cryptocurrency SEC charges blockchain payments firm Ripple with conducting unregistered securities offering Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Excellent explainer: how consensus algorithms (including Bitcoin/blockchain) work Cory Doctorow

mistakes Another graduation speaker hypes AI to boos, tells students their education is already obsolete Rob Beschizza

politics Trump Media shakeup after stock collapse Rob Beschizza

trumpification Trump just killed the Reflecting Pool's iconic mirror effect Jason Weisberger

hot dam Hoover Dam could lose most of its power as Lake Mead plummets Jason Weisberger

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

Republicans Republicans jet off as DHS runs out of money Jason Weisberger

politics The easiest way to sink Trump: hitting billionaires' portfolios by reducing your spending on technology Ellsworth Toohey

health COVID pandemic enters seventh year with no end in sight Séamus Bellamy

politics Belligerent Christian protesters fail to rattle Buddhist monks on their Walk for Peace Jennifer Sandlin

Science This physics professor transformed his country to 98% renewable energy in five years Ruben Bolling

politics Amazon, Google, Apple and others seeking government favors pay for Trump's $200,000,000 ballroom Ellsworth Toohey

trump Why did the US target Venezuelan criminals over Mexican cartels? Séamus Bellamy

mistakes Eric Adams campaign aide suspended after handing reporter potato chip bag containing cash Rob Beschizza

disobedience Strategic sick days and coordinated slowdowns: the case for sabotage in Silicon Valley Ellsworth Toohey

Donald Drumpf The Proud Boys are the latest MAGA cultists to break up with Trump Séamus Bellamy

AI Slop-eds: Washington Post to use AI editor for opinion page content Rob Beschizza

nsa Chinese kill switches found in American energy infrastructure Séamus Bellamy

The ports are empty as Trump's trade war slows the US economy Jason Weisberger