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Empires have a way of seeding their own destruction.

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Like water, gold simply can’t tell you what it used to be.

  • Planet Money: How Black hair care grew Black power

    Listen: https://ift.tt/BEQs6Ic The Afro is one of the most iconic hairstyles of the last century. And one of its main ingredients was a hair product – Afro Sheen. But Afro Sheen did so much more than make Black afros shine.… more ›

  • The year of technoligarchy

    In 2025, Trump brought tech executives into power to dismantle regulators and write their own rules. But the instabilities they’re creating may be their downfall. https://www.citationneeded.news/the-year-of-technoligarchy/ more ›

  • A$AP Rocky – Punk Rocky (Official Video)

    LISTEN TO ‘PUNK ROCKY’ HERE: https://ift.tt/DO0GqIv PRE-SAVE/PRE-ADD ‘DON’T BE DUMB’ HERE: https://ift.tt/PEC0q9M FOLLOW A$AP ROCKY: FACEBOOK: https://ift.tt/KU5ibDm INSTAGRAM: https://ift.tt/Af95Itu TIKTOK: https://ift.tt/oLWC7Kg TWITTER: https://ift.tt/tU1805J WEBSITE: https://awge.com #ASAPROCKY #PUNKROCKY #DONTBEDUMB — more ›

  • The Powers That Be: Daily: The Making of an Interventionist

    Listen: https://ift.tt/I8PWAqH Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss Trump’s turn from isolationism to interventionism in the wake of the Venezuela raid. Drawing on Trump’s first term, Ioffe explains how earlier risk-free strikes taught him that he could attack foreign targets… more ›

  • Treat AI Like a Public Utility

    It seems increasingly likely that artificial intelligence will mean major changes to the economy and daily life. We need a public jobs program for displaced workers, and we should regulate AI as a public utility. https://jacobin.com/2025/07/artificial-intelligence-regulation-public-utility more ›

  • 3 clues to understanding your brain | VS Ramachandran

    http://www.ted.com Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can reveal about the connection between celebral tissue and the mind, using three startling delusions as examples. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED… more ›

  • Baby, This is Keke Palmer: Your Favorite Artist’s Favorite Artist with Anderson .Paak

    Listen: https://ift.tt/gQAfGbt Keke kicks it with Anderson .Paak for a real hang on new music, his directorial debut, and watching his kids make music of their own. He breaks down how a song he wrote years ago just became another… more ›

  • Kate Crawford | Mapping Empires

    Just as linear perspective restructured how people recognized reality, generative AI is generating a new visual and political language. During the talk, Crawford gave us a tour through her detailed artwork Calculating Empires. Through examples ranging from Liebig’s critique of… more ›

  • Analyse Podcast: The AI Industry Is Building Modern Empires with Karen Hao

    Listen: https://ift.tt/UoJP0ar Fresh out of the studio, Karen Hao, investigative journalist and author of "Empire of AI" joined us in a conversation to unravel how companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI have become modern empires reshaping society, labor, and democracy… more ›

  • Bonus Episode: How Is Trump Planning to ‘Run’ Venezuela? (With Anne Applebaum) | The David Frum Show

    David Frum is joined by The Atlantic’s Anne Applebaum to react to the news of the American raid and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in a special episode of The David Frum Show. Sign up for David Frum’s newsletter… more ›