Games

George Lucas got so many nuances right in Star Wars. One of the most overlooked is … ★ ‘We Don’t Serve Their Kind Here’Read more

Eva Corlett, reporting for The Guardian in 2023: New Zealand’s new government will scrap the country’s … New Zealand Passed a Generational Smoking Ban in 2022, But Repealed It Before It Went Into EffectRead more

You want to know what I was like in the ’90s, kids? Take a deep breath … Fine. This is What I Was Really Like in the ’90sRead more

Ephrat Livni, reporting for The New York Times (gift link): Britain aims to raise a “smoke-free … United Kingdom to Pass Smoking Ban Only for Those Who Are Not Yet Legal AdultsRead more

“The Texas gerrymander freakout: What’s happening in the Lone Star State is not a threat to … Instead of Losing Democratic Elections, What If We Just Stopped Having Them Altogether?Read more

Russ Choma, reporting for Mother Jones: Devin Nunes was not an obvious choice to run a … Trump’s Blog Has Somehow Lost $1.1 BillionRead more

Speaking of Chris Espinosa, this is pretty neat: On September 1 I’ll join the elite club … Eight for EightRead more

Nilay Patel, in a terrific essay (and Decoder one-sider) at The Verge: In fact, the polling … Nilay Patel: ‘Beware Software Brain’Read more

Rachel Metz, reporting for Bloomberg: A small group of unauthorized users have accessed Anthropic PBC’s new … Unauthorized Users in Discord Group Had Weekslong Access to Anthropic’s Supposedly-Super-Dangerous Claude Mythos ModelRead more

Tom Warren, The Verge (gift link): “Many of these employees have spent years, and in some … Microsoft Offers Voluntary Retirement to Long-Serving EmployeesRead more