Bondi beach shooting live updates: two people in custody as PM urges public to follow police guidance amid ‘shocking and distressing’ scenes (www.theguardian.com)
Warren Buffett''s Biggest Artificial Intelligence Bets in 2026: 23% of Berkshire Hathaway''s 311 Billion Stock Portfolio Is in These 2 AI Stocks (finance.yahoo.com)
Emma Allen on Otto Soglow’s Spot Art - Fifty years after his death, the work of the pioneering New Yorker cartoonist still appears in every issue. (www.newyorker.com)
History’s Judgment of Those Who Go Along - Some civil servants and senior officials in the Trump Administration are experiencing bouts of conscience. (www.newyorker.com)
“Risk, Discipline,” by Andrew Martin - Despite our best efforts, we were going to be, in the end, two more thirtysomethings from Brooklyn getting married in the Hudson Valley. (www.newyorker.com)
How Nicolas Sarkozy Survived Twenty Days Behind Bars - With his new book, “The Journal of a Prisoner,” the former French President seeks to place himself in the company of Alfred Dreyfus and Jesus Christ. (www.newyorker.com)
Caught in the “Ceasefire” - A new show on C-SPAN seeks to model civil dialogue and bipartisan coöperation in an age of inflamed debate. But is getting along a worthwhile goal? (www.newyorker.com)
Teen Rebellion Immortalized, Through the Eyes of Chris Steele-Perkins - The late British photographer was drawn to outsider subcultures, among them the working-class youths known as Teds. (www.newyorker.com)
The Edge of Adolescence - Nineties teen counterculture, a trip to Universal Studios, and the modern American dream of perpetual childhood. (www.newyorker.com)
The Washington Roundtable’s 2025 in Review - Taking stock of how American norms, ideals, and values have been transformed by Trump 2.0. (www.newyorker.com)
Leon Panetta on the Trump Administration’s Venezuelan Boat Strikes - The former C.I.A. director and Secretary of Defense explains the problem with using the military for law enforcement. (www.newyorker.com)
Poetry as a Cistern for Love and Loss - The poet Gabrielle Calvocoressi talks with Kevin Young, The New Yorker’s poetry editor, about their newest collection, “The New Economy,” and poetry’s role in addressing grief. (www.newyorker.com)
Is A.I. Actually a Bubble? - The narrative of boom and bust is familiar—but also out of step with the possibilities of a new technology. (www.newyorker.com)
Nancy Shaver Is the Real Deal - Also: Murray Hill’s holiday variety show, Kara Young and Nicholas Braun in “Gruesome Playground Injuries,” James L. Brooks’s anti-romantic comedy “Ella McCay,” and more. (www.newyorker.com)
Bi Gan’s Dream Factory - With “Resurrection,” the director has made a surrealist epic not just about Chinese history but about the cinema itself. (www.newyorker.com)
America’s Betting Craze Has Spread to Its News Networks - CNN and CNBC have partnered with Kalshi, a prediction market, encouraging their viewers to wager on current events in real time. (www.newyorker.com)
The Lovably Fragile Exes of “Is This Thing On?” - Bradley Cooper’s latest film, about separated spouses played by Laura Dern and Will Arnett, is scrappy but soul-nourishing. (www.newyorker.com)