Purposeful Predictions

Walt Whitman, Shortly After His Paralytic Stroke, on What Makes Life Worth Living

Troubling News for Jews from the Michigan Democratic Party

Wagner Gone Wrong

Afroman on Becoming the 2028 Libertarian Presidential Nominee

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The Horses Are Coming

What It Would Be Like to Surf Five Distant Planets

Trump Signs Psychedelics Order

We’re All Wrong About Men and Feminism

"The Biggest Scandal Here Is In Fact the Leaks Themselves"

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

Improving AI models’ ability to explain their predictions

PS Commentators’ Predictions for 2026

Woodpeckers’ Secret Strength Revealed—Plus, Flu Surge, AI Sleep Predictions and CES 2026 Trends

Kristi Noem, Iran War Predictions, Playing Video Games

Catspeak

“Koo-ba-koo Phail Gayi Baat” by Parveen Shakir, sung by Danyal Raza

One Human Faced 100 Hungry Mosquitoes to Model Where They Bite

How Gum Disease Can Lead to Breast Cancer

China leads research in 90% of crucial technologies — a dramatic shift this century

America’s War, America’s Recession