-do-we…

Dick Cheney remains an evil piece of shit responsible for horrific war crimes, torture, and murder. I'm glad he's voting against the disgusting party he helped create. I hope doing so makes him unhappy.

What sticks out the most here are the obscene sums of money these influencers received. Dave Rubin was reportedly paid $400,000 a month for 16 videos, many of which barely received 1,000 views. It's the kind of money that independent publications like ours don't even dream of!

Another win for Harris and Walz

Unearthed video: JD Vance says women should stay in violent marriages “for the sake of their kids”

“Policy” is not peripheral or dispensable, it’s the only thing that really matters. currentaffairs.org/news/politics-…

we've got to lose the notion that the natural world has only or primarily economic value.