"The Aerotim crew members laughed ruefully when they heard that, in the war in Iran, the U.S. and the Gulf states were responding to Shahed attacks using multiple Patriot missiles. Each Patriot costs about four million dollars."

The whole piece is great, but this passage strikes with some force as i imagine the role the US could be playing with a fraction of the military budget we instead squander in wars of spite.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/01/the-stunt-pilot-hunting-russian-drones

"Tech companies have been protected from liability for material posted on their social media platforms under Section 230, a 30-year-old provision of the U.S. Communications Decency Act, as well as a First Amendment shield.

New Mexico prosecutors say Meta still should be responsible for its role in pushing out that content through complex algorithms that proliferate material that can be harmful for children."

This seems good and will be fascinating to follow.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/jury-finds-metas-platforms-are-harmful-to-children-in-1st-wave-of-social-media-addiction-lawsuits

I did my first Ride of Silence last month, in memory of cyclists killed by motorists. I fortunately didn't have anyone specific to ride for, but the event was nevertheless meaningful, in part for exposing me to a larger network of people engaged in a shared project of resistance.

It was also very cool to see the volunteer coordinators perform their roles: leading, blocking cars at intersections ("corking"), pulling up the rear, etc. I'll definitely volunteer next year.

https://www.gearpatrol.com/outdoors/street-riders-nyc-justice-rides/

"Sheriff Tony used both internal BSO databases and BSO employees to research, compile and analyze datasets containing statistics collected and keyed in by deputies and staff, according to his dissertation.
...
[T]he sheriff acknowledged the work of unnamed BSO officers, members of what he called his “study team” who assisted him in examining six years of BSO statistics."

That this stunt even passed committee inculpates NSU's criminal justice program.

https://www.floridabulldog.org/2026/04/broward-sheriff-tony-broke-state-ethics-law-by-using-confidential-police-data-to-obtain-phd-his-thesis-shows/

"Contrary to skeptics’ predictions, Community Benefit Plans did not cause significant delays; instead, they created structured pathways for navigating trade-offs and reducing project risk. Private-sector executives cited permitting delays, supply chain constraints, and government contracting timelines as the actual primary sources of friction."

I don't expect impartiality from the RI, but i buy that these protections are ultimately a net gain for businesses.

https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/the-receipts-the-untold-and-underappreciated-outcomes-of-bidens-clean-energy-strategy/

"“Nearly every time my mom spanked me, she’d cry and beg me to give in so she could stop spanking me because she hated doing it so much.” This touches on the most sinister parts of corporal punishment advice in Christian circles: the idea that a parents’ instinct to shield their child from pain is ungodly and that instead the best parents will intentionally inflict pain."

https://www.thecut.com/article/the-evangelical-obsession-with-corporal-punishment.html

This is a good resource.

"This report lists hundreds of instances in which the United States has used its Armed Forces abroad in situations of military conflict or potential conflict or for other than normal peacetime purposes. It was compiled in part from previous CRS products and is intended primarily to provide a general survey of past U.S. military ventures abroad, without reference to the magnitude of the given instance noted."

https://sgp.fas.org/crs/natsec/R42738.pdf

Some of these graphics are kitsch, but they do effectively communicate the points being made—in a way, i think, that preemptively mocks bad-faith attempts to argue against them. Good stuff.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/05/26/opinion/wealth-tax-california-billionaire.html?unlocked_article_code=1.llA.-wN3.ka5ils7w0wTZ&smid=nytcore-ios-share