Does AI help you work faster or is it just hype? – Elizabeth Tai
Whether AI makes you more productive really depends on whether you know what the heck you’re doing.| Elizabeth Tai
on being stubborn| Semi-Rad.com
Tribunal Rising commemorates the 1992 International Tribunal movement in the city of San Francisco to dismantle the legacy of Christopher Columbus and the Myth of Discovery. In 1990, "[a]t the culmination of the Special International Tribunal on the Human Rights Violations of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War in the US, the American Indian Movement extended a call to national liberation movements and anti-imperialist allies, united by a shared vision of justice and equality. This visio...| Listen & Be Heard Network
This remarkably timely, clear, concise, and pressing intervention is a must read for all organizers and activists fighting for and witnessing the birth of a new world. Shaka A. Shakur’s latest book reaffirms, amplifies, and extends the theory and practice of the New Afrikan Independence Movement while offering an accessible entry point for those unfamiliar with the tradition and its continued relevance. From the Republic of New Afrika to Palestine bridges any historical gaps in the strugg...| Listen & Be Heard Network
Cancer and Krapp.| Vajra Chandrasekera
Whether AI makes you more productive really depends on whether you know what the heck you’re doing.| Elizabeth Tai
COVER ART BY SUSAN POLLET FICTION CABBAGE SOUP WEEK BY NINA Y. MORAGON ONE OF GOD’S FAVORITES BY HAL WRIGHT CREEPS BY MELISSA BENTON BARKER THE NEED IN HER EYES BY RACHEL EPHRAIM &nbs…| Pithead Chapel
Maybe it’s time for a woman to show us what “Frankenstein” is really about.| The Persistent
From biased chatbots to sexist and aggressive avatars, AI already comprises a whole set of tools capable of harassing and harming women.| The Persistent
President Trump's demolition of the White House's East Wing ignores that this "small building" has long been the symbolic heart of the nation.| The Persistent
At Saturday's No Kings rallies across the U.S. pure women-energy prevailed. Here's a look at the rally in Manhattan.| The Persistent
Afghan women gave testimony about the human rights abuses they have experienced. To Afghan women and girls who feel forgotten, that in itself is a message of hope.| The Persistent
CUSH RODRIGUEZ MOZ There’s doubt about the provincial and national governments: if they had built additional infrastructure during the five years leading up to the flood, a time during which the region’s hydraulic installations went untouched. And there’s doubt about the inhabitants: if they hadn’t been so reluctant to lose a tourist season.| The Common
JENNIFER ACKER "My horse was called Emmy, short for Emerald Star. Dad’s more mature, larger mount was named Sassafras, which he shortened to Sassy. If we hadn’t taken these girls home, they’d have been shipped to the glue factory. A pony may be the birthday wish of many young girls, and I was no exception.| The Common
Early on, I recall reading a lot of Robert Lowell’s poems, including his poem “For the Union Dead.” More recently, in addition to a large array of many other poets’ works, I’ve been paying attention to the work of Eastern European poets, including Miklos Radnoti, Milosz, and Adam Zagajewski. This is not definitive, though. The post From the Homeless to Prisons and Beyond: Q&A with Bonnie Naradzay appeared first on Slant Books.| Slant Books
The genteel word “readers” is inadequate for the condition in which we self-declared readers find ourselves. “Consumers,” on the other hand, seems to me a better fit for the current moment. That word has become something of a catch-all, used ruefully to term any group, from college students to church members, who act entitled to receive something without any effort. The post A Way Through the Literary Forest appeared first on Slant Books.| Slant Books
Hassan reads these books in Arabic translations but wants to read them in German, “the original they were written in.” He prefers to read slowly, thinking carefully about each sentence before moving to the next one. He looks forward to sections where it’s difficult to figure out the meaning. This pleases him, he explained, “it’s fun, stretching my mind.” The post Nietzsche in the Car: Close Reading with my Uber Drivers appeared first on Slant Books.| Slant Books
A day before the start of Yom Kippur, my friend Aviya Kushner, brilliant poet and writer, posted on her Substack a piece on the great poet Yehuda Halevi (1075 - 1141) and the relevance of his work to Yom Kippur. That’s what inspired me to read, during the few hours away from synagogue, a little Halevi. The first poem of Halevi’s I landed on is “Heal Me, Lord.”| Slant Books
The Greatest Mystery at the End of the Galaxy| Nick Yoder
Perfectionism is killing me...| Nick Yoder
Xiaohong Liu introduces the concept and history of Chinese tea therapy, alongside its contemporary practice at Hunan Cancer Hospital in China.| the polyphony
Charles Forsdick concludes the Reading Bodies takeover and discusses how this project on historical discourses of illness in European literatures and cultures contributes to rethinking the medical humanities in ways that are simultaneously multilingual, transnational and translational.| the polyphony
In Part 4 of the Reading Bodies takeover, Rocío Rødtjer discusses the colonial legacies of nineteenth-century medical metaphors and demonstrates their ongoing relevance for the present day.| the polyphony
In Part 3 of the Reading Bodies takeover, Nicolás Fernández-Medina examines the Spanish avant-garde’s response to the biomedical sciences through the lens of Ramón Gómez de la Serna’s pioneering avant-gardism.| the polyphony
In Part 2 of the Reading Bodies takeover, Olivia Glaze considers the policy and impact potential of research on languages, identity and culture within the medical humanities.| the polyphony
Katharine Murphy introduces the Reading Bodies takeover and discusses what historical discourses of illness in European literatures and cultures contribute to the medical humanities.| the polyphony
Rianna Raymond-Williams discusses ‘Unboxing’, a methodology taking reproductive health research to Black Caribbean women.| the polyphony
Joanna Stalnaker— In searching for street art depicting the authors I’m teaching this semester at Columbia University, I came across a portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in a photograph posted on... READ MORE The post What Remains of Rousseau? appeared first on Yale University Press.| Yale University Press
Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds— As soon as Arctic sea ice started precipitously declining in 2007, newspapers began trumpeting a “scramble for resources” at the top of the world. Oil,... READ MORE The post From Flag Planting to Frontline appeared first on Yale University Press.| Yale University Press
Andrew H. Jaffe— The biggest economy in the world has decided that science is not a priority, barely worth supporting. This is the arrogance of American leaders unable or unwilling... READ MORE The post The Trump Administration’s Contempt for Science appeared first on Yale University Press.| Yale University Press
Jack Bouchard— On a September day in the year 1542, a French Basque captain named Robert Lefant sat in a portside room in the little Spanish town of Fuenterrabía, answering... READ MORE The post Harbours and Beaches Alongside a Forgotten Sea: Terra Nova’s Legacy appeared first on Yale University Press.| Yale University Press
Francesca Lessa— Transnational repression constitutes a “global threat to national sovereignty, security, and human rights,” according to a 2025 report from Freedom House. The term transnational repression describes the tactics... READ MORE| Yale University Press
At some point during college, I tried to work out what an ideal human society might look like. This was back when I still strongly identified with the left, but my dreams were not of a world state and a … Continue reading →| Reading Freely
by William Bray Introduction CHRISTIANITY IS THE single biggest roadblock to White victory in our time. We suffer from, among other things, a fundamental misunderstanding of it, why it emerged, why it dominated, and why it fundamentally reformed. The success of the religion has little or nothing…| National Vanguard
Colonialism drives climate change vulnerability in the global South through constructions of race and gender that are embedded in Western modern sustainability practices.| E-International Relations
Strategic and organizational considerations play a more decisive role in shaping women’s combat participation in violent political groups.| E-International Relations
In 2022, I taught a class using an early draft of the Design for a Better World book (DBW, but it had a very different title then). It was a great class and their comments...| Don Norman's JND.org
“Don Norman joining the movement for…” Don Norman joining the movement for responsible and sustainable design brings considerable heft to the demand for design to transform from a user-centric focus to serving society and the...| Don Norman's JND.org
AI leveraged learning lets you start with the application at the end. Curiosity guides what you learn, fundamentals backfill when you need them.| Interjected Future
The author of "Shutterbabe" says Kate Winslet's movie about Lee Miller is searingly close to the truth.| The Persistent
Infertility, so long hidden from view, is finally finding a spotlight in various contemporary art forms.| The Persistent
Reconciliation means meeting a landscape on its own terms. The post Inventing habitats appeared first on High Country News.| High Country News
La reconciliación significa encontrarse con un paisaje en sus propios términos The post Inventando hábitats appeared first on High Country News.| High Country News
Navigating the wasteland as an irrelevant novelist| AMRAN GOWANI
Happy birthday to Beyoncé (and me)| AMRAN GOWANI
A no holds barred interview with my enhanced clones| AMRAN GOWANI
Glamping with the 1%| AMRAN GOWANI
Analyzing humanity's least profitable business model| AMRAN GOWANI
You know that feeling even if you can’t name it — the mix of frustration and annoyance when you’re using a touch interface that you can’t quite get to work correctly. When you feel like you have to touch delicately just to trigger _that_ command that’s _right there_ in plain sight.| Scott Hurff
After years of resistance, Apple’s iPhone 6 announcement last week officially signaled the Dawn of the Era of Huge Screens. And it’s going to crash into existence in a big way. Just this Monday, Apple announced that they’d sold over four million pre-orders for| Scott Hurff
There's a high probability you're working on a product that's going to be used on a mobile phone. And if you're not, you probably soon will be. A lot of us are building mobile apps these days and that means we'| Scott Hurff
As product designers, it's not hard to see that our world is changing. We're transitioning from a Web-based point-and-click world to mobile, where all the cutting-edge design is now happening. Instead of a click, it's a tap. Or a gesture. Or a swipe. Or| Scott Hurff
How you can communicate animations by watching cartoons or using tools like Quartz Composer, Origami, Adobe After Effects, and Keynote.| Scott Hurff
As tastes change, technologies evolve, and the expectations of our customers shift, the way we design products is frequently subjected to the whims of the moment. We discover better ways to strip away the layers, the steps, the complexity — to deliver what our customers really want: The content.| Scott Hurff
The world's most successful creators unabashedly pursue their interests no matter where they go. They're unashamed about the subcultures, the ideas and the people to which they're exposed because of it.| Scott Hurff
Hey! This is an excerpt from my book Designing Products People Love [https://www.scotthurff.com/book], which was published by O'Reilly in January 2016. Learn more about the book and the 20+ product designers from Facebook, Twitter, Slack, etc. who were interviewed about how they work. Have you ever| Scott Hurff
Following the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Loper Bright/Relentless, the battle over agency deference has moved to the lower courts. This essay examines two recent "flare-ups" where federal judges are pushing back against attempts to ignore the fall of Chevron. The post Relentless/Loper Bright in the Lower Courts: Flare-Ups After Chevron’s Fall first appeared on Anchoring Truths.| Anchoring Truths
As we follow the camera’s quiet, careful study, we observe—as Fred Moten reflects—that the slave ship also contains the means of its own undoing. The post “Radical Powers of Metamorphosis”: On Global Black Cinema appeared first on Public Books.| Public Books
As in Conrad, even when characters think they understand the dynamics of Leonard Woolf’s jungle, they really don’t. The post B-Sides: Leonard Woolf’s “The Village in the Jungle” appeared first on Public Books.| Public Books
We are in a moment that makes clear that the border—as a regime of enmity—can make intruders of us all. The post Imagining Intruders to Imagine a Nation appeared first on Public Books.| Public Books
Art practice and speculative imaginaries can be sites of dissent and intervention. The post The Border is a Technology—Art Can Dispute It appeared first on Public Books.| Public Books
Border technologies live within loops of failure → crisis → fix → failure → crisis → fix, eternally to be tested. It will work, promise! Just wait for one more iteration. The post Tech, Stones, and Stories: How the Violence of Border Tech is a Historical Matter appeared first on Public Books.| Public Books
The border today is and is made through sociotechnical arrangements centering data in the regulation of racial difference. The post Borders Are War by Other Means appeared first on Public Books.| Public Books
The influence of K-12 policy and pedagogy on higher ed can perhaps be seen best in the trickle-up effect of the standards of the Common Core. The post Toward the Higher- and Secondary-Ed Alliance! appeared first on Public Books.| Public Books
This essay calls in HBCUs to recommit to Black queer and trans* inclusion. The post This Is Not a Choice—It Is a Charge: How HBCUs Must Embrace Black Radical Love & Empower Queer and Trans* Students appeared first on Public Books.| Public Books
Open admissions to all state-funded public universities could break the competitive concentration of prestige, increase affordability, and restore Americans’ faith in higher education. The post To Save Public Higher Ed, Stop Revering California’s Tiered System appeared first on Public Books.| Public Books
Policymakers and institutional leaders seeking to preserve higher education’s functionality should consider the enrollment and completion rates of Black and Hispanic men.| Public Books
At 4,854 years old, the Methuselah Tree, a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, beats Methuselah the man by almost four thousand years. It clings to a precipitous slope below ten-thousand-foot ridges in the White Mountains, separated from the ramparts of the Eastern Sierra by several miles of thin air above Bishop, California.| Center for Humans & Nature
By Charisse Iglesias, PhD Examining your positionality before, during, and after engaging with historically marginalized communities is so important to the work and allows you to reflect deeply on who you are working with, and why you are working with them. I argue that this reflection can be extremely helpful to be a better researcher, funder, and community-engaged practitioner. The post From assumptions to integration: Examining your positionality throughout your community-engaged partnersh...| CCF
But what is unrestricted funding, and what room is there for it in the philanthropic sector? More importantly, how will it change the way we manage programs, and how will it contribute to building more equitable and anti-colonial practices within a still-colonial system?| CCF
Protector, surrogate parent, role model: is there anything an eldest daughter can’t do? Cherry Tan reads three new Singaporean books that examine sisterhood and daughterhood—Sister Snake, The Original Daughter, and The Story Game—and considers how eldest daughters might (re)write their own story.| Jom
Some claim that tiny forests can bring relief from dangerous heat. Mere greenwashing? And even if not, can the concept grow roots in a city uncomfortable with wildness?| Jom
Uyghur-American advocate Aydin Anwar outlines the severe oppression faced by Uyghurs in East Turkistan, documenting personal experiences and historical context. It discusses the Chinese government's systematic campaign of genocide, including mass internment, forced sterilization, and cultural erasure, while stressing the need for global awareness and action against these atrocities, which often goes unrecognized.| Traversing Tradition
The text explores the idea of the “Mycelial Ummah,” a conceptual model merging mycelial networks’ biological principles with Islamic ideals. It advocates for decentralized intelli…| Traversing Tradition
The goal is to create not just good students but students who are good.| Modern Age
Truman and his “wise men” made mistakes that America is still paying for today.| Modern Age
Soon, the green at Bicentennial Mall and spaces inside the Tennessee State Library & Archives and Tennessee State Museum will be swarmed by organisms i…| chapter16.org
Growing up in the 1980s, in the heart of New York City's downtown music and art scene became fertile ground for seeds of creativity, doubt, and eventual empowerment for Pyeng Threadgill-as expressed through Lost & Found: Finding the Power in Your Voice, a collection of personal essays, poetry, and prose.| Listen & Be Heard Network
Up close and personal with nature's notoriously elusive carnivore.| Sequencer
At first glance, then, a constructed swamp might look like a standard instance of White Guilt – like an attempt to atone (or, at least, to be seen atoning) for crimes committed against the landscape in the name of colonisation. But where we sought redemption there is plague and pestilence: Manawa reserve is a cesspit of avian botulism, littered with pukeko carcasses – their vital fluids seeping into the infill. Hence, this synthetic ecosystem looks more like a monstrous front, like a frag...| 3:AM Magazine
October is Octobering – with changing leaves, lovely golden light, fall theatre and a visit from my parents. Between all that and Gala prep at ZUMIX, here’s what I have been reading: Dear Miss Lake, A.J. PearceI’ve adored Pearce’s series following the WWII adventures of journalist Emmy Lake, her best friend Bunty, and Emmy’s colleagues […]| cakes, tea and dreams
THE CRISP OCTOBER morning air carried the scent of roasting chestnuts and spiced cider through the cobblestone streets of Little Italy in New York City, where red, white, and green banners fluttered proudly against a pale dawn sky. It was Columbus Day, October 13, 2025, and the city was already stirring…| National Vanguard
A gender lens is not enough to ensure every woman receives the support she needs; considering factors like class and ethnicity are key to designing effective programs| The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
The most recent ceasefire deal proposed by the U.S. president makes big promises, but can it deliver?| The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
Building a new future for Israelis and Palestinians will require flexibility, compromise, and dedication from both sides as well as the international community| The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
Israeli hubris as it celebrates the demise of its enemies will be its ultimate downfall| The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
Israel’s disproportionate response to Hamas’ October 7, 2023 massacre includes genocide against Palestinians in Gaza| The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
Jordan’s defensive action to intercept Iran’s retaliatory drones and missiles, slashing through its skies in mid-June, has drawn both approval and criticism, underscoring the kingdom’s struggles to balance strategic alliances with public opinion| The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
Both states have violated international law and instigated regional chaos| The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
The pathway to recognition of Palestinian Statehood does not require the world’s approval through the raising of 192 flags; rather, it requires convincing “one state only—the state of Israel”| The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
In Asia, the real conversations and developments around AI are focused on practical applications for industry. They are quiet, hardly talked about and are not trendy.| Elizabeth Tai
COVER ART BY NATALIE NEE FICTION ANY MAN’S BETTER THAN NO MAN AT ALL BY BIZZY COY DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG BY KATIE BURGESS HI…| Pithead Chapel
Some days, like this morning when I almost missed my flight to WordCamp Canada in Ottawa, I’m so overwhelmed with the maelstrom of ideas and sparks of creation that it feels like waves crashing aga…| Matt Mullenweg
When I went on maternity leave, I assumed I’d be lonely. Instead, I connected with the world in a whole new way.| The Persistent
I’ve been reaching into my poetry shelves to take out poets I haven’t read in decades. This week it was Theodore Roethke’s turn. Browsing his six poetry collections, I of course find an abundance of themes: his childhood and relation to his father, love of a woman, various dimensions of the self, and more. But the poems I’m most drawn to are the ones where he expresses what I’d call his mysticism— his longing for and then union with the divine. The post “All finite things reveal...| Slant Books
In the Preface to The Drunken Silenus (2020), the first volume of Morgan Meis’s “Three Paintings Trilogy”—which continues with The Fate of the Animals (2022), and culminates in the just published The Grand Valley—Meis tells us why he wrote this first book: “I was working on a style.” The post Working on a Style appeared first on Slant Books.| Slant Books
I got interested in captivity narratives when I first read Mary Rowlandson's in a graduate class. (Captivity narratives are the personal stories of those who have been captured by an enemy. Sarah's voice in this story is one of those.) Mary Rowlandson was an English colonist who was captured by Native people in 1675 during King Philip's War and held for ransom. Her account became what was really the first American bestseller.| Slant Books
--- Founders and product managers fail at customer development, even when they're consistently talking to users. But this is less from conducting too few interviews and more from a missing feedback loop. The art of posing the right question is counterintuitive and cognitively taxing, so founders can’t| Interjected Future
Saurabh Chowdhury writes from an anthropological perspective to discuss the entanglements between evolutionary biological variations and modern sociocultural prejudices. Over millions of years, the human body has evolved with a wide range of variations.| the polyphony
