Words about things.
Obama’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump Points to a World After MAGA | The New Republic: Patriotism is better than nationalism
How to Sequel Like James Cameron: 'Terminator 2': Fun discussion about what makes a good sequel.
Susanna Clarke: ‘I had been ill for 11 years. I felt like I was about to fall off the world’ | Fiction | The Guardian: Fascinating interview with a fascinating writer about a fascinating issue.
Which syllable combination makes NHL history’s best roster? Welcome to Slow News Summer - The Athletic: Poor Jonathan Toews.
A switch to school buses prompted Scottish soccer fans to donate to Mass. charity | WBUR News: People are good.
We Already Have Everything We Need to Regulate AI: Yep.
What is Haglund’s deformity? The medical condition that leads football players to cut holes in their boots - The Athletic: The human body is a wonderful and terrible thing.
Lawsuit: Man used Grok to make 7K sex images of stepdaughter, then shot himself - Ars Technica: Grok should be shut down now.
Execs Confused and Horrified by the Huge AI Bills After Thinking They Could Replace Workers for Free: The headline says it all.
The Insurgency Will Continue Until Morale Improves: Excellent look at modern Democratic politics.
Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities | WIRED: Private firms should not be allowed to do this.
The Demon Next Door - The Atlantic: A terrifying story for a lot of reasons.
A Voting Rights Promise, Betrayed for 156 Years | Bolts: I doubt that these laws will survive the Supreme Court — a place where no law that does not benefit white conservatives is safe — but we need to be pushing on every lever we can in the attempt to save democracy.
How ‘Backyard Baseball’ Became a Cult Classic - The Ringer: Video games do not need photorealism to be cool.
How ‘Backyard Baseball’ Became a Cult Classic - The Ringer: It is close to impossible to be poor and have access to the kid sports.
Prepare for Airplane Purgatory - The Atlantic: Trump made your flight worse.
Friday Friday, July 10, 2026 (On the Chud Vision of Roman History) – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: Roman and greek history do not support fascist day-dreams, no matter what Musk’s algorithim says.
An orbiting disco ball gave Einstein’s theory its most precise test yet - Ars Technica: Science is so cool.
Apple sues OpenAI alleging trade secret theft: Irony is not dead.
Have the best possible week, everyone.