https://clay.cam/feed/Substack Clay News RSS Feed - Substack specific feed https://clay.cam/rss-info.html Clay RSS Generator v1.0 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:50:31 +0000 https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-the-beginning-of-the Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:03:07 +0000 Friends, Substack/Robert_Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-the-beginning-of-the Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:03:07 +0000 Friends, Substack/Robert_Reich https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-10-2026-saturday Sun, 11 Oct 2026 03:35:20 +0000 So now, after more than a decade of pretending that he is not associated with Russia and that he would honor the U.S. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-10-2026-saturday Sun, 11 Oct 2026 03:35:20 +0000 So now, after more than a decade of pretending that he is not associated with Russia and that he would honor the U.S. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/smash-and-grab Sat, 10 Oct 2026 21:02:36 +0000 Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/smash-and-grab Sat, 10 Oct 2026 21:02:36 +0000 Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.slowboring.com/p/i-went-to-the-renaissance-fair-and Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:03:35 +0000 Maybe the least serious places are some of the most important. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/i-went-to-the-renaissance-fair-and Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:03:35 +0000 Maybe the least serious places are some of the most important. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/community-wisdom-community-wisdom Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:01:38 +0000 Community Wisdom 301 Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/community-wisdom-community-wisdom Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:01:38 +0000 Community Wisdom 301 Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-midterm-fck-up-the-coffee Sat, 10 Oct 2026 08:02:30 +0000 With Heather Lofthouse, Vishal Shankar, and yours truly, Robert Reich Substack/Robert_Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-midterm-fck-up-the-coffee Sat, 10 Oct 2026 08:02:30 +0000 With Heather Lofthouse, Vishal Shankar, and yours truly, Robert Reich Substack/Robert_Reich https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-9-2026 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:12:18 +0000 Late Wednesday afternoon, Dana Mattioli, Drew Hinshaw, Rebecca Ballhaus, and Joe Parkinson of the Wall Street Journal reported on the tawdry grifting of Kimberly Guilfoyle, former fiancee of Donald Trump Jr. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-9-2026 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:12:18 +0000 Late Wednesday afternoon, Dana Mattioli, Drew Hinshaw, Rebecca Ballhaus, and Joe Parkinson of the Wall Street Journal reported on the tawdry grifting of Kimberly Guilfoyle, former fiancee of Donald Trump Jr. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/politics-chat-october-9-2026 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 02:37:24 +0000 Watch today’s live recording here. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/politics-chat-october-9-2026 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 02:37:24 +0000 Watch todays live recording here. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/why-we-remember-the-great-chicago Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:47:18 +0000 Listen now (11 mins) | To read this letter, click here: Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/why-we-remember-the-great-chicago Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:47:18 +0000 Listen now (11 mins) | To read this letter, click here: Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://robertreich.substack.com/p/public-sadism Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:35:02 +0000 Trumps and Hegseths barbaric decision to live-stream an execution Substack/Robert_Reich https://www.thefp.com/p/anne-carson-nobel-prize-sappho-greek-literature Fri, 09 Oct 2026 23:30:41 +0000 Anne Carson, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, understands that sometimes the most powerful thing a poet can say is nothing at all, writes Spencer Klavan. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/two-drinks-gay-christian-playboy-editor-phillip-pacardi Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:58:36 +0000 Phillip Pacardi edits a magazine famous for naked women, is publishing a book called 'Is Jesus Kinda Hot?,’ and enjoyed Vesper Martinis in Midtown with River Page. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/two-drinks-gay-christian-playboy-editor-phillip-pacardi Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:58:36 +0000 Phillip Pacardi edits a magazine famous for naked women, is publishing a book called 'Is Jesus Kinda Hot?, and enjoyed Vesper Martinis in Midtown with River Page. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/why-the-social-reckoning-fails-jeremy-strong-mark-zuckerberg-movie Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:13:45 +0000 In ’The Social Reckoning,’ the characters rage about the ‘velocity, the size of distribution, and the anonymity’ of the algorithm, writes Suzy Weiss. You can imagine what captivating cinema that is. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/why-the-social-reckoning-fails-jeremy-strong-mark-zuckerberg-movie Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:13:45 +0000 In The Social Reckoning, the characters rage about the velocity, the size of distribution, and the anonymity of the algorithm, writes Suzy Weiss. You can imagine what captivating cinema that is. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.slowboring.com/p/friday-discussion-post-a35 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:01:32 +0000 A send-off for your weekend Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/friday-discussion-post-a35 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:01:32 +0000 A send-off for your weekend Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.thefp.com/p/elie-wiesel-death-nobel-peace-prize-israel Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:24:10 +0000 My father, Elie Wiesel, received the Nobel Peace Prize for ensuring the Holocaust wouldnt be forgotten. By honoring Navi Pillay, who accused Israel of genocide, the committee has betrayed his legacy. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://robertreich.substack.com/p/whos-are-the-real-villains-in-america Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:37:45 +0000 Friends, Substack/Robert_Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/whos-are-the-real-villains-in-america Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:37:45 +0000 Friends, Substack/Robert_Reich https://www.thefp.com/p/great-feminization-rule-of-law Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:02:19 +0000 A male prosecutor declined to bring charges, citing the accuser’s statement. New York’s governor replaced him with a woman saying, ‘Two women perhaps are looking at this differently than men would,’ writes Helen Andrews. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/great-feminization-rule-of-law Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:02:19 +0000 A male prosecutor declined to bring charges, citing the accusers statement. New Yorks governor replaced him with a woman saying, Two women perhaps are looking at this differently than men would, writes Helen Andrews. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/and-the-nobel-prize-for-antisemitism-navi-pillay-israel Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:55:50 +0000 Navi Pillay, a supposed human-rights expert, is being rewarded for accusing Israel of genocide for defending itself, writes Eli Lake. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/and-the-nobel-prize-for-antisemitism-navi-pillay-israel Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:55:50 +0000 Navi Pillay, a supposed human-rights expert, is being rewarded for accusing Israel of genocide for defending itself, writes Eli Lake. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/elon-musk-new-documentary-enemies-best-case Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:38:17 +0000 Alex Gibney’s new four-hour documentary is so determined to expose the billionaire’s failings that it inadvertently showcases the achievements that made him a titan, writes Liel Leibovitz. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/elon-musk-new-documentary-enemies-best-case Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:38:17 +0000 Alex Gibneys new four-hour documentary is so determined to expose the billionaires failings that it inadvertently showcases the achievements that made him a titan, writes Liel Leibovitz. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/introducing-the-free-press-for-you Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:01:50 +0000 The Free Press For You feed is built around you, and it lives only in the app. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/introducing-the-free-press-for-you Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:01:50 +0000 The Free Press For You feed is built around you, and it lives only in the app. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-floundering-anglo-american-right Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:08:10 +0000 Badenoch misses the moment; Rubio wants a new era of pagan daring. Uh-oh. Substack/Andrew_Sullivan https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/michael-lewis-on-the-civil-servants Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:54:42 +0000 His new book profiles the quiet heroes who defended the rule of law. Listen now on the Dishcast. Substack/Andrew_Sullivan https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/michael-lewis-on-the-civil-servants Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:54:42 +0000 His new book profiles the quiet heroes who defended the rule of law. Listen now on the Dishcast. Substack/Andrew_Sullivan https://www.thefp.com/p/what-happened-to-kids-books-plus-bari-weiss-simon-sebag-middle-east Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:35:03 +0000 In today’s Front Page: What happened to millennials? Maya Sulkin gets the scoop on ‘The New York Times’. Joe Nocera talks to Garry Kasparov. Bari Weiss talks to Simon Sebag Montefiore. And more. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/what-happened-to-kids-books-plus-bari-weiss-simon-sebag-middle-east Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:35:03 +0000 In todays Front Page: What happened to millennials? Maya Sulkin gets the scoop on The New York Times. Joe Nocera talks to Garry Kasparov. Bari Weiss talks to Simon Sebag Montefiore. And more. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/adults-are-regressing-disney-toys-comic-con-funko-pop Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:56:56 +0000 Adults who do not have children are taking over Disneyland, purchasing the majority of Toys“R”Us products, and sleeping with stuffed bears, writes Kat Rosenfield. Why can’t they put childish things away? Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/adults-are-regressing-disney-toys-comic-con-funko-pop Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:56:56 +0000 Adults who do not have children are taking over Disneyland, purchasing the majority of ToysRUs products, and sleeping with stuffed bears, writes Kat Rosenfield. Why cant they put childish things away? Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/exclusive-whistleblower-new-york-times-anti-israel Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:46:28 +0000 A former employee who spent a decade inside the newsroom says she repeatedly flagged slanted coverage, watched complaints go nowhere, and finally decided to take her concerns public, Maya Sulkin reports. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/exclusive-whistleblower-new-york-times-anti-israel Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:46:28 +0000 A former employee who spent a decade inside the newsroom says she repeatedly flagged slanted coverage, watched complaints go nowhere, and finally decided to take her concerns public, Maya Sulkin reports. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/bari-weiss-simon-sebag-montefiore-middle-east Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:45:22 +0000 The Middle East has dominated the American mind, shaped our foreign policy, and become a fixture of Western discourse. So why do we still misunderstand so much of the region? Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/bari-weiss-simon-sebag-montefiore-middle-east Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:45:22 +0000 The Middle East has dominated the American mind, shaped our foreign policy, and become a fixture of Western discourse. So why do we still misunderstand so much of the region? Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/how-grown-ups-ruined-picture-books Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:59:04 +0000 Once upon a time, picture books told children’s stories. Then parents decided they were the main audience, writes Jacob Savage. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/how-grown-ups-ruined-picture-books Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:59:04 +0000 Once upon a time, picture books told childrens stories. Then parents decided they were the main audience, writes Jacob Savage. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/tgif-nudity-is-optimal-cornell-mamdani-paris-protest Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:03:54 +0000 Today in TGIF: Kids riot from Paris to Ithaca, Mamdani’s first October 7 anniversary as mayor, golden statues, Satanic prayers, and more! Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/tgif-nudity-is-optimal-cornell-mamdani-paris-protest Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:03:54 +0000 Today in TGIF: Kids riot from Paris to Ithaca, Mamdanis first October 7 anniversary as mayor, golden statues, Satanic prayers, and more! Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-dream-of-blue-texas Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:02:08 +0000 Plus my “Moby Dick” limited series and the problem with primaries Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-dream-of-blue-texas Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:02:08 +0000 Plus my Moby Dick limited series and the problem with primaries Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.thefp.com/p/elon-harem-russian-plague-dolly-arms-deal Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:01:18 +0000 Watch now (34 mins) | Suzy and Dan salute Alix Earle for never reading a book. Plus: pangolin borscht and Chinese double agents. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/elon-harem-russian-plague-dolly-arms-deal Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:01:18 +0000 Watch now (34 mins) | Suzy and Dan salute Alix Earle for never reading a book. Plus: pangolin borscht and Chinese double agents. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/michael-cadenazzi-america-weapons-defense-industry Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:01:13 +0000 Michael Cadenazzi is the man tasked with reviving America’s weapons production capacity. He explains how the Pentagon is investing billions to save the defense industry. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/michael-cadenazzi-america-weapons-defense-industry Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:01:13 +0000 Michael Cadenazzi is the man tasked with reviving Americas weapons production capacity. He explains how the Pentagon is investing billions to save the defense industry. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://robertreich.substack.com/p/pay-to-play-to-play-to-pay Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:04:22 +0000 How the system now works Substack/Robert_Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/pay-to-play-to-play-to-pay Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:04:22 +0000 How the system now works Substack/Robert_Reich https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-8-2026 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:41:09 +0000 On October 8, 1871, dry conditions and strong winds drove deadly fires through the Midwest. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-8-2026 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:41:09 +0000 On October 8, 1871, dry conditions and strong winds drove deadly fires through the Midwest. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/garry-kasparov-vladimir-putin-dissident-assassination-plot Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:17:02 +0000 Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion turned leading Russian dissident, has spent years warning the West about Putin. Now, he’s being targeted by an alleged Russian assassination plot. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/garry-kasparov-vladimir-putin-dissident-assassination-plot Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:17:02 +0000 Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion turned leading Russian dissident, has spent years warning the West about Putin. Now, hes being targeted by an alleged Russian assassination plot. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://steady.substack.com/p/another-shoe-is-about-to-drop Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:01:49 +0000 Trump targets the most vulnerable Substack/Dan_Rather https://steady.substack.com/p/another-shoe-is-about-to-drop Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:01:49 +0000 Trump targets the most vulnerable Substack/Dan_Rather https://www.slowboring.com/p/thursday-discussion-post-210 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:01:17 +0000 What is dead can never die. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/thursday-discussion-post-210 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:01:17 +0000 What is dead can never die. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-billionaires-control Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:00:41 +0000 They silence criticism of the president who grants them favors Substack/Robert_Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-billionaires-control Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:00:41 +0000 They silence criticism of the president who grants them favors Substack/Robert_Reich https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/i-can-do-whatever-i-want Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:05:06 +0000 To read this letter, click here: Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/i-can-do-whatever-i-want Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:05:06 +0000 To read this letter, click here: Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/douglas-murray-europe-america-bombers-enemies-west Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:29:30 +0000 The departure of U.S. bombers from Britain may be a final warning to European leaders with no interest in fighting back against enemies of the West, writes Douglas Murray. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/douglas-murray-europe-america-bombers-enemies-west Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:29:30 +0000 The departure of U.S. bombers from Britain may be a final warning to European leaders with no interest in fighting back against enemies of the West, writes Douglas Murray. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/tiktok-lawyer-fighting-socialism Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:13:41 +0000 Last year, Joe Sweeny was an anonymous lawyer. Now, radicalized by Mayor Mamdani, he has built a huge audience fighting back for the city he loves. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/tiktok-lawyer-fighting-socialism Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:13:41 +0000 Last year, Joe Sweeny was an anonymous lawyer. Now, radicalized by Mayor Mamdani, he has built a huge audience fighting back for the city he loves. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://samharris.substack.com/p/the-oldest-lie-a-conversation-with Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:01:35 +0000 Sam Harris speaks with Dara Horn about antisemitism, Jewish identity, and the failure of institutions. Substack/Sam_Harris https://samharris.substack.com/p/the-oldest-lie-a-conversation-with Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:01:35 +0000 Sam Harris speaks with Dara Horn about antisemitism, Jewish identity, and the failure of institutions. Substack/Sam_Harris https://robertreich.substack.com/p/is-trump-to-blame-for-explosive-diarrhea Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:16:40 +0000 Yes. His cuts in food safety have literally caused a shitshow. Substack/Robert_Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/is-trump-to-blame-for-explosive-diarrhea Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:16:40 +0000 Yes. His cuts in food safety have literally caused a shitshow. Substack/Robert_Reich https://www.thefp.com/p/tough-love-i-opened-my-relationship-and-met-someone-new Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:03:07 +0000 Her much older boyfriend is one of the highest quality men I've ever known. But a 29-year-old reader met a younger man in Peru who flipped my world upside down. Our advice columnist Abigail Shrier weighs in. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/is-striving-cringe Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:02:42 +0000 The people who are supposedly “above” status games are often the most shameless players. Substack/Rob_Henderson https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/is-striving-cringe Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:02:42 +0000 The people who are supposedly above status games are often the most shameless players. Substack/Rob_Henderson https://www.thefp.com/p/ross-douthat-new-columnist-the-free-press Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:45:01 +0000 Looking for ways to understand this strange-and-getting-stranger century? Meet our new columnist. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.slowboring.com/p/an-honest-framework-for-assessing Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:05:06 +0000 Spot tomorrow’s post-election bullshit today Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/an-honest-framework-for-assessing Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:05:06 +0000 Spot tomorrows post-election bullshit today Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-argument-podcast-ad-free-jordan Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:05:03 +0000 Stream this week’s episode without ads and get the transcript and show notes. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-argument-podcast-ad-free-jordan Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:05:03 +0000 Stream this weeks episode without ads and get the transcript and show notes. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.thefp.com/p/cornells-culture-clash-plus-more-nvidia-mamdani-russia-plague Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:04:50 +0000 In todays Front Page: Cornells culture clash. The AI boss who is dangerously relaxed. What is Russia hiding about a deadly plague outbreak? Canadas assisted suicide reversal. Mamdani disgraces himself on October 7. And more. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://stratechery.com/2026/an-interview-with-katie-harbath-about-disrupting-politics-at-facebook/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 An interview with former Facebook Head of Global Elections Katie Harbath about her new book Disrupting Politics, and how things change for the company in the 2010s. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://stratechery.com/2026/an-interview-with-katie-harbath-about-disrupting-politics-at-facebook/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 An interview with former Facebook Head of Global Elections Katie Harbath about her new book Disrupting Politics, and how things change for the company in the 2010s. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://www.thefp.com/p/what-happened-inside-russias-plague Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:02:38 +0000 After a mysterious plague death in Siberia, former arms control envoy Marshall Billingslea explains what Russia could be building, how it might use it, and why China is following suit. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://startswithabang.substack.com/p/icecube-high-energy-neutrinos-and Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:01:44 +0000 Back in 1988, Francis Halzen had what he called a “cute idea.” His vision grew into the IceCube observatory, and earns the 2026 Nobel Prize. Substack/Ethan_Siegel https://startswithabang.substack.com/p/icecube-high-energy-neutrinos-and Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:01:44 +0000 Back in 1988, Francis Halzen had what he called a cute idea. His vision grew into the IceCube observatory, and earns the 2026 Nobel Prize. Substack/Ethan_Siegel https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-7-2026 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 03:48:40 +0000 On October 7, 2016, in the run-up to the 2016 election, the Washington Post broke the story of the so-called Access Hollywood tape, a video from 2005 in which Donald Trump told television host Billy Bush about his approach to women. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-7-2026 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 03:48:40 +0000 On October 7, 2016, in the run-up to the 2016 election, the Washington Post broke the story of the so-called Access Hollywood tape, a video from 2005 in which Donald Trump told television host Billy Bush about his approach to women. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/mamdanis-october-7-smear-israel-new-york-jews Thu, 08 Oct 2026 02:32:33 +0000 In a statement marking the worst mass killing of Jews since the Holocaust, New Yorks mayor showed his true colors, writes Eli Lake. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/canada-makes-it-harder-to-die-assisted-suicide Thu, 08 Oct 2026 01:15:58 +0000 Mental illness will not be allowed as the sole reason for medical assistance in dying, but Carneys government wants to make it easier to get advance approval, writes Rupa Subramanya. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/what-cornell-teaches-its-students Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:48:15 +0000 From feminist porn awards to guides on group sex, Cornell has promoted sexual liberation as a virtue. The school owes families an explanation, writes Jared Lederman. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/panic Wed, 07 Oct 2026 23:32:10 +0000 To read this letter, click here: Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/panic Wed, 07 Oct 2026 23:32:10 +0000 To read this letter, click here: Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/jensen-huang-may-be-the-most-dangerous Wed, 07 Oct 2026 23:01:54 +0000 Nvidias CEO says theres a zero percent chance AI ends the world and that companies can police themselves, writes Patrick McGee. Even his admiring biographer calls that a libertarian fantasy. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-blue-wave-is-building-as-the-gops Wed, 07 Oct 2026 22:01:52 +0000 With the war in Iran unpopular and prices rising, every Republican Senate candidate the Times polled is underwater. A Democratic majority is within reach but far from secure. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-blue-wave-is-building-as-the-gops Wed, 07 Oct 2026 22:01:52 +0000 With the war in Iran unpopular and prices rising, every Republican Senate candidate the Times polled is underwater. A Democratic majority is within reach but far from secure. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-californians-want-a-billionaire Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:01:11 +0000 The Lesson here? Substack/Robert_Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-californians-want-a-billionaire Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:01:11 +0000 The Lesson here? Substack/Robert_Reich https://www.thefp.com/p/could-new-york-elect-a-republican-attorney-general-saritha-komatireddy Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:38:18 +0000 Saritha Komatireddy hopes that New York Citys dysfunction of homelessness, subway violence, and locked-up store shelves will help her topple Letitia James, one of Trumps biggest enemies, writes Josh Code. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/inside-final-push-israel-hostages-brett-mcgurk Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:09:18 +0000 The negotiations had dragged on for nearly a year. Then, with just weeks left in the Biden administration, Brett McGurk joined forces with Steve Witkoff to make one last push to bring the hostages home. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/anger-human-nature-narcissism Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:56:15 +0000 Links and recommendations + a reminder to take the Rob Henderson Reader Survey Substack/Rob_Henderson https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/anger-human-nature-narcissism Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:56:15 +0000 Links and recommendations + a reminder to take the Rob Henderson Reader Survey Substack/Rob_Henderson https://www.thefp.com/p/the-world-october-7-made-plus Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:04:11 +0000 Three years after the attacks, Douglas Murray, Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, Tony Blair, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Polina Fradkin, Avinatan Or, and others reflect on that day and its consequences. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.slowboring.com/p/there-arent-100-good-tv-shows Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:03:28 +0000 The original slop medium doesn’t need a canon. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/there-arent-100-good-tv-shows Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:03:28 +0000 The original slop medium doesnt need a canon. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://stratechery.com/2026/apple-and-lg-the-house-for-everyone-else-agent-standards-and-amazon/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:01:39 +0000 Apple is taking a smarter approach to the home than I expected, leaning into integration (with partners); then, what Amazon should do about agents. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://stratechery.com/2026/apple-and-lg-the-house-for-everyone-else-agent-standards-and-amazon/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:01:39 +0000 Apple is taking a smarter approach to the home than I expected, leaning into integration (with partners); then, what Amazon should do about agents. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-how-long-will-trump Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:03:00 +0000 And what will cause Trump to leave office? Substack/Robert_Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-how-long-will-trump Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:03:00 +0000 And what will cause Trump to leave office? Substack/Robert_Reich https://www.thefp.com/p/the-most-disastrous-day-in-palestinian-history-october-7-gaza Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:18:06 +0000 Three years after October 7, Gaza lies devastated, Israeli attitudes have hardened, and the movement claiming to champion Palestinians still refuses to reckon with Hamass role in the catastrophe. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-6-2026 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:07:14 +0000 Judging from his social media posts, Trump is panicking. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-6-2026 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:07:14 +0000 Judging from his social media posts, Trump is panicking. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/politics-chat-october-6-2026-a2b Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:05:21 +0000 Listen on Apple Podcasts Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/politics-chat-october-6-2026-a2b Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:05:21 +0000 Listen on Apple Podcasts Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/politics-chat-october-6-2026 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:00:55 +0000 Watch today's live recording here. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/politics-chat-october-6-2026 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:00:55 +0000 Watch today's live recording here. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/i-was-hamas-hostage-for-728-days-october-7-nova Wed, 07 Oct 2026 02:50:34 +0000 Avinatan Or was kidnapped from the Nova music festival on October 7. In this exclusive excerpt from his memoir, Or details his years spent in the tunnels under Gaza. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/israelis-who-never-left-october-7-hostages-survivors-survivors-families Wed, 07 Oct 2026 01:41:16 +0000 The return of the last hostages brought Israelis a sense of relief, but not closure. Three years after October 7, survivors and their families are still learning how to live with what happened. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://robertreich.substack.com/p/if-youre-considering-shopping-on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:12:44 +0000 Please reconsider. Substack/Robert_Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/if-youre-considering-shopping-on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:12:44 +0000 Please reconsider. Substack/Robert_Reich https://hunterharris.substack.com/p/bari-weiss-kendall-roy-comparison Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:12:36 +0000 Quiz! Substack/Hunter_Harris https://hunterharris.substack.com/p/bari-weiss-kendall-roy-comparison Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:12:36 +0000 Quiz! Substack/Hunter_Harris https://www.thefp.com/p/i-wrote-about-how-mit-failed-jewish-october-7-israel Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:05:02 +0000 Ive taught at the university for 48 years. After I documented the harassment Jewish students faced after October 7, the administration told me to stick to supply chains and threatened my funding. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.platformer.news/does-intelligence-need-a-hard-cap/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:16 +0000 Calls for a new kind of slowdown were the talk of The Curve. PLUS: Slinking back to X Substack/Casey_Newton https://www.platformer.news/does-intelligence-need-a-hard-cap/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:16 +0000 Calls for a new kind of slowdown were the talk of The Curve. PLUS: Slinking back to X Substack/Casey_Newton https://www.thefp.com/p/were-still-drowning-in-myths-gaza-biden-administration-israel Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:49:26 +0000 A new book gripping the American left repeats every stale falsehood and exaggeration about Israels war against Hamas. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.slowboring.com/p/tuesday-discussion-post-852 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:01:41 +0000 You know the drill. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/tuesday-discussion-post-852 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:01:41 +0000 You know the drill. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/undermining-the-post-wwii-order Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:55:32 +0000 To read this letter, click here: Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/undermining-the-post-wwii-order Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:55:32 +0000 To read this letter, click here: Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/the-sexual-revolution-failed-jane-cornell-seven-feminism- Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:51:59 +0000 As a teenager, I watched the old frameworks we once used to understand rape buckle in a postsexual revolution world. The case of the Cornell 7 feels like the logical end point. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-short-history-of-protest Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:01:07 +0000 With Annie Leonard Substack/Robert_Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-short-history-of-protest Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:01:07 +0000 With Annie Leonard Substack/Robert_Reich https://www.thefp.com/p/tony-blair-britains-fastest-growing-party-anti-jewish Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:19:45 +0000 If you care about the future of the UK and the future of the Holy Land: Pay attention. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.webworm.co/stopgaslightingme/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:54:41 +0000 Can the media please learn to how to attribute things. Substack/David_Farrier https://www.webworm.co/stopgaslightingme/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:54:41 +0000 Can the media please learn to how to attribute things. Substack/David_Farrier https://www.thefp.com/p/this-week-in-canada-separatist-movement-quebec Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:04:01 +0000 In the latest This Week in Canada newsletter: Why Quebec separatism is back even though it is unpopular; an American think tank gives us the scaries; and more, writes Rupa Subramanya. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://stratechery.com/2026/game-decompilation-is-this-legal-a-well-trodden-path/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:07:36 +0000 Games are being decompiled, but the real risk to gaming is new games and increased personalization. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://stratechery.com/2026/game-decompilation-is-this-legal-a-well-trodden-path/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:07:36 +0000 Games are being decompiled, but the real risk to gaming is new games and increased personalization. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://www.thefp.com/p/the-rage-at-cornell-plus Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:03:18 +0000 Tyler Cowen sticks up for the effective altruists. Martin Gurri and James Kirchick on the rise of Europes radical rightand the establishments reaction. And more. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-permitting-deal-is-good-and-should Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:03:15 +0000 Against the underpants gnome theory of climate action Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-permitting-deal-is-good-and-should Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:03:15 +0000 Against the underpants gnome theory of climate action Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.thefp.com/p/michael-oren-october-7-israel-gaza-war Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:02:15 +0000 The former Israeli ambassador on Israels deepening domestic divide, and why no Israeli government will bring the troops home from Gaza, Lebanon, or Syria. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://robertreich.substack.com/p/who-will-reduce-the-existential-risks Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:02:19 +0000 If there’s no other way Substack/Robert_Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/who-will-reduce-the-existential-risks Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:02:19 +0000 If theres no other way Substack/Robert_Reich https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-5-2026 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:35:33 +0000 Last night, on October 4, U.S. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-5-2026 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:35:33 +0000 Last night, on October 4, U.S. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/cornell-university-rape-allegations-protest Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:13:29 +0000 Olivia Reingold reports from Ithaca, where activists vandalized a campus building and students are protesting what they say is now known as a rape school. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/radical-right-populism-policy-europe Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:37:11 +0000 The populist parties rising in the polls offer little to improve on the failed elites theyre trying to replace, writes James Kirchick. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/in-defense-of-effective-altruism-tyler-cowen Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:18:47 +0000 Sound philosophies often come from strange places, and a little Bay Area rationalism would improve our ethics in several ways, writes Tyler Cowen. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://steady.substack.com/p/no-checks-only-blank-checks Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:10:15 +0000 Corruption is a Trump family affair Substack/Dan_Rather https://steady.substack.com/p/no-checks-only-blank-checks Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:10:15 +0000 Corruption is a Trump family affair Substack/Dan_Rather https://www.slowboring.com/p/with-a-new-agenda-the-build-america Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:01:41 +0000 The bipartisan House caucus hopes to apply housing momentum to energy, child care, and transportation, expanding the federal imagination of abundance. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/with-a-new-agenda-the-build-america Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:01:41 +0000 The bipartisan House caucus hopes to apply housing momentum to energy, child care, and transportation, expanding the federal imagination of abundance. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.thefp.com/p/war-spreading-europe-russia-ukraine Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:01:21 +0000 Leaders from London to Berlin are using Russian aggression as an excuse to delegitimize the right-wing parties challenging their grip on power, writes Martin Gurri. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://robertreich.substack.com/p/wealth-and-poverty-class-3-globalization Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:00:35 +0000 The jobs of the future Substack/Robert_Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/wealth-and-poverty-class-3-globalization Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:00:35 +0000 The jobs of the future Substack/Robert_Reich https://www.thefp.com/p/pod-save-america-democrats-crooked-media Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:55:49 +0000 The hosts of Pod Save America have built a media juggernautand are using it to channel a new progressive rage, writes Peter Savodnik. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/a-flood-of-corruption-stories Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:10:55 +0000 Listen now (13 mins) | To read this letter, click here: Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/a-flood-of-corruption-stories Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:10:55 +0000 Listen now (13 mins) | To read this letter, click here: Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-i-ai-8-real-jev-use-cases-how Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:03:24 +0000 Your weekly listens from How I AI, part of the Lenny’s Podcast Network Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-i-ai-8-real-jev-use-cases-how Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:03:24 +0000 Your weekly listens from How I AI, part of the Lennys Podcast Network Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://simonkjones.substack.com/p/the-temptations-of-cinematic-writing Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:59:45 +0000 What to do about my ‘TV Brain’? Substack/Simon_K_Jones https://simonkjones.substack.com/p/the-temptations-of-cinematic-writing Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:59:45 +0000 What to do about my TV Brain? Substack/Simon_K_Jones https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-openai-uses-chatgpt-sites-live Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:04:54 +0000 Watch now (36 mins) | 🎙️ Kath Korevec demos ChatGPT Sites live at OpenAI DevDay, showing how to turn Slack, Notion, and calendar data into internal tools that adapt to each person on your team Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-openai-uses-chatgpt-sites-live Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:04:54 +0000 Watch now (36 mins) | Kath Korevec demos ChatGPT Sites live at OpenAI DevDay, showing how to turn Slack, Notion, and calendar data into internal tools that adapt to each person on your team Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://www.slowboring.com/p/trumps-new-student-loan-rule-is-fine Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:03:38 +0000 Normal programs at normal schools are safe. Don’t be a useful idiot for cosmetology scams. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/trumps-new-student-loan-rule-is-fine Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:03:38 +0000 Normal programs at normal schools are safe. Dont be a useful idiot for cosmetology scams. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.thefp.com/p/israel-feel-free-france-apa Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:03:33 +0000 The gas station heroin hooking Gen Z oops addicts. Why France is burning. And more. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://stratechery.com/2026/apple-and-a-hackers-future/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 I was happy for years in Apple's walled garden; with AI, however, their protections feel like limitations. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://stratechery.com/2026/apple-and-a-hackers-future/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 I was happy for years in Apple's walled garden; with AI, however, their protections feel like limitations. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://www.thefp.com/p/inside-israels-war-room-elliot-kaufman Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:03:56 +0000 Watch now (101 mins) | Israels leaders hated one another. They fought a war anyway. Elliot Kaufman takes Coleman Hughes inside the room where it happened. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-central-question-of-power-in Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:02:58 +0000 Can we reverse the power shift that began four decades ago? This is the biggest question lurking behind the midterm campaigns. Substack/Robert_Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-central-question-of-power-in Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:02:58 +0000 Can we reverse the power shift that began four decades ago? This is the biggest question lurking behind the midterm campaigns. Substack/Robert_Reich https://www.thefp.com/p/france-student-protests-melenchon Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:22:01 +0000 What began as a protest over poor schools has become a nationwide wave of blockades, fires, and clashes with police. Behind the chaos is a calculated strategy from the far-lefts presidential hopeful, writes Simone Rodan-Benzaquen. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-4-2026 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:36:13 +0000 On Friday night, just before 11:00, Trump announced that his administration “will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicare Part B premiums, which we have already reduced by significant amounts. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-4-2026 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:36:13 +0000 On Friday night, just before 11:00, Trump announced that his administration will, immediately, begin sending Checks of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicare Part B premiums, which we have already reduced by significant amounts. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/yigal-carmon-october-7-warning-memri Mon, 05 Oct 2026 01:35:47 +0000 Yigal Carmon warned of possible war less than six weeks before Hamas attacked Israel. Now, in a new report, he lays out the signs that were missed in more detail than ever, writes Jay Solomon. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://hunterharris.substack.com/p/divorced-man-to-the-degree-that-you Mon, 05 Oct 2026 01:04:12 +0000 The Friday Post. Substack/Hunter_Harris https://hunterharris.substack.com/p/divorced-man-to-the-degree-that-you Mon, 05 Oct 2026 01:04:12 +0000 The Friday Post. Substack/Hunter_Harris https://www.thefp.com/p/sally-satel-apa-american-psychology-association-antisemitism Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:55:41 +0000 Sally Satel on why a federal panel recommended the suspension of psychologys top accreditor. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-emergence-of-shareholder-capitalism Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:01:50 +0000 Friends, Substack/Robert_Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-emergence-of-shareholder-capitalism Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:01:50 +0000 Friends, Substack/Robert_Reich https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/power-to-the-people Sun, 04 Oct 2026 22:09:03 +0000 To read this letter, click here: Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/power-to-the-people Sun, 04 Oct 2026 22:09:03 +0000 To read this letter, click here: Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://robertreich.substack.com/p/caption-contest-hole Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:01:42 +0000 And last week’s winner Substack/Robert_Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/caption-contest-hole Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:01:42 +0000 And last weeks winner Substack/Robert_Reich https://www.thefp.com/p/gas-station-drug-feel-free-addiction Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:57:44 +0000 Its easy to start drinking Feel Free, sold as a social tonic in over 30,000 stores, writes Josh Code. But it can be so hard to stop that withdrawal is absolutely comparable to heroin, says someone who used both. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.slowboring.com/p/sunday-thread-mailbag-062 Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:02:42 +0000 Ask your questions below. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/sunday-thread-mailbag-062 Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:02:42 +0000 Ask your questions below. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://startalk.substack.com/p/should-we-be-navier-stoked-for-the Sun, 04 Oct 2026 17:02:52 +0000 There are a lot of factors to consider in the equation Substack/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson https://startalk.substack.com/p/should-we-be-navier-stoked-for-the Sun, 04 Oct 2026 17:02:52 +0000 There are a lot of factors to consider in the equation Substack/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson https://georgesaunders.substack.com/p/the-good-denis-550 Sun, 04 Oct 2026 17:02:06 +0000 First Thoughts. Substack/George_Saunders https://georgesaunders.substack.com/p/the-good-denis-550 Sun, 04 Oct 2026 17:02:06 +0000 First Thoughts. Substack/George_Saunders https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/what-communism-does-to-kindness Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:36:16 +0000 Substack/Rob_Henderson https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/what-communism-does-to-kindness Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:36:16 +0000 Substack/Rob_Henderson https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/openais-head-of-chatgpt-were-entering Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:32:47 +0000 Listen now (37 mins) | Tibo Sottiaux on why Dots is OpenAI’s biggest bet, why agents will dominate internet traffic, and what builders are still getting wrong Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/openais-head-of-chatgpt-were-entering Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:32:47 +0000 Listen now (37 mins) | Tibo Sottiaux on why Dots is OpenAIs biggest bet, why agents will dominate internet traffic, and what builders are still getting wrong Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://steady.substack.com/p/songs-in-the-key-of-life-620 Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:02:19 +0000 A Reason To Smile Substack/Dan_Rather https://steady.substack.com/p/songs-in-the-key-of-life-620 Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:02:19 +0000 A Reason To Smile Substack/Dan_Rather https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-whats-the-matter-with Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:04:35 +0000 The power of kitchen-table economics Substack/Robert_Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-whats-the-matter-with Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:04:35 +0000 The power of kitchen-table economics Substack/Robert_Reich https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-3-2026 Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:25:20 +0000 On Saturday, October 3, the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, took over the stage at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-3-2026 Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:25:20 +0000 On Saturday, October 3, the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, took over the stage at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/a-seismic-political-change Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:24:27 +0000 To read this letter, click here: Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/a-seismic-political-change Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:24:27 +0000 To read this letter, click here: Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-writing-is Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:57:45 +0000 Narrated Version (9 min) | Having dispensed with marriage, the New York Times enlists a professor to denigrate writing Substack/Matt_Taibbi https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-writing-is Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:57:45 +0000 Narrated Version (9 min) | Having dispensed with marriage, the New York Times enlists a professor to denigrate writing Substack/Matt_Taibbi https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/community-wisdom-getting-value-from Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:00:49 +0000 Community Wisdom 301 Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/community-wisdom-getting-value-from Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:00:49 +0000 Community Wisdom 301 Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://the.ink/p/from-certitude-to-curiosity Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:15:57 +0000 A personal and civic conversation with the legendary Tina Brown, now streaming Substack/Anand_Giridharadas https://the.ink/p/from-certitude-to-curiosity Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:15:57 +0000 A personal and civic conversation with the legendary Tina Brown, now streaming Substack/Anand_Giridharadas https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/rob-henderson-2026-reader-survey Sat, 03 Oct 2026 15:37:55 +0000 Substack/Rob_Henderson https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/rob-henderson-2026-reader-survey Sat, 03 Oct 2026 15:37:55 +0000 Substack/Rob_Henderson https://www.slowboring.com/p/an-ai-legislator-running-a-cost-campaign Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:04:38 +0000 Manny Rutinel is one of the few politicians to have spent his career trying to govern A.I. In the race to represent Colorado’s swingiest district, he’s not talking about it much. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/an-ai-legislator-running-a-cost-campaign Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:04:38 +0000 Manny Rutinel is one of the few politicians to have spent his career trying to govern A.I. In the race to represent Colorados swingiest district, hes not talking about it much. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://startswithabang.substack.com/p/the-big-bangs-fourth-cornerstone Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:02:47 +0000 💥 The lightest elements still carry clues from the Universe’s first few minutes. Substack/Ethan_Siegel https://startswithabang.substack.com/p/the-big-bangs-fourth-cornerstone Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:02:47 +0000 The lightest elements still carry clues from the Universes first few minutes. Substack/Ethan_Siegel https://www.thefp.com/p/caitlin-flanagan-on-the-cornell-7 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:03:26 +0000 In todays Weekend Press: Caitlin Flanagan on the Cornell 7. Taylor Swift, what went wrong? Marie Gluesenkamp Perez tells us theres more than one way to be a Democrat. Its time to read East of Eden. And more! Substack/Bari_Weiss https://robertreich.substack.com/p/anti-accountability-the-coffee-klatch Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:02:11 +0000 With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich Substack/Robert_Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/anti-accountability-the-coffee-klatch Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:02:11 +0000 With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich Substack/Robert_Reich https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-2-2026 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 07:15:25 +0000 Trump held a campaign rally tonight in Mobile, Alabama, the city where, as Shawn McCreesh of the New York Times recalled, his MAGA rallies really took off in August 2015, when more than 30,000 people showed up at a football stadium to hear the television personality turned presidential candidate. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/vfyw-no-nukes-given Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:01:23 +0000 For contest #522, we explore a beautiful, barren land. Substack/Andrew_Sullivan https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/vfyw-no-nukes-given Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:01:23 +0000 For contest #522, we explore a beautiful, barren land. Substack/Andrew_Sullivan https://www.thefp.com/p/caitlin-flanagan-jane-doe-frat-parties-cornell Sat, 03 Oct 2026 01:34:38 +0000 Women know that fraternity houses are dangerous placesand yet they go anyway, writes Caitlin Flanagan. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/an-immediate-calamity Sat, 03 Oct 2026 01:02:23 +0000 To read this letter, click here: Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.slowboring.com/p/friday-discussion-post-b88 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 22:01:03 +0000 Unbelievable polling, and who agrees with Matt? Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/friday-discussion-post-b88 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 22:01:03 +0000 Unbelievable polling, and who agrees with Matt? Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://robertreich.substack.com/p/mercury-is-shrinking-so-am-i Fri, 02 Oct 2026 21:02:24 +0000 Yikes Substack/Robert_Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/mercury-is-shrinking-so-am-i Fri, 02 Oct 2026 21:02:24 +0000 Yikes Substack/Robert_Reich https://www.thefp.com/p/east-of-eden-steinbeck-netflix-book-club Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:47:03 +0000 As Netflix brings John Steinbecks 1952 classic to a new generation, Free Press Book Club moderator Michele McAloon reflects on what East of Eden teaches us about family, forgiveness, and free will. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.webworm.co/live2026/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:12:54 +0000 You're invited to two special screenings in New York in November. Substack/David_Farrier https://www.webworm.co/live2026/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:12:54 +0000 You're invited to two special screenings in New York in November. Substack/David_Farrier https://www.thefp.com/p/two-drinks-with-marie-gluesenkamp-perez Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:02:11 +0000 Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez gets in trouble with her party for siding with Republicansand shes not bashful about it. Its generally bad for democracy when were like, There is one way to be a Democrat, she tells Madeleine Kearns. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/anthropics-ipo-and-our-collective Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:10:13 +0000 The markets rest on the AI story fulfilling its potential. This week, we saw how tenuous that could be. Substack/Kara_Swisher https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/anthropics-ipo-and-our-collective Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:10:13 +0000 The markets rest on the AI story fulfilling its potential. This week, we saw how tenuous that could be. Substack/Kara_Swisher https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/emily-eakin-on-what-postmodernism Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:40:08 +0000 She has a terrific book on some less-than-terrific French philosophers. Listen now on the Dishcast. Substack/Andrew_Sullivan https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/emily-eakin-on-what-postmodernism Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:40:08 +0000 She has a terrific book on some less-than-terrific French philosophers. Listen now on the Dishcast. Substack/Andrew_Sullivan https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/transcript-emily-eakin-on-what-postmodernism Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:01:38 +0000 She has a terrific book about some less-than-terrific French thinkers. Substack/Andrew_Sullivan https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/transcript-emily-eakin-on-what-postmodernism Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:01:38 +0000 She has a terrific book about some less-than-terrific French thinkers. Substack/Andrew_Sullivan https://stratechery.com/2026/dots-and-question-marks/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000 The best Stratechery content from the week of September 28, 2026, including Meta's focus, what OpenAI is doing, and Mao and NBA Media Day. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://stratechery.com/2026/dots-and-question-marks/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000 The best Stratechery content from the week of September 28, 2026, including Meta's focus, what OpenAI is doing, and Mao and NBA Media Day. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://www.thefp.com/p/iran-iraq-execution-death-penalty-arthur-brooks Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:30:43 +0000 A former executioner on why he turned against the death penalty. Arthur Brooks on why you need a hobby. And more. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/mike-tomlin-minecraft-arthur-brooks-hobby Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:24:52 +0000 The former Steelers coach spent 12 years secretly building a city in 'Minecraft.' The lesson for the rest of us is that what makes us happiest may be the things that accomplish absolutely nothing, writes Arthur Brooks. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/iran-war-trump-michael-doran Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:49:46 +0000 Tehran is losing against the U.S. in the Strait of Hormuz. Its answer may come from Iraq, writes Michael Doran. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://the.ink/p/the-woman-who-wrote-man-in-the-mirror Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:02:53 +0000 Notes on the world echoing back at you Substack/Anand_Giridharadas https://the.ink/p/the-woman-who-wrote-man-in-the-mirror Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:02:53 +0000 Notes on the world echoing back at you Substack/Anand_Giridharadas https://www.thefp.com/p/executioner-injection-death-penalty Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:32:46 +0000 The man who oversaw two lethal injections in Oregon says it is time to revisit whether the death penalty makes sense at all, writes Noah Bernstein. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://simonkjones.substack.com/p/109-the-absent-pianist Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:04:05 +0000 An afternoon at the Verase residence Substack/Simon_K_Jones https://simonkjones.substack.com/p/109-the-absent-pianist Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:04:05 +0000 An afternoon at the Verase residence Substack/Simon_K_Jones https://www.thefp.com/p/tgif-no-fatties-no-beardos-no-weirdos Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:03:36 +0000 Today in TGIF: MAHA goes mainstream, two pilots get in a little tiff above Saudi Arabia, America launches a war on ticks, President Trump debuts a new Hispanic stereotype, and more! Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.slowboring.com/p/how-blue-state-republicans-can-be Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:02:03 +0000 Plus alternate Bonaparte and some Lee Kuan Yew takes Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/how-blue-state-republicans-can-be Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:02:03 +0000 Plus alternate Bonaparte and some Lee Kuan Yew takes Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.thefp.com/p/what-the-dutch-empire-reveals-about Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:02:30 +0000 Today on School of War, former National Security Council official Alexander Bick shares lessons from history about trade and war for Trumps America. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/taylor-swift-got-her-happy-ending Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:02:27 +0000 Watch now (46 mins) | Matthew Jordan lectured on Taylor Swift's music at Harvard. Today, he breaks down her controversial new release. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://robertreich.substack.com/p/cornell-rape-and-misogyny-in-the Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:02:44 +0000 Friends, Substack/Robert_Reich https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-1-2026 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:22:23 +0000 John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Middle Eastern countries hurt by Russias war on Ukraine and diverting it to right-wing governments in Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://helenlewis.substack.com/p/436-taylor-swifts-endless-girlhood Fri, 02 Oct 2026 05:57:28 +0000 ““He shows a lot of respect for the women who are respectable” Substack/Helen_Lewis https://helenlewis.substack.com/p/436-taylor-swifts-endless-girlhood Fri, 02 Oct 2026 05:57:28 +0000 He shows a lot of respect for the women who are respectable Substack/Helen_Lewis https://www.thefp.com/p/can-an-execution-be-ethical-death-penalty-firing-squad Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:31:44 +0000 If we cant stomach a killing that looks like a killing, we shouldnt do it at all. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://steady.substack.com/p/dance-with-the-one-who-brung-ya Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:14:19 +0000 Republican candidates may be stuck with the wrong partner Substack/Dan_Rather https://steady.substack.com/p/dance-with-the-one-who-brung-ya Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:14:19 +0000 Republican candidates may be stuck with the wrong partner Substack/Dan_Rather https://www.slowboring.com/p/thursday-discussion-post-3af Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:01:42 +0000 Pour one out for men experiencing beardedness Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/thursday-discussion-post-3af Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:01:42 +0000 Pour one out for men experiencing beardedness Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.thefp.com/p/america-will-regret-withdrawing-iraq-iran-trump-military-basing Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:56:20 +0000 While the president continues his war with Tehran, he removed the remaining U.S. troops in Iraq. Its a decision that makes zero strategic sense. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/withdrawal-from-iraq Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:55:20 +0000 To read this letter, click here: Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/i-questioned-transgender-ideology-france-lawsuit-criminal Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:44:43 +0000 I went on television to debate what makes a woman a woman. Four years later, I have a criminal conviction and face new charges that could put me in prison, writes Dora Moutot. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://samharris.substack.com/p/foreign-policy-for-sale-a-conversation Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:58:39 +0000 A Conversation with Anne Applebaum Substack/Sam_Harris https://samharris.substack.com/p/foreign-policy-for-sale-a-conversation Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:58:39 +0000 A Conversation with Anne Applebaum Substack/Sam_Harris https://robertreich.substack.com/p/autowar Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:36:46 +0000 The nightmare Substack/Robert_Reich https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-marriage-is Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:54:13 +0000 Narrated Version (10 mins)| The New York Times semi-retracts a 2015 celebration of marriage Substack/Matt_Taibbi https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-marriage-is Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:54:13 +0000 Narrated Version (10 mins)| The New York Times semi-retracts a 2015 celebration of marriage Substack/Matt_Taibbi https://startswithabang.substack.com/p/ai-makes-its-first-meaningful-breakthrough Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:00:58 +0000 Making more complicated, more precise predictive calculations tells us what real experiments should deliver. AI just surpassed humans at it. Substack/Ethan_Siegel https://startswithabang.substack.com/p/ai-makes-its-first-meaningful-breakthrough Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:00:58 +0000 Making more complicated, more precise predictive calculations tells us what real experiments should deliver. AI just surpassed humans at it. Substack/Ethan_Siegel https://www.thefp.com/p/tough-love-abigail-shrier-kids-family Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:02:41 +0000 I love the idea of a big, noisy, happy family, writes a 35-year-old mom. But her husband worries that the dynamics of three might be hard. Abigail Shrier weighs in. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://greenwald.substack.com/p/submit-your-questions-for-this-weeks-5f6 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:57:04 +0000 Live at 7:00 p.m. Eastern, Glenn will answer your questions, all of which you can submit by commenting on this recurring post. Substack/Glenn_Greenwald https://greenwald.substack.com/p/submit-your-questions-for-this-weeks-5f6 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:57:04 +0000 Live at 7:00 p.m. Eastern, Glenn will answer your questions, all of which you can submit by commenting on this recurring post. Substack/Glenn_Greenwald https://thebearcave.substack.com/p/more-problems-at-ethos-life Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:30:51 +0000 Ethos Technologies built its rapid growth using multilevel marketing agencies with aggressive sales tactics, now depending on three of them for nearly a third of revenue. Substack/Edwin_Dorsey https://thebearcave.substack.com/p/more-problems-at-ethos-life Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:30:51 +0000 Ethos Technologies built its rapid growth using multilevel marketing agencies with aggressive sales tactics, now depending on three of them for nearly a third of revenue. Substack/Edwin_Dorsey https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-argument-podcast-ad-free-europes Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:03:38 +0000 Stream this week’s episode without ads and get the transcript and show notes. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-argument-podcast-ad-free-europes Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:03:38 +0000 Stream this weeks episode without ads and get the transcript and show notes. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-lost-afghanistan Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:03:31 +0000 George W. Bush blundered away a winnable war. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-lost-afghanistan Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:03:31 +0000 George W. Bush blundered away a winnable war. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.thefp.com/p/cornell-7-israel-plane-hijacking-nixon Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:01:46 +0000 The hero of the near-hijacking tells his story. What happens when your husband goes viral for being a lazy dad? Niall Ferguson deciphers the Nixon tapes. And more. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://stratechery.com/2026/an-interview-with-jason-del-rey-about-muse-amazon-and-walmart/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 An interview with Jason Del Rey about Amazon versus Meta, which is a continuation of the oldest battle in retail between Amazon and Walmart. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://stratechery.com/2026/an-interview-with-jason-del-rey-about-muse-amazon-and-walmart/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 An interview with Jason Del Rey about Amazon versus Meta, which is a continuation of the oldest battle in retail between Amazon and Walmart. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://helenlewis.substack.com/p/what-i-read-in-september-2026 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:54:45 +0000 Blackbirds, tiny oceans, high-rise balconies and Barbara Cartland Substack/Helen_Lewis https://helenlewis.substack.com/p/what-i-read-in-september-2026 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:54:45 +0000 Blackbirds, tiny oceans, high-rise balconies and Barbara Cartland Substack/Helen_Lewis https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-heart-of-the-deal Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:03:12 +0000 The real reason Americans are paying more under Trump Republicans Substack/Robert_Reich https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-30-2026 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 04:04:31 +0000 A Washington Post headline today read: U.S. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/john-fetterman-dave-mccormick-ai-policy-data-centers Thu, 01 Oct 2026 03:06:22 +0000 We are two United States senators from different parties, but we agree that a partisan, social mediadriven meltdown over AI will solve nothing, write Dave McCormick and John Fetterman. Heres what we should do instead. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://robertreich.substack.com/p/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-free Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:31:18 +0000 All markets are defined by laws and rules. The question is who are the laws and rules for? Substack/Robert_Reich https://www.thefp.com/p/exclusive-cornell-harassment-frannie-block-lawsuit-served Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:20:59 +0000 The mom of the mistakenly identified Matthew Ingalls begs vigilantes to leave them alone, writes Frannie Block. My familys been terrorized, threatened, and harassed. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.slowboring.com/p/cracks-in-the-republican-coalition Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:01:54 +0000 Rural and Hispanic voters are souring on Trump and his party, and Democrats are trying to win them over without alienating their own base. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.thefp.com/p/the-nixon-tapes-unlocked-niall-ferguson-luke-nichter Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:52:10 +0000 Niall Ferguson and Luke Nichter are using AI to decipher 3,400 hours of Nixons secretly recorded conversations. Finally, we can hear the controversial presidency as it actually happened. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/husband-wife-parenting-family-social-media Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:44:17 +0000 Strangers watched one minute of my life and handed down a verdict on my marriage. Before you judge the next viral clip, I hope youll remember theres always more to the story, writes Erika Alvarez. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://robertreich.substack.com/p/advice-to-young-people Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:01:53 +0000 From someone getting quite old Substack/Robert_Reich https://www.racket.news/p/writing-is-good-he-said-controversially Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:46:26 +0000 Having dispensed with marriage, the New York Times enlists a professor to denigrate writing Substack/Matt_Taibbi https://www.racket.news/p/writing-is-good-he-said-controversially Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:46:26 +0000 Having dispensed with marriage, the New York Times enlists a professor to denigrate writing Substack/Matt_Taibbi https://www.thefp.com/p/douglas-murray-israel-iran-conquering Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:01:45 +0000 Since the October 7 attacks, Israel has ceaselessly beaten the Islamic radicals who threaten its existence. That victory is worth more than the approval of its critics, writes Douglas Murray. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/confidently-wrong Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:34:41 +0000 To read this letter, click here: Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/hijacking-yaniv-hayoun-neria-kraus Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:59:12 +0000 Yaniv Hayoun was on a flight from Dubai to Israel with his family when one of the co-pilots stabbed the other and sent the plane into a nosedive. He told The Free Press what happened next. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/openai-dev-day-2026-the-releases Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:45:15 +0000 Watch now (24 mins) | 🎙️ Claire tests OpenAI’s DevDay releases, from Dots, Spaces, and Sites to AI-picked thumbnails and a $97 game, and shares what’s worth trying first Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/openai-dev-day-2026-the-releases Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:45:15 +0000 Watch now (24 mins) | Claire tests OpenAIs DevDay releases, from Dots, Spaces, and Sites to AI-picked thumbnails and a $97 game, and shares whats worth trying first Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/christian-bale-freud-indians Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:45:59 +0000 Links and recommendations Substack/Rob_Henderson https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/christian-bale-freud-indians Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:45:59 +0000 Links and recommendations Substack/Rob_Henderson https://www.thefp.com/p/ordinary-israelis-terrorism-hijacking-attempt Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:23:14 +0000 For the first time in 20 years, someone tried to hijack a plane bound for Israel. It was only by the bravery of a handful of passengers and crew that almost 180 lives were saved, writes Amit Segal. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/jev-8-real-use-cases-for-the-fastest Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:04:27 +0000 Watch now (46 mins) | 🎙️ Educator and developer John Lindquist shares eight Jev demos, from live voice classification and deduplication to agent routing, showing how low costs make once-impractical ideas worth trying Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/jev-8-real-use-cases-for-the-fastest Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:04:27 +0000 Watch now (46 mins) | Educator and developer John Lindquist shares eight Jev demos, from live voice classification and deduplication to agent routing, showing how low costs make once-impractical ideas worth trying Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://www.thefp.com/p/has-trump-betrayed-maha-front-page Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:03:57 +0000 In today's Front Page: Has Trump betrayed MAHA? Aaron MacLean on whos really winning in the war with Iran. Jed Rubenfeld on Trumps taxpayer-funded ad. Why does everyone suddenly sound like a psychiatrist? And more. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.slowboring.com/p/math-needs-a-phonics-style-reckoning Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:02:46 +0000 Teachers should teach students how to do stuff correctly. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://stratechery.com/2026/openai-dev-day-dot-and-openais-product-transition-sign-in-with-chatgpt/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000 OpenAI's Dev Day showcased a product that is, frankly, pretty confusing. However, there is more vision here than it might seem. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://stratechery.com/2026/openai-dev-day-dot-and-openais-product-transition-sign-in-with-chatgpt/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000 OpenAI's Dev Day showcased a product that is, frankly, pretty confusing. However, there is more vision here than it might seem. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-the-most-important-lesson Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:02:55 +0000 Friends, Substack/Robert_Reich https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-29-2026 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 05:55:55 +0000 The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/politics-chat-september-29-2026-4cf Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:18:46 +0000 Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/are-trumps-taxpayer-funded-ads-legal Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:20:10 +0000 The president has kept on the right side of the law in several recent controversies, from talk of sending ICE to polling places to trying to deport Mahmoud Khalil, writes Jed Rubenfeld. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/mamdani-says-hell-fight-antisemitism-his-plan-says-otherwise Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:15:23 +0000 I was the first executive director of NYCs Office to Combat Antisemitism, writes Moshe Davis. Mamdanis new strategy has plenty to say about celebrating Jewsjust nothing about the movement that has made them afraid. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/the-strait-of-hormuz-is-open Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:04:43 +0000 Oil is once again moving through the strait, writes Aaron MacLean. Can the Trump administration turn a winning Iran strategy into lasting victory? Substack/Bari_Weiss https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/politics-chat-september-29-2026 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 01:24:10 +0000 Listen on Apple Podcasts Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.platformer.news/openai-dots-agents-devday-2026/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 01:20:57 +0000 With safety questions still swirling, the company introduces a more business-focused take on agents Substack/Casey_Newton https://www.platformer.news/openai-dots-agents-devday-2026/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 01:20:57 +0000 With safety questions still swirling, the company introduces a more business-focused take on agents Substack/Casey_Newton https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/headaches-for-republican-lawmakers Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:30:25 +0000 To read this letter, click here: Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/the-cornell-7-have-not-been-proven Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:17:49 +0000 A handful of former frat bros were accused of a horrific crime. The court of public opinion has already punished them, writes Kat Rosenfield. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://hunterharris.substack.com/p/primetime-is-a-portal Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:12:51 +0000 And this is my favorite scene. Substack/Hunter_Harris https://hunterharris.substack.com/p/primetime-is-a-portal Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:12:51 +0000 And this is my favorite scene. Substack/Hunter_Harris https://www.slowboring.com/p/tuesday-discussion-post-cc1 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:01:36 +0000 Tuesday takes Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.webworm.co/cornell7/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 20:33:31 +0000 I've been mainly thinking about how unsurprising this all is. Substack/David_Farrier https://www.webworm.co/cornell7/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 20:33:31 +0000 I've been mainly thinking about how unsurprising this all is. Substack/David_Farrier https://robertreich.substack.com/p/in-conversation-with-timothy-snyder Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:24:06 +0000 Watch now (36 mins) | What the author of On Tyranny told me about Trump, Tyranny, and the Midterm elections, five weeks from today. Substack/Robert_Reich https://www.thefp.com/p/is-social-media-making-us-crazy Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:57:12 +0000 Psychotherapist Joe Nucci spends his time debunking myths about mental health. He explains what phones are doing to our brains in 2026. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/all-of-the-lenny-and-friends-summit Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:15:57 +0000 Plus, some reflections and takeaways from the day Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/all-of-the-lenny-and-friends-summit Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:15:57 +0000 Plus, some reflections and takeaways from the day Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://www.thefp.com/p/this-week-in-canada-this-is-what Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:02:29 +0000 Sanctions against an Israeli group for winning a case in Israel; Jews who feel unsafe had better not say so; and more. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://the.ink/p/its-here-man-in-the-mirror-is-out Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:15:19 +0000 A story that changed me, three chapters to listen to, and an invitation to read together Substack/Anand_Giridharadas https://the.ink/p/its-here-man-in-the-mirror-is-out Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:15:19 +0000 A story that changed me, three chapters to listen to, and an invitation to read together Substack/Anand_Giridharadas https://www.thefp.com/p/trumps-broken-promises-in-venezuela Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:03:58 +0000 Suzy Weiss on why Sydney Sweeney would make a great Jew. Joe Nocera says the Senate has betrayed college athletes. And more. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-truth-about-rich-people-in-america Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:03:46 +0000 A new book reveals the vast wealth of Americas banal small-business owners. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://stratechery.com/2026/one-more-note-on-agents-meta-connect-meta-enterprise-platform/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Meta has the chance to own the consumer agentic space; going for enterprise is a big mistake. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://stratechery.com/2026/one-more-note-on-agents-meta-connect-meta-enterprise-platform/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Meta has the chance to own the consumer agentic space; going for enterprise is a big mistake. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://www.thefp.com/p/last-night-college-athletes-lost-money-nil Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:02:43 +0000 The Protect College Sports Act deprives hardworking athletes of the money they deserve, writes Joe Nocera. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/how-the-middle-east-got-so-screwed Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:02:33 +0000 A sweeping conversation about nationalism, revolution, religion, and the history behind todays Middle East. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-is-trump-airing-taxpayer-funded Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:02:48 +0000 Not because theyll help Republican candidates Substack/Robert_Reich https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-28-2026 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 04:51:30 +0000 It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/yenta-sweeney-jewish-sydney-culture Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:50:30 +0000 Sydney Sweeney might just become a Jew. It would be our biggest pickup since Ruth, writes Suzy Weiss. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.racket.news/p/marriage-is-wonderful-he-said-controversially Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:29:15 +0000 The New York Times semi-retracts a 2015 celebration of marriage Substack/Matt_Taibbi https://www.racket.news/p/marriage-is-wonderful-he-said-controversially Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:29:15 +0000 The New York Times semi-retracts a 2015 celebration of marriage Substack/Matt_Taibbi https://www.thefp.com/p/tyler-cowen-dont-let-ai-make-you-dumb-creative Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:20:37 +0000 One intellectual advantage of AI models is that they can free up our time from tedious and thankless tasksgiving us the option of devoting more of our time to creative pursuits. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.platformer.news/open-ai-model-release-canceled/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:16:11 +0000 On the eve of the company's developer conference, it cancels a new model over safety fears Substack/Casey_Newton https://www.platformer.news/open-ai-model-release-canceled/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:16:11 +0000 On the eve of the company's developer conference, it cancels a new model over safety fears Substack/Casey_Newton https://www.thefp.com/p/trumps-venezuela-betrayal-america-election Mon, 28 Sep 2026 23:33:41 +0000 The president promised peace, liberty, and justice for the great people of Venezuela. Yet opposition leader Machado remains in exile, no elections are set, and corporations are hesitant to invest. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://steady.substack.com/p/trumps-cheat-to-win-strategy Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:28:16 +0000 Because he fears he can’t prevail any other way Substack/Dan_Rather https://steady.substack.com/p/trumps-cheat-to-win-strategy Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:28:16 +0000 Because he fears he cant prevail any other way Substack/Dan_Rather https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-housing-market-is-way-out-of Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:01:55 +0000 With mortgage rates above 7 percent and stocks over-performing, some Americans are rethinking their investments. Meanwhile, Portland is having a rent mismatch. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://robertreich.substack.com/p/see-our-the-work-in-progress Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:01:34 +0000 Playing in theaters now! Substack/Robert_Reich https://www.thefp.com/p/martyrdom-mahmoud-khalil-ice-israel-palestine Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:56:16 +0000 Until he was detained by ICE, the anti-Israel activist was nothing more than a scoundrel. His new memoir confirms his status as a secular saint for progressives. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.racket.news/p/free-speech-discussion-a-recording Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:53:49 +0000 Matt interviewed Russian journalist Dimitri Simes today about one of the more interesting (and disturbing) free speech cases of recent times, now extended across multiple administrations Substack/Matt_Taibbi https://www.racket.news/p/free-speech-discussion-a-recording Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:53:49 +0000 Matt interviewed Russian journalist Dimitri Simes today about one of the more interesting (and disturbing) free speech cases of recent times, now extended across multiple administrations Substack/Matt_Taibbi https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/heres-everything-openais-bots-and Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:20:52 +0000 It’s getting hard to keep track of all the unauthorized agent activity. Here it is in one place. Substack/Kara_Swisher https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/heres-everything-openais-bots-and Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:20:52 +0000 Its getting hard to keep track of all the unauthorized agent activity. Here it is in one place. Substack/Kara_Swisher https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-i-ai-jev-for-beginners-i-left Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:03:13 +0000 Your weekly listens from How I AI, part of the Lenny's Podcast Network Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-i-ai-jev-for-beginners-i-left Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:03:13 +0000 Your weekly listens from How I AI, part of the Lenny's Podcast Network Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/jev-for-beginners-how-to-use-it-and Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:03:04 +0000 Watch now (26 mins) | 🎙️ Jev returns type-safe structured values instead of text, which makes it the fastest, cheapest classification layer I’ve ever put in a pipeline—and this week I shipped three real projects with it Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/jev-for-beginners-how-to-use-it-and Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:03:04 +0000 Watch now (26 mins) | Jev returns type-safe structured values instead of text, which makes it the fastest, cheapest classification layer Ive ever put in a pipelineand this week I shipped three real projects with it Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://stratechery.com/2026/apps-agents-and-aggregation/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:25:37 +0000 Agents are the ultimate Aggregators; they reveal apps as a means, not an ends, and providing them is tech's biggest prize. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://stratechery.com/2026/apps-agents-and-aggregation/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:25:37 +0000 Agents are the ultimate Aggregators; they reveal apps as a means, not an ends, and providing them is tech's biggest prize. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://www.thefp.com/p/james-blair-fulton-sheen-midterms Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:03:21 +0000 Inside the ceremony for the man who could become Americas next saint. Arthur Brooks asks: Should adult children care for aging parents? And more. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.slowboring.com/p/feed-the-lizard Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:02:15 +0000 Its a good idea to work hard and be helpful when youre young and dont have responsibilities. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.thefp.com/p/black-family-fell-apart-coleman-hughes-delano-squires Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:01:36 +0000 Watch now (59 mins) | The black family is in crisis. Author Delano Squires is trying to tell us why. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://simonkjones.substack.com/p/time-savers-for-serial-fiction-writers Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:43 +0000 Templates, subscriber-specific content and auto-dinkus Substack/Simon_K_Jones https://simonkjones.substack.com/p/time-savers-for-serial-fiction-writers Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:43 +0000 Templates, subscriber-specific content and auto-dinkus Substack/Simon_K_Jones https://robertreich.substack.com/p/wealth-and-poverty-class-2-the-investors Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:02:16 +0000 The highest return, regardless Substack/Robert_Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/maga-republican-voters-vs-non-maga Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:02:16 +0000 What separates Trump voters who consider themselves MAGA from Trump voters who do not? Substack/Robert_Reich https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-27-2026 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 03:52:02 +0000 A friend tells me that when I take a night off, other people feel they can take a night off, too. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/fulton-sheen-beatification Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:11:10 +0000 Decades after his death, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen still commands an audience. Madeleine Long reports from his beatification in St. Louis. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/james-blair-maga-midterms Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:39:30 +0000 I dont think there will be a blue wave at all, says James Blair, the MAGA operative spearheading a late comeback effort. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://robertreich.substack.com/p/caption-contest-state-dinner Sun, 27 Sep 2026 21:00:42 +0000 And last weeks winner Substack/Robert_Reich https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/what-are-you-really-buying-with-a Sun, 27 Sep 2026 20:52:29 +0000 Substack/Rob_Henderson https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/what-are-you-really-buying-with-a Sun, 27 Sep 2026 20:52:29 +0000 Substack/Rob_Henderson https://www.thefp.com/p/arthur-brooks-parents-aging-elder-care Sun, 27 Sep 2026 20:18:02 +0000 Caring for an aging parent can be exhausting, expensive, and unfairly distributed among siblings. It can also become one of lifes deepest sources of meaning, writes Arthur Brooks. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/bad-news-plagues-the-administration Sun, 27 Sep 2026 19:23:57 +0000 September 26, 2026 Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.slowboring.com/p/sunday-thread-mailbag-f80 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 17:01:53 +0000 Ask your questions below. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://startalk.substack.com/p/why-theres-anything-anytime-anywhere Sun, 27 Sep 2026 17:00:19 +0000 Plus, the thrilling conclusion of the periodic table trilogy Substack/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson https://startalk.substack.com/p/why-theres-anything-anytime-anywhere Sun, 27 Sep 2026 17:00:19 +0000 Plus, the thrilling conclusion of the periodic table trilogy Substack/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson https://the.ink/p/scott-turow-reviews-man-in-the-mirror Sun, 27 Sep 2026 16:52:53 +0000 The legendary crime writer’s appraisal of MAN IN THE MIRROR just dropped. Plus, a gift: the first three chapters in audio form Substack/Anand_Giridharadas https://the.ink/p/scott-turow-reviews-man-in-the-mirror Sun, 27 Sep 2026 16:52:53 +0000 The legendary crime writers appraisal of MAN IN THE MIRROR just dropped. Plus, a gift: the first three chapters in audio form Substack/Anand_Giridharadas https://thebearcave.substack.com/p/the-bear-cave-345 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:31:04 +0000 New Activist Reports, Recent Resignations, and Tweets of the Week Substack/Edwin_Dorsey https://thebearcave.substack.com/p/the-bear-cave-345 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:31:04 +0000 New Activist Reports, Recent Resignations, and Tweets of the Week Substack/Edwin_Dorsey https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-grief-loneliness-and-burnout Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:32:18 +0000 Listen now (94 mins) | Molly Graham revisits her famous career advice for the AI era, and explains why delegating to a robot is nothing like delegating to a human Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-grief-loneliness-and-burnout Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:32:18 +0000 Listen now (94 mins) | Molly Graham revisits her famous career advice for the AI era, and explains why delegating to a robot is nothing like delegating to a human Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://steady.substack.com/p/ill-be-there-for-you Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:55 +0000 A Reason To Smile Substack/Dan_Rather https://steady.substack.com/p/ill-be-there-for-you Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:55 +0000 A Reason To Smile Substack/Dan_Rather https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-nauseous-optimism Sun, 27 Sep 2026 08:03:07 +0000 Looking toward November 3 Substack/Robert_Reich https://georgesaunders.substack.com/p/the-good-denis Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:01:36 +0000 A post-blunder repost. Substack/George_Saunders https://georgesaunders.substack.com/p/the-good-denis Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:01:36 +0000 A post-blunder repost. Substack/George_Saunders https://rosamunddean.substack.com/p/what-to-eat-better-gut-health Sun, 27 Sep 2026 05:46:35 +0000 The best bits from my conversation with Dr Federica Amati and Jordan Haworth Substack/Rosamund_Dean https://rosamunddean.substack.com/p/what-to-eat-better-gut-health Sun, 27 Sep 2026 05:46:35 +0000 The best bits from my conversation with Dr Federica Amati and Jordan Haworth Substack/Rosamund_Dean https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-26-2026 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 05:33:05 +0000 Trumps war on the free press is continuing. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm-bomb Sat, 26 Sep 2026 20:06:00 +0000 Hes the single worst Democratic hopeful now (almost) running for president. Democratic midterm candidates be warned: stay away from him. Substack/Robert_Reich https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/national-lobster-day Sat, 26 Sep 2026 19:49:28 +0000 September 25, 2026 Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/community-wisdom-ai-doomerism-speeding Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:54:02 +0000 Community Wisdom 300 Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/community-wisdom-ai-doomerism-speeding Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:54:02 +0000 Community Wisdom 300 Substack/Lenny_Rachitsky https://startswithabang.substack.com/p/calling-all-aliens Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:03:37 +0000 💥 How long might humanity have to wait to hear from another civilization? Substack/Ethan_Siegel https://startswithabang.substack.com/p/calling-all-aliens Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:03:37 +0000 How long might humanity have to wait to hear from another civilization? Substack/Ethan_Siegel https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-map-is-melting Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:02:49 +0000 A widening battlefield has Republicans bracing for a rough November. The partys anxiety is no longer hidden behind closed doors. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://the.ink/p/a-night-living-in-penn-station Sat, 26 Sep 2026 11:14:06 +0000 An excerpt in The New Yorker, about a night I spent in Penn Station Substack/Anand_Giridharadas https://the.ink/p/a-night-living-in-penn-station Sat, 26 Sep 2026 11:14:06 +0000 An excerpt in The New Yorker, about a night I spent in Penn Station Substack/Anand_Giridharadas https://www.thefp.com/p/the-princeton-philosophers-who-became Sat, 26 Sep 2026 10:02:23 +0000 Two drinks with Rachel Dolezal. Should a woman voice Aslan in Narnia? The lady who went on 50 first dates. And more! Substack/Bari_Weiss https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-a-lame-dck-the-coffee-klatch Sat, 26 Sep 2026 08:02:22 +0000 With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich Substack/Robert_Reich https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-25-2026 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 04:18:22 +0000 I learned late this afternoon that, in addition to being Dolly Parton Day, today is National Lobster Day, honoring the cultural and economic history of the lobster industry. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/vfyw-the-oil-engine-that-could Sat, 26 Sep 2026 04:10:15 +0000 For contest #521, we visit a little country with booming opportunity. Substack/Andrew_Sullivan https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/vfyw-the-oil-engine-that-could Sat, 26 Sep 2026 04:10:15 +0000 For contest #521, we visit a little country with booming opportunity. Substack/Andrew_Sullivan https://hunterharris.substack.com/p/its-hard-to-make-good-art-when-your Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:14:53 +0000 Taylor Swift’s “Showgirl” encore, reviewed. Substack/Hunter_Harris https://hunterharris.substack.com/p/its-hard-to-make-good-art-when-your Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:14:53 +0000 Taylor Swifts Showgirl encore, reviewed. Substack/Hunter_Harris https://www.thefp.com/p/the-vegan-catholic-philosophers-princeton-catholic-religion-education Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:10:09 +0000 Did these grad students study their way into believing in God, or was the intervention more divine than that? Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.slowboring.com/p/friday-discussion-post-a94 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:02:08 +0000 Some takes to end your work week Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.thefp.com/p/how-communism-kills-kindness-mao-china-soviet-union-american-society Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:54:00 +0000 In 1974, Simon Leys published Chinese Shadows under a pseudonym to protect himself from pro-Maoist intellectuals. The book describes habits of mind that are now alive and well in America. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/two-drinks-withrachel-dolezal Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:35:18 +0000 A decade after she became the face of race fakery, she has a certification from the Sexology Institute, a successful OnlyFans page, and a new name that reflects her high-frequency Nubian spirit,' writes River Page. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://robertreich.substack.com/p/in-conversation-with-naomi-klein Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:01:03 +0000 And their new book End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World Substack/Robert_Reich https://www.webworm.co/arise2026/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:23:23 +0000 Hundreds of abused interns: Arise church decided to pay just 4. Substack/David_Farrier https://www.webworm.co/arise2026/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:23:23 +0000 Hundreds of abused interns: Arise church decided to pay just 4. Substack/David_Farrier https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/a-hard-sell Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:57:49 +0000 Early today, US District Judge Timothy Kelly granted the request of media outlets to stop Trumps order banning members of their organizations from the White House, Kelly ordered the credentials of 78 journalists restored immediately but the White House continued to deny White House access to reporters from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, While they were allowed in after the judge ordered the administration to respond, CNN and MS NOW were then blocked from access to the White House state dinner with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Trumps response was to issue claims to try to convince voters he is winning but that is a hard sell, The Trump administrations crackdown on immigrants was stopped by a federal appeals court, whereupon Solicitor General Sauer asked the Supreme Court to step in to permit renditions to third countries, A GAO report found that ICE had not figured out how to spend the $45 billion that Congress gave it last year and it has wasted tens of millions of taxpayer dollars, In California, 650,000 ballots were confiscated by Republican sheriff Chad Bianco, The California Supreme Court ordered him to return the ballots, Trumps claims of voter fraud took a hit as the claim that almost 16,000 noncitizens were on the voter roles in Nevada proved to be completely false, Trumps approval rating continues to drop, Trump is running an ad, which was paid for by the US government, Democratic lawmakers are demanding that it be taken down, and that it is government propaganda more fitting for North Korea than the US. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/why-you-should-care-aslan-is-woman-movie-narnia Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:24:27 +0000 The decision to have Meryl Streep voice Aslan in the new Narnia film is neither a stroke of brilliance nor a microaggression against conservatives. Its much more profound and dangerous. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/jacob-weisberg-on-trumps-collaborators Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:36:50 +0000 My old friend targets those who bent the knee to our elected monarch. Listen now on the Dishcast. Substack/Andrew_Sullivan https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/jacob-weisberg-on-trumps-collaborators Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:36:50 +0000 My old friend targets those who bent the knee to our elected monarch. Listen now on the Dishcast. Substack/Andrew_Sullivan https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/transcript-jake-weisberg-on-trumps Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:23:42 +0000 My old friend targets those who bent the knee to our elected monarch. Substack/Andrew_Sullivan https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/transcript-jake-weisberg-on-trumps Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:23:42 +0000 My old friend targets those who bent the knee to our elected monarch. Substack/Andrew_Sullivan https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/what-i-got-wrong-about-metas-muse Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:05:18 +0000 Meta didn’t need frontier intelligence to build a really good AI app. A ‘next-level-down’ model was good enough. Substack/Kara_Swisher https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/what-i-got-wrong-about-metas-muse Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:05:18 +0000 Meta didnt need frontier intelligence to build a really good AI app. A next-level-down model was good enough. Substack/Kara_Swisher https://stratechery.com/2026/begun-the-aggregator-wars-have/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000 The best Stratechery content from the week of September 21, 2026, including Meta vs. Amazon, GM bending the knee to CarPlay, and profiling the profiler. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://greenwald.substack.com/p/weekly-q-and-a-with-glenn-greenwald-b39 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:40:09 +0000 A recording from Glenn Greenwald's live video Substack/Glenn_Greenwald https://greenwald.substack.com/p/weekly-q-and-a-with-glenn-greenwald-b39 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:40:09 +0000 A recording from Glenn Greenwald's live video Substack/Glenn_Greenwald https://www.thefp.com/p/fauda-tech-love Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:01:18 +0000 Today in The Free Press: Fauda tells the truth. A university for the AI age. Dont try to marry up. And more. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/horowitz-andreessen-academy-college-silicon-valley Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:36:43 +0000 My college education gave me lifelong friends and a broad education. What it didnt give me was enough connection to the world beyond campus. Andreessen Horowitz is building a school that does, writes Erik Torenberg. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.racket.news/p/live-free-speech-discussion-200-pm Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:24:47 +0000 I’ll be interviewing Russian journalist Dimitri Simes today about one of the more interesting (and disturbing) free speech cases of recent times, now extended across multiple administrations Substack/Matt_Taibbi https://www.racket.news/p/live-free-speech-discussion-200-pm Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:24:47 +0000 Ill be interviewing Russian journalist Dimitri Simes today about one of the more interesting (and disturbing) free speech cases of recent times, now extended across multiple administrations Substack/Matt_Taibbi https://www.thefp.com/p/why-israeli-arabs-stand-by-country-israel-hamas Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:13:23 +0000 The latest season of Fauda captures a question at the center of Hamass October 7 strategy: Would Israels Arab citizens join the revolt? The answer was always going to be no. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/fauda-tells-world-truth-israel-hamas-terrorism Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:55:03 +0000 In an era when facts lose out to narratives, can a drama about an Israeli counterterror unit change peoples minds about the Jewish state? Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/tgif-i-am-the-code-xi-trump Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:03:43 +0000 Trump launches Trump TV, Anthropic opens a wet lab, Claudine Gay returns to Harvard, a lesbian bar rolls back its mask requirements, and more! Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.slowboring.com/p/getting-to-yes-with-iran Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:01:28 +0000 Plus better local elections, banning online gambling, and F.D.R.s legacy Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.thefp.com/p/dating-is-broken-serena-kerrigan-second-thought Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:01:10 +0000 The confidence coach joins the show to break down how our relationships fell apartand how to mend them. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/americas-aging-shipyards-are-a-crisis-alex-wong-school-of-war Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:01:05 +0000 America builds 0.1 percent of the worlds ships. China builds 53 percent. Shipbuilding executive Alex Wong says he knows how to fill the gap. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-to-plan-for-in-the-us-if-youre Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:02:55 +0000 Heres what Im hearing Substack/Robert_Reich https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-24-2026 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:15:09 +0000 After a hearing yesterday about Trumps Friday ban of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House campus, very early this morningI was still awake writing yesterdays letterU.S. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://simonkjones.substack.com/p/108-past-and-future Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:30:17 +0000 An altogether more pleasant prison Substack/Simon_K_Jones https://simonkjones.substack.com/p/108-past-and-future Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:30:17 +0000 An altogether more pleasant prison Substack/Simon_K_Jones https://helenlewis.substack.com/p/435-start-spreading-the-news Fri, 25 Sep 2026 05:39:54 +0000 “We have RAMF: resting angry Muslim face” Substack/Helen_Lewis https://helenlewis.substack.com/p/435-start-spreading-the-news Fri, 25 Sep 2026 05:39:54 +0000 We have RAMF: resting angry Muslim face Substack/Helen_Lewis https://www.platformer.news/meta-connect-2026-muse-vr-glasses/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 02:04:25 +0000 Meta has a new vision to sell, but it may be getting ahead of itself. (The VR Glasses are amazing, though) Substack/Casey_Newton https://www.platformer.news/meta-connect-2026-muse-vr-glasses/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 02:04:25 +0000 Meta has a new vision to sell, but it may be getting ahead of itself. (The VR Glasses are amazing, though) Substack/Casey_Newton https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/politics-chat-september-24-2026 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 01:51:50 +0000 In todays Politics Chat: A federal judge blocked the State Departments Office of Remigration from sending deportees to third countries with no ties to them, a program that has cost more than 400 million taxpayer dollars. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/the-problem-with-marrying-up-relationships Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:48:21 +0000 After 19 years as a professional matchmakerincluding a hit Netflix showIve learned that successful women arent struggling to find good men. Theyre struggling to recognize what makes a man good. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://georgesaunders.substack.com/p/a-new-story-5a0 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 22:40:06 +0000 “The Good Denis” by Marie NDiaye Substack/George_Saunders https://georgesaunders.substack.com/p/a-new-story-5a0 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 22:40:06 +0000 The Good Denis by Marie NDiaye Substack/George_Saunders https://steady.substack.com/p/he-said-xi-said Thu, 24 Sep 2026 22:24:32 +0000 Trump spent his day kowtowing Substack/Dan_Rather https://steady.substack.com/p/he-said-xi-said Thu, 24 Sep 2026 22:24:32 +0000 Trump spent his day kowtowing Substack/Dan_Rather https://www.slowboring.com/p/thursday-discussion-post-ed8 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 22:00:56 +0000 A.I. safety, Democratic staffing, and other problems Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/pay-to-play Thu, 24 Sep 2026 20:20:42 +0000 September 23, 2026 Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/heres-where-to-fall-in-love-marriage-map-single Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:30:39 +0000 If you cant find someone to marry, maybe the problem isnt you. Where you live makes a big difference, a new map shows. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://samharris.substack.com/p/psa-update-new-podcast-episode-a Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:01:15 +0000 Important Update: Our latest episode on AI is unlocked for everyone. Substack/Sam_Harris https://samharris.substack.com/p/psa-update-new-podcast-episode-a Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:01:15 +0000 Important Update: Our latest episode on AI is unlocked for everyone. Substack/Sam_Harris https://www.thefp.com/p/douglas-murray-case-for-mass-deportations-amnesty-europe-united-states-population-change Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:37:26 +0000 Some Republicans are turning against mass deportations, but theres no other way to undo the harms of unchecked migration and reassert the law. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://robertreich.substack.com/p/10-steps-to-fix-what-trump-has-broken Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:00:52 +0000 And mend everything thereafter Substack/Robert_Reich https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-trump-is-wrong Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:55:12 +0000 Narrated Version (8 mins) | This administration’s speech messes have become an excuse to whitewash history Substack/Matt_Taibbi https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-trump-is-wrong Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:55:12 +0000 Narrated Version (8 mins) | This administrations speech messes have become an excuse to whitewash history Substack/Matt_Taibbi https://heated.world/p/the-myth-of-forest-management Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:46:35 +0000 This season of the HEATED podcast, we’re debunking common myths in the climate world. First up: We can “forest manage” our way out of the wildfire crisis. Substack/Emily_Atkin https://heated.world/p/the-myth-of-forest-management Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:46:35 +0000 This season of the HEATED podcast, were debunking common myths in the climate world. First up: We can forest manage our way out of the wildfire crisis. Substack/Emily_Atkin https://startswithabang.substack.com/p/donnie-darko-offers-a-time-travel Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:01:59 +0000 Most time travel stories involve changing the past to create a better future. "Donnie Darko" subverts that expectation, and a whole lot more. Substack/Ethan_Siegel https://startswithabang.substack.com/p/donnie-darko-offers-a-time-travel Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:01:59 +0000 Most time travel stories involve changing the past to create a better future. "Donnie Darko" subverts that expectation, and a whole lot more. Substack/Ethan_Siegel https://www.thefp.com/p/tough-love-daughter-transgender-grown-out-abigail-shrier Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:00:36 +0000 Ive spent the last six years walking on eggshells, writes a mom whose daughter is now 18. Is it okay to . . . not care anymore? Our advice columnist weighs in. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://the.ink/p/a-conversation-the-internet-couldnt Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:09:27 +0000 On the humanity beneath the headlines, and an invitation Substack/Anand_Giridharadas https://the.ink/p/a-conversation-the-internet-couldnt Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:09:27 +0000 On the humanity beneath the headlines, and an invitation Substack/Anand_Giridharadas https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-ai-apocalypse-canon-and-why-it Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:02:49 +0000 We have always known that recursive self-improvement is dangerous. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-argument-podcast-ad-free-is-the Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:02:47 +0000 This page is for podcast-feed delivery only. Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.thefp.com/p/last-ditch-fulton-sheen Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:02:30 +0000 Is this TV evangelist our next saint? Masih Alinejad on the Iranian women blinded by the regime. Your chatbot therapist will see you now. And more. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://stratechery.com/2026/an-interview-with-colossus-eic-jeremy-stern-about-profiling-mark-zuckerberg/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000 An interview with Colossus EIC Jeremy Stern about profiling Mark Zuckerberg and other prominent tech figures. Substack/Ben_Thompson https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-know-whether-a-candidate-is Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:02:46 +0000 Follow the money Substack/Robert_Reich https://georgesaunders.substack.com/p/what-is-a-character-anyway Thu, 24 Sep 2026 06:02:51 +0000 Office Hours Substack/George_Saunders https://georgesaunders.substack.com/p/what-is-a-character-anyway Thu, 24 Sep 2026 06:02:51 +0000 Office Hours Substack/George_Saunders https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-23-2026 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:22:32 +0000 Yesterday, William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden, and Kirsten Berg of ProPublica published a blockbuster story reporting that the anti-corruption group of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was investigating Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) for engaging in a pay-to-play scheme in which defense contractor Navatek made illegal donations to her 2020 campaign and later got multimillion-dollar contracts from the government. Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/last-ditch-covid-lesbian-katie-herzog Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:32:13 +0000 It opened as a safe space for immunocompromised lesbians, but dropped its mask mandate because no one was drinking. Then all hell broke loose, writes Katie Herzog. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://greenwald.substack.com/p/submit-your-questions-for-this-weeks-db9 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:10:04 +0000 Live at 7:00 p.m. Eastern, Glenn will answer your questions, all of which you can submit by commenting on this recurring post. Substack/Glenn_Greenwald https://greenwald.substack.com/p/submit-your-questions-for-this-weeks-db9 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:10:04 +0000 Live at 7:00 p.m. Eastern, Glenn will answer your questions, all of which you can submit by commenting on this recurring post. Substack/Glenn_Greenwald https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/defiance Thu, 24 Sep 2026 01:02:24 +0000 Substack/Heather_Cox_Richardson https://www.thefp.com/p/women-blinded-by-iran-masih-alinejad Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:50:29 +0000 Kosar Eftekhari, Farideh Salavatipour, and hundreds of other women were blinded by the Islamic Republic for the crime of protesting for their rights. Today, they fight on, writes Masih Alinejad. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.thefp.com/p/bishop-barron-fulton-sheen-america-saint Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:11:50 +0000 Fulton J. Sheen knew that it wasnt enoughas we often think it is todayto be a Catholic, grab a microphone, and start teaching and preaching, writes Bishop Robert Barron. Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.slowboring.com/p/wednesday-discussion-post-d12 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:01:01 +0000 On Tuesday we wrote about our decision to send our son to our neighborhood public school, and many of you had questions! Substack/Matthew_Yglesias https://www.thefp.com/p/ai-therapy-joe-nucci Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:16:46 +0000 "Im a licensed psychotherapist," writes Joe Nucci. "After being assaulted, I asked a chatbot to help me. I wouldnt advise my patients to do the same." Substack/Bari_Weiss https://www.webworm.co/tika/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:34:07 +0000 “Tika” is also very bad news for those who have caused sexual harm to multiple people. Substack/David_Farrier https://www.webworm.co/tika/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:34:07 +0000 Tika is also very bad news for those who have caused sexual harm to multiple people. Substack/David_Farrier https://robertreich.substack.com/p/now-cnn Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:01:17 +0000 Democracy dies in the darkness Substack/Robert_Reich https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/youtube-ceo-neal-mohan-why-were-betting Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:44:04 +0000 Mohan on AI’s growing influence over what we watch, YouTube’s approach to AI slop, and how working with Google DeepMind is changing the platform. Substack/Kara_Swisher