Word has apparently traveled down the continent to the transgender communities in Mexico, Honduras, and elsewhere: If you make it all the way to California, the government will pay...
In this world, nothing is certain except that the next Republican presidential hopeful will be “scarier” than the last. This is one of the most frequent narratives in modern political messaging. So frequent, in fact, that it has become nearly as predictable as flu season, only drearier and with less charm. You can practically set […]
Filmmaker Scott Cooper’s Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, an adaptation of Warren Zanes’s book, opens on a sweaty, spent Bruce Springsteen in 1982 as he’s backstage, catching his breath after another herculean three-hour set, the kind that had already become legend on this tour. Up to that point, Springsteen’s career had followed a jagged, uncertain climb. The […]
Pollsters expected a rejection of the anarcho-capitalist Argentinian President Javier Milei’s party, La Libertad Avanza, in Sunday’s midterm elections. Instead, the economist of the Austrian School turned politician’s coalition cleaned house, winning 41% of the national vote and doubling their representation in Congress. With this stunning victory, Milei has a clear mandate to expand his libertarian economic reforms that aim to […]
Artificial intelligence-powered companions are becoming a part of daily life. In a world plagued by loneliness and a lack of connection, these chatbots have been promoted from fulfilling mundane tasks, such as hands-free texting and suggesting shortcuts while in traffic, to serving social and emotional support. On one popular AI companion platform, a persona named […]
