“We’re just bailing out the ship with a plastic bucket.” If/when Trump follows through on his promises to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, they will be funneled through ICE’s “removal” apparatus, the detention facilities for which are contracted out to private prison groups. These facilities are already
If the boundary between science and fiction turns on the difference between truth and falsehood, the genre of science fiction might represent our post-truth regime more accurately than either disjointed discipline. From the introductory note to The New Inquiry’s latest edition, Science/Fiction, which features essays on the
Ressa and Duterte have been crossing paths for over 30 years. She first interviewed him in the 1980s when he was Mayor of Davao. In 2015, during his election campaign, she conducted a now infamous interview with Duterte in which he confessed to killing three people. A brief profile of
Straight from the next White House’s Twitter account The CIA has concluded that Russia hacked the election in order to help Trump. Unfortunately, we must therefore consider the President-elect’s take on the reports: Sorry about that. Though to point out this was brought up before the election:
An A.I. created a carol after studying a photograph of a Christmas tree. Unfortunately the song is creepy as hell. ↩︎ posted Dec. 9, 2016 While some see this new prediction tech as like a new pipe tech that could improve all pipes, no matter their size, it is actually
Somewhat predictably, the fake news accusation goes both ways After a year in which journalists became a straw man for Trumpian tirades and tweets, it shouldn’t be a surprise that the outrage among media over fake news has rebounded back as conservatives claim mainstream media is the source of
“There may or may not be much more leverage than we know about.” The Wall Street Journal breaks down how President-elect Trump uses shell companies to avoid taxes. For instance, 15 of his entities own five aircraft. ↩︎ posted Dec. 13, 2016 We do not understand how GSA or its
One thing that’s worse than your friend who’s really into bouldering? Professional commentators at bouldering competitions. ↩︎ posted Dec. 3, 2016 We like a good skateboard video as much as the next person, but especially when it takes place in the snow. ↩︎ posted Dec. 2, 2016 At least it
Over the past 45 years, we have virtually stood still while our peers have zoomed ahead in the realm of traffic safety. Many of these countries have taken the long view and have tackled the hard, ingrained cultural, political and engineering issues that must be addressed to bring about sustained
A short profile of Finnish freediver Johanna Nordblad, who holds the world record for a 50-meter dive under ice. Brings to mind Marten Lange’s photographs of crows. ↩︎ posted Dec. 2, 2016 With Dead Bookstore, artist Ben Pieratt deconstructs old books and puts together interesting pairings and collages. He
