Month: September 2026

Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.

Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/opinion/ai-tech-apocalypse-silicon-valley.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BFE.ftO0.mpLH_MDc_ghq&smid=nytcore-android-share

Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone
Get Outlook for Android

America Has Forfeited Its Greatest Strength

Osama bin Laden wanted to eradicate faith in American power. The 9/11 attacks alone did not accomplish that goal. But 25 years later, America’s own mistakes have brought it closer to fulfillment than bin Laden ever could, Ali Soufan argues:

NYTimes Gift Article: Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.

Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/opinion/911-patriot-act-trump-politics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AVE.HaGZ.0uxzg01MYr1j&smid=nytcore-android-share

Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone
Get Outlook for Android

Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.

Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/opinion/911-patriot-act-trump-politics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AVE.HaGZ.0uxzg01MYr1j&smid=nytcore-android-share

Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, an AT&T 5G smartphone
Get Outlook for Android

MAGA’s Imaginary Censorship-Industrial Complex

After a year and a half, the Trump administration has found no evidence of the “censorship-industrial-complex,” @anneapplebaum writes. When examined closely, it disappeared “like a soap bubble that vanishes with the touch of a hand”: