23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest: Steps in the Blue City

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"The age when you can run a literary magazine on trust is over. You can either decide AI submissions are fine, or you can filter for them"

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China’s Long March to Technological Supremacy

MIT Corporation elects 10 term members, two life members for 2026

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Blue-State Politicians Need to Wake Up

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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

To Understand AI, Think Like A Dragonfly

Why Does Trump Keep Bringing Up Decades-Old Foreign Grievances?

Swimming and the Meaning of Life

Today in Supreme Court History: May 24, 1870

Open Thread

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A Florida Detention Center Was the Harshest in the Country. Then ICE Stopped Tracking Details on Use of Force.

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