Henry Blodget’s Illustrated 2013 Travelogue of Flying in Coach on a Long International Flight

Andrew Leonard, writing for Salon back in 2013: The first thing wrong with the stupidest article to be posted to the Internet in the year 2013 — and possibly the entire century — is the title: “I Was Quite Surprised By Some Things On My American Airlines International ‘Economy Cl … | Continue reading


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If Trump wins, blame the New York Times. | Continue reading


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"We're not taking them from infested countries." -- hard to believe this is someone who many people feel is qualified to be president of the United States. | Continue reading


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These lifelong Republicans say they're finally done with Trump. | Continue reading


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Donald Trump isn't fun anymore: How Kamala Harris stole the show — and extinguished his flame. | Continue reading


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Pete Buttigieg on why Silicon Valley billionaires are backing Trump: "These are very rich men who have decided to back the Republican party that tends to do good things for very rich men." | Continue reading


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Trump's authoritarian game plan is breaking through the post-debate noise and it's starting to scare people. | Continue reading


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“If abortion was the best choice for your girlfriend, why try to deny that choice to other women?” | Continue reading


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Katie Britt is pushing a bill to launch a pregnancy tracking federal database. | Continue reading


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Succession star Brian Cox blasts Joaquin Phoenix’s "truly terrible" Napoleon. | Continue reading


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A confused Donald Trump kept up his threats of retribution during this weekend's conservative confab | Continue reading


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"This is a fundamental breakdown in the ability to use language," the renowned mental health expert says of Trump | Continue reading


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Joe Biden gives the media a desperately needed lesson about Donald Trump. | Continue reading


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"Once a woman became pregnant for any reason, she would now become the property of the state of South Carolina," said SC state senator Katrina Shealy, a Republican. | Continue reading


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There is a very specific reason why Gov. Ron DeSantis targeted African-American history for erasure | Continue reading


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Mapping ancient humans' DNA is showing us how we evolved

An evolutionary biology professor explains the growing understanding and innovation regarding Neanderthal DNA | Continue reading


@salon.com | 3 years ago

Why Johnny Can’t Code

BASIC used to be on every computer a child touched -- but today there's no easy way for kids to get hooked on programming. | Continue reading


@salon.com | 3 years ago

America's idiot rich

Some unknown but alarming number of ultra-rich Americans are now basically totally delusional and completely divorced from reality. This is now an inescapable fact, confirmed by multiple media accounts of billionaire thought and an entire special issue of the New York Times Magaz … | Continue reading


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Are late dinners making us sick? New research says yes

In study after study, confining one’s eating to a shorter period of time during the day appears to confer numerous health benefits | Continue reading


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This year's physics Nobel Prize was for “spooky action at a distance.”

This year's Nobel Prize in physics was awarded for work related to spooky action at a distance. Here's what that means | Continue reading


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Chinese fossil discovery rewrites the history of life on Earth

Paleontologists describe some of the oldest teeth, jaws and limbs ever discovered | Continue reading


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No, AI probably won’t revolutionize drug development

Claims that artificial intelligence will change the way drugs are made are almost certainly overblown. Here’s why | Continue reading


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Insane ways Google has been invading our privacy – Salon.com

It's even worse than you thought... | Continue reading


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Christian fundamentalist homeschooling damages children

The religious right touts homeschooling as a viable educational alternative. Parents, grads tell a different story | Continue reading


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Former Republican strategist says her party can't be salvaged — and if Trump isn't punished, America is "done for" | Continue reading


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Would “Super AI” lead to the end of life on Earth? It's not a stupid question

A supercharged AI will be so much smarter than us that there's no way to calculate the risk. Let's call time out | Continue reading


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Earth is spinning faster than it should be and no one is sure why – Salon.com

The planet recorded two of its shortest days in recent history. What is going on? | Continue reading


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NFTs aren't art – they're just the Cult of Crypto's latest scam

Dan Olson of Foldable Human explains how NFTs are a scam to trick you into buying cryptocurrency | Continue reading


@salon.com | 3 years ago

Desantis signs bill req. FL students, professors to register political views

Universities may lose funding if staff and students' beliefs do not satisfy Florida's GOP-run legislature | Continue reading


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Interview: “The Automat,“ which was ”the coolest cafeteria of them all“

Filmmaker Lisa Hurwitz spoke to Salon about the long-gone eatery that sold an egalitarian dining dream for a nickel | Continue reading


@salon.com | 3 years ago

QAnon's 'Q' delivers first new messages since 2020

The new posts were left on an internet community page called 8kun Friday, hours after the reversal of Roe | Continue reading


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Elon Musk's authoritarian attitude against remote work could undermine Tesla’s

The Tesla CEO demanded employees return to full-time, in-person work. Does he know remote workers are more productive? | Continue reading


@salon.com | 3 years ago

Hotline's Civil War (1999)

Hotline's civil war: By Janelle Brown. The company behind a hot program takes its wunderkind inventor to court -- while devoted users stew. Second in a two-part series. | Continue reading


@salon.com | 3 years ago

Putin’s real goal in Ukraine isn’t territory

Putin isn’t just trying to take over Ukrainian land — he is trying to obliterate Ukrainian identity | Continue reading


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A giant planet may have “escaped” from our solar system, study finds

A simulation-based study suggests there may have been another gas giant that went missing as the solar system evolved | Continue reading


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Why “stealth research” is the bane of scientific inquiry

First Theranos, and now AI researchers, are being opaque about their work. Should we trust them?  | Continue reading


@salon.com | 3 years ago

Open-source journalism

Censorship of the nerdocracy or a giant leap forward for collaborative online journalism? Or both? On Monday, Jane's Intelligence Review, the "international journal of threat analysis" (a must-read on your average CIA spook's list), solicited feedback on an article about "cyberte … | Continue reading


@salon.com | 3 years ago

My trigger-warning disaster (2015)

I believed in trigger warnings when I taught a course on sex and film. Then they drove me out of the academy | Continue reading


@salon.com | 3 years ago

Media gets it wrong on Elon Musk and Twitter

Mainstream media largely parrots Musk's mendacious framing — but this fight is about monopoly power, not speech | Continue reading


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Scientists record the sound of a single bacterium's motion

Using ultra-strong graphene, scientists recorded the sound of e. coli moving against a membrane | Continue reading


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John Oliver vows to unleash his “creepy” blackmail on Congress

"Last Week Tonight" host revealed he paid data brokers for lawmakers "problematic" internet search histories | Continue reading


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Decentralization First time around – Gnutella Paradox flashback

As soon as an online music-trading service gets big enough to be useful, it's doomed. | Continue reading


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The odd reason nature favours symmetry

"The beautiful symmetry that we see everywhere is primed to appear," one scientist told Salon | Continue reading


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Growing up in “Another Appalachia” is more relatable than you think

Salon spoke with author Neema Avashia about the love she has for growing up queer and Indian in West Virginia | Continue reading


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Courtney Love Does the Math

The controversial singer takes on record label profits, Napster and "sucka VCs." | Continue reading


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Everything you wanted to know about “Memento” (2001)

A critic dissects the most complex -- and controversial -- film of the year. | Continue reading


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The US Drops an Average of 46 Bombs a Day While Grandstanding for Peace

The U.S. has dropped at least 337,000 bombs and missiles in 20 years — and now clutches its pearls over Russia | Continue reading


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“You Are My Sunshine”: How a maudlin song became a children's classic (2013)

The amazing history of "You Are My Sunshine" -- the miracle song for Oklahoma, Jimmie Davis, Ray Charles and more | Continue reading


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