14:00 Trump’s science-denying fanatics are bad enough. Yet even our climate ‘solutions’ are now the stuff of total delusion George Monbiot (www.theguardian.com)
08:15 Palantir Tech''s 140 Billion Market Cap Gain Is Driven By Trump''s Victory And Higher Defense Spending Hope - Is The Stock Overvalued? (finance.yahoo.com)
09:55 Bitcoin Hits 95K For The First Time Ever, Ethereum, Dogecoin Flat As Trump''s Crypto Policy Takes Shape: Top Analyst Describes BTC''s Path To 135K (news.google.com)
10:03 What Is Donald Trump’s Cabinet Planning for America? - Matt Gaetz has “gone to Washington to burn it down,” says the staff writer Dexter Filkins. “And he’s been remarkably successful.” (www.newyorker.com)
05:33 “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” Offer Nostalgic, Half-Satisfying Showdowns - With a musical return to Oz and a bloody epic of ancient Rome, Hollywood studios double down on blockbuster spectacle. (www.newyorker.com)
05:00 Why Josh Brolin Loves James Joyce - On the occasion of his new memoir, the “Dune” actor reflects on some of his formative reading experiences. (www.newyorker.com)
03:43 The Fantasy of Cozy Tech - From the “cozy gaming” trend to a new generation of A.I. companions, our devices are trying to swath us in a digital and physical cocoon. (www.newyorker.com)
01:45 The Technology the Trump Administration Could Use to Hack Your Phone - Other Western democracies have been roiled by the use of spyware to target political opponents, activists, journalists, and other vulnerable groups. Could it happen here? (www.newyorker.com)
11-20 The Northeast Is Becoming Fire Country - Maps of recent fires across the region resemble California in August, with hundreds of red dots. (www.newyorker.com)
11-20 How Trump Could Change the Trajectory of the War in Ukraine - Any deal will likely be favorable to the Russians, though the clock on Putin’s ability to sustain a wartime economy may be running out. (www.newyorker.com)
11-19 El Museo del Barrio Offers a Timely Triennial of Latino Art - The unique history of El Museo has allowed it to be at the vanguard of what is now more widely accepted as the purpose of museums. (www.newyorker.com)
11-19 Donald Trump’s U.F.C. Victory Party - Dana White, the C.E.O. of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, helped Trump reach young male voters. Now White says he’s done with politics: “I want nothing to do with this shit.” (www.newyorker.com)
11-19 Why Do We Talk This Way? - Technology is dramatically changing political speech, rewarding quantity and variety over the neat messages of the past. (www.newyorker.com)
11-18 Understanding Latino Support for Donald Trump - Democrats have often described Latinos as decisive when they support liberal candidates and inconsequential when they don’t. (www.newyorker.com)
11-18 Why Is Elon Musk Really Embracing Donald Trump? - After spending more than a hundred million dollars to help Trump get elected, Musk stands to earn a lot more. (www.newyorker.com)
11-18 Marielle Heller’s “Nightbitch” Explores the Feral Side of Motherhood - With “Nightbitch”—in which Amy Adams turns into a dog—the director portrays parenting as a visceral transformation. (www.newyorker.com)
11-18 Why N.S.A. Rules Say No to Smartphones, No to Texting, Yes to Podcasts - The agency, known for listening, is getting into the (extremely vetted) talking game, with “No Such Podcast.” (www.newyorker.com)
11-18 The Long Way Home After a Cancelled Flight, by David Sedaris - Had I proposed earlier that we invite someone stranded to come with us to New York, Hugh would have said no. But now there was really no way for him to back out. (www.newyorker.com)
11-18 The Frenemies Who Fought to Bring Birth Control to the U.S. - Though Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett shared a mission, they took very different approaches. Their ensuing rivalry was political, sometimes even personal. (www.newyorker.com)