What we are reading October 15, 2025
Giant mushrooms and the continuing battle between workers and employers. We also say goodbye to Diane Keaton. Here are some of the stories that got our attention this week.
The Israelis Freed in the Gaza Hostage Deal
The 20 remaining living hostages were released Monday in return for almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
Callum Sutherland
The Earth used to be covered in giant mushroom-like organisms.
Long before trees, Earth was home to towering organisms called Prototaxites, which lived during the Late Silurian through the Devonian periods, roughly 420 million to 350 million years ago. Fossil evidence shows they could reach up to 24 feet tall and 3 feet wide, making them the largest land organisms of their time. Most plants […]
Kristina Wright
The Astonishing Versatility of Diane Keaton
Keaton, who died at 79, is often remembered for her comedic performance in Annie Hall, but she did so much more throughout her career.
Stephanie Zacharek
‘Micro-shifting,’ coffee badging: Bosses are still mandating RTO—workers are going, but on their own terms
Work-from-home rates have persisted even as the labor market sours, people cling to their jobs and leverage swings back in the direction of CEOs.
Jennifer Liu
Bad taste is becoming an American crime
While Oscar Wilde, the famous Irish wit and writer never said this, he easily could have made this one of his bon mots: The only crime worthy of the death penalty is bad taste. Two events last…
White House
The Jock/Creep Theory of Fascism
It’s Real and It Works
John Ganz
Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance’s guru—plans to flee USA
‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’
Gil Duran
The Fed still hasn’t defeated high inflation. Has it failed? | CNN Business
The Federal Reserve stepped in last month to safeguard America’s labor market, cutting rates by a quarter point to shore up a slowdown in hiring. But it has another equally important problem still to address — one that has driven up the cost of living in the United States and continues to strain lower- and middle-income households.
Bryan Mena
Peter Thiel says Antichrist ‘Wants a Nobel Peace Prize.’
Leaked Highlights from Tech Billionaire’s Secret Antichrist Lectures
Gil Duran
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