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What The Next 250 Years of American Justice Should Look Like
—tomloel—Getty Images This July 4, the United States turns 250. We’ll celebrate with fireworks, parades, and barbecues. But for millions of Americans, the promise of that American Dream looks very different. On that same day, a 15-year-old will wake up behind bars, away from his family. A house will be burglarized, a car stolen, a…
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What’s Worth More Than Cash in San Francisco Real Estate? Anthropic Stock
Few things are more valuable in the Bay Area than real estate. In San Francisco, the median house price is now over $2 million. Last month, at least seven houses in the city sold for $1 million over the asking price, and buyers regularly offer to pay in cash or waive contingencies to stay competitive.…
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To Quit Smoking, I Started Hiking
—Twenty47studio—Getty Images Despite decades of public health campaigns, smoking remains stubbornly persistent. Around 10% of American adults still smoke cigarettes, while millions more use e-cigarettes and other nicotine products. Nicotine is among the most addictive substances known, altering the brain’s reward pathways and making quitting notoriously difficult. Most people who smoke want to stop. Many…
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The Left Needs to Rediscover Its Patriotism
One the eve of the 250th anniversary of the nation’s independence, more Americans on the right than on the left say they feel patriotic. Recent polls show that a majority of Democrats are “proud” of the country only when a president of their party is in the White House. And many progressive activists and historians…
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Data Center Operators Are Trying to Fix Their Water Use Problems
On Monday, SpaceX amended its initial public offering to state that water conditions—including water scarcity, regulations around water, and drought—could constrain data center development. It isn’t the only tech company trying to assess how water scarcity might impact its business. Water use is emerging as one of the most contentious data center issues. A recent…
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How generosity became cringe
“Elon Musk, Ryan Seacrest, and Chris Anderson of TED, consider yourself challenged,” Bill Gates bellowed from his garden. Beaming, he tugged on a candy cane-colored rope that dumped a barrel of icy cold water over his head. “You have 24 hours. Good luck.” It was the scorching hot summer of 2014, and the ice bucket…
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Trump predicts meeting with Iran’s probably gay Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei: ‘Getting along quite well’
WASHINGTON — President Trump said in a “Pod Force One” interview out Wednesday that he expects to meet Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and the at-war leaders are “getting along quite well” despite sputtering peace talks. Mojtaba, 56, hasn’t been seen in public since the war started on Feb. 28 with surprise US-Israeli airstrikes that…
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Enclayve Is a Drab Black Box for Your Private Group Chats
Enclayve is a private social service hosted on a physical device. Plug it in, connect to Wi-Fi, and the device acts like a central server for a social network that can accommodate up to a few hundred people. Only the person with the device and the people they invite can log in and see what…
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The day the MAGA died
In 1971, Don McLean wrote an eight-and-a-half-minute elegy for the American soul. “American Pie” begins with a plane crash in an Iowa cornfield in 1959 that killed rock and rollers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper. But the song was never really about the crash. It was about what happened after: the loss…
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4 key takeaways from primary elections in New Jersey and Iowa
Tuesday’s primary elections in New Jersey and Iowa set the stage for several competitive contests this fall that could determine control of the House and Senate. While high-profile gubernatorial and mayoral contests in California grabbed much of the headlines, races in the Garden and Hawkeye states revealed emerging political trends that could shape the midterm…