Monday, October 19, 2026
ArchiveTrump Appointees Asked a Federal Cybersecurity Agency to Secretly Acquire a Voting Machine — and Hack It
Trump appointees wanted CISA to quietly acquire a voting machine and hack it. Career staff balked. ProPublica has the internal record of how far the request went.
Japan launches mission to make first return trip to Mars
A probe lifted off before dawn Japan time, bound for a Martian moon with orders to bring a handful of it home. Nothing has ever made that round trip.
The housing crisis is now global. It shows just how undemocratic our nations have become | Leilani Farha
Farha's case: when rent becomes unpayable on four continents simultaneously, the common cause isn't local zoning — it's who governments let own the housing stock.
Lives Wasted and Well-Lived: David Wolpe on The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Ivan Ilyich did everything right and found out on his deathbed that it was the wrong life. A rabbi who has sat with the dying takes Tolstoy seriously as a practical warning.
Hyperland, a Prescient 1990 TV Show by Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams threw his TV out for being too linear, then had Tom Baker play a chatty agent that fetched whatever he asked for. The BBC aired this in 1990.