Wildfire converted me from a tree-hugger to a tree-worshiper.

Decades ago, when I was post-adolescent, I sent a poem and an angsty, neurotic letter to Allen Ginsberg.

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Some years ago, a friend married a woman who believed she had been abducted by aliens. Aware I was a skeptic, he asked me not to bring it up with her. Fine by m

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Headlines portrayed Acton as embracing ICE and breaking with Democrats. Her actual remarks — and statements dating back to January — show a consistent position on lawful enforcement, public safety and...

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What we lose when we confuse social media with online community

Headlines portrayed Acton as embracing ICE and breaking with Democrats. Her actual remarks — and statements dating back to January — show a consistent position on lawful enforcement, public safety and...

Paulina Borsook revisits Cyberselfish on Plutopia, exploring Silicon Valley’s libertarian roots and the rise of tech billionaire power.

Jeff Jarvis explores how the Linotype helped launch mass media—and what its decline means for journalism, technology, and community.

The security chief of Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been left fighting for his life after a ‘suspicious’ fall from a third-floor embassy window. The incident occurred in Slovenia earlier th...

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A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places - Kindle edition by Brown, Christopher. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places.

John Trumbull's painting, Declaration of Independence, being presented to the Congress.

On the second night of the Republican gathering in Dallas, Vice President JD Vance was the headliner. But President Trump returned to center stage.

In the three decades since the mainstreaming of the Internet, we’ve seen acceleration of the fragmentation of media that began with cable television.

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