02:11 Hard Numbers: Kenya restarts railroad project without China, South Africans return from Ukraine war, the rapper who wants to run Nepal, Russians say things are going well (news.google.com)
02-07 YouTube Revenue for Full-Year 2025 Topped 60 Billion, Making Video Platform Bigger Than Netflix Ad revenue hit record 11.38 billion in Q4 but fell short of Wall Street expectations (old.reddit.com)
02-06 Uber found liable for sexual assault in first of thousands of similar lawsuits / A federal jury has ordered Uber to pay the victim 8.5 million in damages. (old.reddit.com)
02-06 After 3 years of negotiations with Microsoft, Blizzard QA workers win a new contract guaranteeing ''better working environment with increased pay, benefits, and layoff protections'' (old.reddit.com)
02-06 Yet another Windows update is wreaking havoc on gaming rigs worldwide — Nvidia recommends uninstalling Windows 11 KB5074109 January update to prevent framerate drops and artifacting (old.reddit.com)
01:41 I moved from Southern California to Michigan so I could afford to buy a home. Living here changed me in surprising ways. (www.businessinsider.com)
03:00 The Iranians Waiting, and Even Hoping, for War - A war with the U.S. would be catastrophic for Iran. But some Iranians believe it may be the only way to topple the regime. (www.newyorker.com)
03:00 What Could Go Wrong, or Right, in a War with Iran - The foreign-policy analyst Karim Sadjadpour on what it would mean for the United States to pursue regime change in Iran, once again. (www.newyorker.com)
03:00 Failed “Finance Bros” Find Success with HBO’s “Industry” - Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, the creators of the financial drama, explain what “finance bros” misunderstand about capitalism’s allure. (www.newyorker.com)
02:34 Mitski’s New Album Is a Dark Ode to Isolation - On “Nothing’s About to Happen to Me,” a reclusive woman confronts the inhospitality of the world beyond her door. (www.newyorker.com)
02-27 Two New Documentaries Are Haunted by Unsettling Natural Wonders - Gianfranco Rosi’s “Pompei: Below the Clouds” and Werner Herzog’s “Ghost Elephants” offer thrilling but troubled visions of a world in environmental flux. (www.newyorker.com)
02-27 Spring Culture Previews—What to Do, See, and Hear This Season - What’s new in theatre, movies, television, art, dance, classical, and contemporary music. (www.newyorker.com)
02-27 “What Does That Nature Say to You”: Don’t Meet the Parents - The South Korean director Hong Sangsoo finds high drama and philosophical insights in the chance encounter of a woman’s boyfriend with her family. (www.newyorker.com)
02-27 The Right-Wing Nonprofit Serving A.I. Slop for America’s Birthday - PragerU, a fount of Judeo-Christian edutainment, is now a key partner in the Trump Administration’s “civic education” campaign. (www.newyorker.com)
02-26 The Timeless Provocations of “Wuthering Heights” (the Novel) - A great fuss surrounds Emerald Fennell’s anachronistic adaptation, but Emily Brontë’s ruthless text will always have the last word. (www.newyorker.com)
02-26 The Hidden History of Native American Enslavement - Indigenous slavery, which lasted for centuries, has gone by many names. A new public history project wants us to see it for what it was. (www.newyorker.com)
02-26 “Hate Radio” Chucks the Transcript - A jolting play about the Rwandan genocide takes liberties in order to capture dark truths. (www.newyorker.com)
02-26 The Media Merger You Should Actually Care About - An under-the-radar, Trump-approved deal could create a broadcasting behemoth that controls local news stations across more than forty states. Why do some MAGA diehards oppose it? (www.newyorker.com)
02-26 Critics at Large Live: “Wuthering Heights” and Its Afterlives - Emerald Fennell’s brazen take on the classic has both exhilarated and infuriated viewers. What does an adaptation owe to its source material? (www.newyorker.com)
02-26 Finishing School: The Moby-Dick Club - This year marks the hundred-and-seventy-fifth anniversary, or demisemiseptcentennial, of “Moby-Dick,” originally published in 1851. (Saving you the math.) Is it O.K. to have a “Moby-Dick” T-shirt for every day of the week? (www.newyorker.com)
02-26 How the Epstein Files Are Forcing a Reckoning with Power - Instead of providing closure, the release of thousands of documents has intensified the fear that the full truth may be unknowable—and that institutions cannot be relied on to provide it. (www.newyorker.com)
02-26 How Michael Pollan Expanded His Consciousness - The writer discusses a few of the works that influenced his new book, “A World Appears.” (www.newyorker.com)
02-26 Adrian Matejka Reads C. D. Wright - The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Against the Encroaching Grays,” by C. D. Wright, and his own poem “Almost Home.” (www.newyorker.com)
02-25 When Do We Become Adults, Really? - Scientists define the stages of life in biological, societal, and chronological terms—but none of them quite capture what it’s like to grow up. (www.newyorker.com)
02-25 “TBPN” and the Rise of the Tech-Friendly Talk Show - Silicon Valley had grown to resent the mainstream media. Two tech insiders decided to build their own version of it. (www.newyorker.com)