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20/11/2025

Lomborg’s experience shows what happens when a researcher challenges a powerful narrative with inconvenient numbers.
By Marian L. Tupy.

Lomborg’s experience shows what happens when a researcher challenges a powerful narrative with inconvenient numbers.

20/11/2025

The media’s framing of the Kavanaugh assassination attempt keeps getting stranger. NBC’s coverage referred to Nicholas Roske almost exclusively as “Sophie,” describing the would-be assassin as a “woman”—burying the biological reality until deep in the article. It’s a sharp reminder of how language choices shape public understanding, especially in cases where ideology and criminal justice collide.⁠
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🔗 Read or watch more: https://quillette.com/2025/10/16/we-need-to-talk-about-trans-identified-killers/
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20/11/2025

In a new book, Ben Appel describes his journey from closeted Christian cult child, to recovering addict, to social-justice warrior, to self-confessed ‘gender heretic.’
By Ben Appel.

In a new book, Ben Appel describes his journey from closeted Christian cult child, to recovering addict, to social-justice warrior, to self-confessed ‘gender heretic.’

20/11/2025

The bones of our conspiracies haven’t changed, though their details are
different.
By Claire Lehmann.

The bones of our conspiracies haven’t changed, though their details are different.

20/11/2025

The philosopher John Searle’s concept of Intentionality and his Chinese Room experiment reveal the differences between AI computation and human thought.
By Sean Welsh.

The philosopher John Searle’s concept of Intentionality and his Chinese Room experiment reveal the differences between AI computation and human thought.

19/11/2025

Overnight Russia hit Ukraine with one of its largest overnight attacks of the war, launching more than 470 drones and 48 missiles across multiple regions. Cities including Ternopil, Kharkiv, Lviv, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Dnipro, and Ivano-Frankivsk were struck. At least 9 civilians were killed and dozens injured, including children. Residential buildings, energy sites, transport networks, and critical infrastructure were heavily damaged. Zelenskyy urged urgent air-defence support, saying the scale of the assault shows international pressure on Russia remains insufficient.

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19/11/2025

On November 18, 2025, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) visited the White House for the first time since Jamal Khashoggi’s 2018 murder; during the Oval Office photo-op, Trump aggressively shut down a reporter’s question about the CIA’s conclusion that MBS approved the killing, calling Khashoggi “extremely controversial,” insisting MBS “knew nothing about it,” and dismissing the issue with “things happen.” The lavish visit sealed nearly $1 trillion in new Saudi investments and potential F-35 sales, while Khashoggi’s widow called Trump’s remarks “very painful” and accused him of covering up the crime; critics decried the abandonment of human rights for profit, and supporters hailed the restoration of a key alliance.

19/11/2025

Our founder speaks with about bias at the and

19/11/2025

A revealing investigation has found that recycling facilities may be disgorging billions of microplastics into waterways and the air, and that only about nine percent of global plastic is recycled at all. The implications are profound—what was once promoted as an environmental solution now appears to be an amplifying source of pollution. ⁠
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🔗 Read more: https://quillette.com/2024/06/17/recycling-plastic-is-a-dangerous-waste-of-time-microplastics-health/
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19/11/2025

The core principles of liberalism—freedom and equality—are insufficient for the good life. We need to supplement them with a more robust, metaphysically thicker understanding of human nature and the good.

By Alan S. Rome.

The core principles of liberalism—freedom and equality—are insufficient for the good life. We need to supplement them with a more robust, metaphysically thicker understanding of human nature and the good.

19/11/2025

We need to cultivate an appreciation for the abundance that modernity has bestowed instead of taking it for granted.
By Maarten Boudry.

We need to cultivate an appreciation for the abundance that modernity has bestowed instead of taking it for granted.

18/11/2025

The hepatitis B vaccine episode is a preview of what happens when scientific institutions are corrupted by people who reject the scientific method itself.
By Henry I. Miller.

The hepatitis B vaccine episode is a preview of what happens when scientific institutions are corrupted by people who reject the scientific method itself.