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Trump’s Tariffs Aren’t Going To Work How He Thinks They Will

Kate Aronoff The New Republic
Supposedly, this is all going to revive domestic manufacturing. But the evidence for that is slim, and it wouldn’t happen overnight—especially not without other policies. At a basic level, tariffs make stuff more expensive.

How ProPublica Uses AI Responsibly in Its Investigations

Charles Ornstein ProPublica
When our reporters prompted a large language model to help identify “woke” themes in a database of grants, AI helped them tell a vital accountability story about science funding and Ted Cruz.

Techno-Fascism Comes to America

Kyle Chayka The New Yorker
An unelected tech billionaire has so much power over the government. Tech titans fell in line behind Trump, MAGA-style populism is giving way to an optimization-oriented vision for the country’s future. Historic parallels help explain Musk’s rampage.

Sunday Science: Signs of Science

Dimitri Selibas Science
CyberTracker, software developed in collaboration with Indigenous trackers, is enabling almost anyone to collect complex biodiversity data
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