Reading List
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After Charlie Kirk’s killing, MAGA influencers call for violence
Within minutes of the news that right-wing youth activist Charlie Kirk had been shot on a college campus in Utah, the first accusations began to fly across MAGA social media: someone on the left must have been responsible for this. Within hours of the confirmation of his death, rage began pouring out. "Congratulations. You have […]
Sierra CEO Bret Taylor on why the AI bubble feels like the dotcom boom
Welcome to Decoder. This is Alex Heath. For my final episode as your Thursday guest host, I recently sat down with Bret Taylor, the CEO of AI startup Sierra and the chairman of OpenAI, for a live event in San Francisco, California, hosted by Alix Partners. Very few people have seen the tech industry up […]
The Long Walk is a dystopian slog where brutality is the main point
When Stephen King's The Long Walk was first published in 1979, dystopian young adult fiction had not yet become a wildly popular genre. With all of its gore and brutality, King's novel wasn't really meant for children. But in the book's story about disillusioned youths being made to march through wastelands as a form of […]
Wednesday's quickest death was also a Sleepy Hollow reunion for Tim Burton
We spoke to Casper Van Dien about his short time as Gideon Sterling in Wednesday season 2 and why it might not mean the end for his character.
The Visit at 10: M. Night Shyamalan's unexpected found-footage reboot
It's been a decade since M. Night Shyamalan revitalized his career with the unlikeliest of means: found footage.