Why would California AG Rob Bonta settle the Paramount–Warner Bros. lawsuit when he’s winning?

A not-insignificant part of my job is fielding phone calls from freelance writers who have questions. The questions can vary—Have you heard of any job openings? Are you interested in this pitch? An ed...

Some transphobic dickheads were again wearing XX-XY shirts at Sunday’s game between the Indiana Fever and Atlanta Dream. Everyone knows what the XX-XY shirt—a truly ugly piece of merchandise made by…

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.

In a bunch of ways, there is no real percentage in remembering what things were actually like during the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond all the uncertainty and suffering and death, there...

This last week I was just cookin’ along minding my business when I suddenly found myself quite depressed.

On Tuesday night, a small group of weirdos held an anti-trans rally outside of the Seattle Storm’s home arena. The occasion for their gathering was a game against the Indiana Fever and bench player…

The recently concluded World Cup was the shining example of FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s particular brand of evil. It was nakedly greedy, nakedly corrupt, nakedly ugly, and also totally awesome.…

America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.

If you work in or around the film industry, there is a decent chance you have used the work of The Numbers this month, whether you realise it or not.

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