A Rulebook for Surprises: Commanding Autonomous Aircraft
by Greg Search
How do you command an autonomous aircraft that is built to surprise you?
0:00 / 14:22 · Narrator Charon
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2026-09-05
Today's Crosscut
Teen Social Media Rules
Meta is paying parent influencers to promote its voluntary safety tools, but global courts are already bypassing the PR to force changes to the apps' addictive code.
Meta Accepts U.S. Safety Rules While Pitching Softer Tools Abroad × The Product is the Problem: Why Meta’s $17 Billion Settlement Matters Beyond America
0:00 / 19:29 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
How P-hacking Built the World's Most Expensive Safety Regime
by Ben Southwood
How did a few statistical tricks end up writing the rules for global nuclear safety?
0:00 / 20:43 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
For the curious →
Your Perception of Time is, in Fact, Warped
by Mike Mariani
If time is measured in memories, what happens to a day spent staring at a screen?
0:00 / 30:52 · Narrator Algieba
Opinion: I Was a Doula Before I Was an OB-GYN. I Wish the Two Professions Understood Each Other More
by Debra Eluobaju
How can a doctor and a doula stand in the same delivery room and see two different births?
0:00 / 7:19 · Narrator Sulafat
Theodore Roosevelt Survived an Assassination Attempt Because a Speech Tucked Inside His Pocket Slowed the Bullet. He Insisted on Delivering His Remarks Anyway
Why would you edit the transcript of a speech you gave with a bullet in your chest?
0:00 / 12:15 · Narrator Rasalgethi
Who is the Samurai, and Who is the Prisoner?
by Jessa Crispin
What makes a samurai abandon his castle, his people, and his place in history?
0:00 / 16:14 · Narrator Sulafat
Small delights →
The Terrible Movie That Chinese Audiences Can’t Stop Watching
by Shirley Li
What makes a clumsy, homemade cartoon better than anything a machine could make?
0:00 / 5:40 · Narrator Gacrux