I’ve been re-watching Tony Gilroy’s masterpiece Andor. In the first season, the story reaches one of its most evocative moral crescendos when Andy Serkis’ character, Kino Loy, delivers one of the most stirring monologues in contemporary screenwriting.
Agricultural Drones Are Taking Off Globally, Saving Farmers Time and Money | The Daily Yonder
This article was originally published by The Conversation. Drones have become integrated into everyday life over the past decade – in sectors as diverse
Shaun Maguire—venture capital partner, SpaceX bet winner, sophisticated bigot—wants you to know that Zohran Mamdani “comes from a culture that lies about everything.” That it’s “literally a virtue to lie if it advances his Islamist agenda.”
Pluralistic: The 40-year economic mistake that let Google conquer (and enshittify) the world (06 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
American institutions must deny sovereignty to certain groups of people in order to avoid narrative conflicts. Once the U.S. pulls on that thread, the whole yarn of national narratives comes apart.…
Tracing a Line Between Israeli Pager Attacks and Ukraine Collapse to the Tennessee Munitions Factory Explosion that Killed 16 Workers in an Impoverished Region of the U.S. | naked capitalism
The so-called ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ goes up in smoke.