James Gleick
@around.com
Author. Chaos, The Information, Time Travel.
Other work can be found at https://around.com.
On the open social web I'm [email protected].
Other work can be found at https://around.com.
On the open social web I'm [email protected].
Future trivia question: Which US president put hundreds of convicted violent criminals back on the streets because they were his personal supporters?
And what happened then?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
And what happened then?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
January 6 rioter who was pardoned by Trump arrested for child sexual abuse
Andrew Paul Johnson, 44, faces multiple charges in Florida and has pleaded not guilty to the crimes, authorities say
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Future trivia question: Which US president put hundreds of convicted violent criminals back on the streets because they were his personal supporters?
And what happened then?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
And what happened then?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Alternative headline:
Trump Takes Billions in Saudi Bribes
To Corrupt US Foreign Policy
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
Trump Takes Billions in Saudi Bribes
To Corrupt US Foreign Policy
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
Trump Family’s Business Ties to Saudi Arabia Raise Ethics Worries
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Alternative headline:
Trump Takes Billions in Saudi Bribes
To Corrupt US Foreign Policy
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
Trump Takes Billions in Saudi Bribes
To Corrupt US Foreign Policy
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
The spectacle of 216 Republican members of Congress changing their minds overnight. Cover up for the notorious pedophile sex trafficker? Not me! Never!
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The spectacle of 216 Republican members of Congress changing their minds overnight. Cover up for the notorious pedophile sex trafficker? Not me! Never!
Everything they do, large and small, makes the world a little worse than it was before.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
Lubbock Will Remove Buddy Holly-Themed Crosswalk After Federal Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Everything they do, large and small, makes the world a little worse than it was before.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
Strange headlines today.
Trump,
Continuing to Suppress the Release of the Epstein Files,
Says House GOP Should Order Him to Release Them
Trump,
Continuing to Suppress the Release of the Epstein Files,
Says House GOP Should Order Him to Release Them
November 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Strange headlines today.
Trump,
Continuing to Suppress the Release of the Epstein Files,
Says House GOP Should Order Him to Release Them
Trump,
Continuing to Suppress the Release of the Epstein Files,
Says House GOP Should Order Him to Release Them
Reposted by James Gleick
«L’internet non doveva essere così di 💩». James Gleick, nel suo articolo “How the Web Was Lost” pubblicato sulla New York Review of Books, riassume con questa frase lapidaria il senso di tradimento che pervade tre libri appena usciti: le memorie di Tim Berners-Lee…
www.ilfranti.it/come-abbiamo...
www.ilfranti.it/come-abbiamo...
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
«L’internet non doveva essere così di 💩». James Gleick, nel suo articolo “How the Web Was Lost” pubblicato sulla New York Review of Books, riassume con questa frase lapidaria il senso di tradimento che pervade tre libri appena usciti: le memorie di Tim Berners-Lee…
www.ilfranti.it/come-abbiamo...
www.ilfranti.it/come-abbiamo...
For 60 years the National Endowment for the Humanities was a shining light. The Trump regime destroyed it, shutting down all its good work for the arts and converting its hulk into a corrupt scheme to send taxpayer money to right-wing operatives and activists.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
#NEH
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
#NEH
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
For 60 years the National Endowment for the Humanities was a shining light. The Trump regime destroyed it, shutting down all its good work for the arts and converting its hulk into a corrupt scheme to send taxpayer money to right-wing operatives and activists.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
#NEH
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
#NEH
Reposted by James Gleick
Tim Berners-Lee’s original “design for the [world wide] web was an antidesign, refusing to impose particular structures, leaving space for unanticipated uses and possibilities.” —@around.com
How the Web Was Lost | James Gleick
The Internet was not meant to suck.
www.nybooks.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Tim Berners-Lee’s original “design for the [world wide] web was an antidesign, refusing to impose particular structures, leaving space for unanticipated uses and possibilities.” —@around.com
Using the White House Situation Room to enforce the #EpsteinFiles coverup is a confession. Trump is the pedophile who needs protecting. Nothing else could justify it.
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Using the White House Situation Room to enforce the #EpsteinFiles coverup is a confession. Trump is the pedophile who needs protecting. Nothing else could justify it.
How the Web Was Lost (The internet was not meant to suck).
I review some history—thoughtful, philosophical, and enraged—by Tim Berners-Lee, Joanna Walsh, and @[email protected].
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
I review some history—thoughtful, philosophical, and enraged—by Tim Berners-Lee, Joanna Walsh, and @[email protected].
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
How the Web Was Lost | James Gleick
The Internet was not meant to suck.
www.nybooks.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
How the Web Was Lost (The internet was not meant to suck).
I review some history—thoughtful, philosophical, and enraged—by Tim Berners-Lee, Joanna Walsh, and @[email protected].
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
I review some history—thoughtful, philosophical, and enraged—by Tim Berners-Lee, Joanna Walsh, and @[email protected].
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Today in the Oval Office, the president spoke on the subject of #magnets. This is what he said:
“China was going to hit us with rare earth.
Now, everybody says, oh, what is happening?
Magnets.
“China was going to hit us with rare earth.
Now, everybody says, oh, what is happening?
Magnets.
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Today in the Oval Office, the president spoke on the subject of #magnets. This is what he said:
“China was going to hit us with rare earth.
Now, everybody says, oh, what is happening?
Magnets.
“China was going to hit us with rare earth.
Now, everybody says, oh, what is happening?
Magnets.
On today's front page: Trump is
—adamantly refusing to pay $5 billion appropriated by Congress to feed the nation's poorest.
—quietly diverting *hundreds* of billions in “unlegislated tax cuts" to the superrich elite, private equity, and billionaire investors.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
—adamantly refusing to pay $5 billion appropriated by Congress to feed the nation's poorest.
—quietly diverting *hundreds* of billions in “unlegislated tax cuts" to the superrich elite, private equity, and billionaire investors.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
On today's front page: Trump is
—adamantly refusing to pay $5 billion appropriated by Congress to feed the nation's poorest.
—quietly diverting *hundreds* of billions in “unlegislated tax cuts" to the superrich elite, private equity, and billionaire investors.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
—adamantly refusing to pay $5 billion appropriated by Congress to feed the nation's poorest.
—quietly diverting *hundreds* of billions in “unlegislated tax cuts" to the superrich elite, private equity, and billionaire investors.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Here is Mark Zuckerberg canceling all of his previously touted philanthropy that benefited people in need and instead spending his tax-deductible “gifts” on vanity projects in AI.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Restructure Their Philanthropy
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Here is Mark Zuckerberg canceling all of his previously touted philanthropy that benefited people in need and instead spending his tax-deductible “gifts” on vanity projects in AI.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
At this point the NY Times is just doing self-parody.
November 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
At this point the NY Times is just doing self-parody.
Reposted by James Gleick
Elon Musk is stealing Wikipedia and creating a grotesque right-wing parody.
uk.pcmag.com/ai/160970/tu...
uk.pcmag.com/ai/160970/tu...
Turns Out, Wikipedia Isn't That 'Woke' As Grokipedia Rips Off Most of Its Pages
Elon Musk's version of Wikipedia is scraping content from that site using a Creative Commons license and making edits to articles about more polarizing topics.
uk.pcmag.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Elon Musk is stealing Wikipedia and creating a grotesque right-wing parody.
uk.pcmag.com/ai/160970/tu...
uk.pcmag.com/ai/160970/tu...
Words matter. When the NY Times says Trump is "float[ing] the possibility of finding a way to circumvent the 22nd Amendment," they are saying it's just a small matter. No biggie.
In fact, he is threatening to FLOUT, VIOLATE, or DEFY the 22nd Amendment. It's an emergency.
In fact, he is threatening to FLOUT, VIOLATE, or DEFY the 22nd Amendment. It's an emergency.
October 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Words matter. When the NY Times says Trump is "float[ing] the possibility of finding a way to circumvent the 22nd Amendment," they are saying it's just a small matter. No biggie.
In fact, he is threatening to FLOUT, VIOLATE, or DEFY the 22nd Amendment. It's an emergency.
In fact, he is threatening to FLOUT, VIOLATE, or DEFY the 22nd Amendment. It's an emergency.
Timothy Mellon, a doofus of long standing, is the quintessential argument for sensible estate taxes. He's never worked an honest day in his life and shouldn't have this kind of money to throw around.
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Timothy Mellon, a doofus of long standing, is the quintessential argument for sensible estate taxes. He's never worked an honest day in his life and shouldn't have this kind of money to throw around.
It’s unfortunate that “the White House" has become standard synecdoche for the president and his staff. Now we have newspapers saying with a straight face that the White House refuses to comment on its own demolition.
#EpsteinBallroom
#EpsteinBallroom
October 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
It’s unfortunate that “the White House" has become standard synecdoche for the president and his staff. Now we have newspapers saying with a straight face that the White House refuses to comment on its own demolition.
#EpsteinBallroom
#EpsteinBallroom
Two headlines. One is news (WaPo). The other is shameful (NY Times).
October 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Two headlines. One is news (WaPo). The other is shameful (NY Times).
Trump, whose government salary is $400,000, is demanding that U.S. taxpayers fork up an extra $230 million. Democrats should be talking about nothing else.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Trump, whose government salary is $400,000, is demanding that U.S. taxpayers fork up an extra $230 million. Democrats should be talking about nothing else.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Shorter New York Times: “We’re going to underplay this protest and pretend that we just can’t tell how big it is.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/i...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/i...
How The Times Covers Crowds: Focusing on the Content, Not the Count
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Shorter New York Times: “We’re going to underplay this protest and pretend that we just can’t tell how big it is.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/i...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/i...
In the age-old struggle of humanity against disease, has there ever before been a government so determined to side with disease?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In the age-old struggle of humanity against disease, has there ever before been a government so determined to side with disease?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Dear New York Times,
Henceforth, forbid the tired formulation "both sides." Just don't allow it.
Likewise the cliché "war of words."
These should be red flags. They encourage laziness and sloppiness.
Report what they say. And use your superpower—reporters on the ground—to report what's true.
Henceforth, forbid the tired formulation "both sides." Just don't allow it.
Likewise the cliché "war of words."
These should be red flags. They encourage laziness and sloppiness.
Report what they say. And use your superpower—reporters on the ground—to report what's true.
October 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Dear New York Times,
Henceforth, forbid the tired formulation "both sides." Just don't allow it.
Likewise the cliché "war of words."
These should be red flags. They encourage laziness and sloppiness.
Report what they say. And use your superpower—reporters on the ground—to report what's true.
Henceforth, forbid the tired formulation "both sides." Just don't allow it.
Likewise the cliché "war of words."
These should be red flags. They encourage laziness and sloppiness.
Report what they say. And use your superpower—reporters on the ground—to report what's true.
The fatal blow to constitutional government came when the Roberts Supreme Court told Donald Trump that, as president, he could break any law with impunity: election fraud, bribery, and even murder. He heard them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
U.S. Military Attacked Boat Off Venezuela, Killing Four Men, Hegseth Says
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The fatal blow to constitutional government came when the Roberts Supreme Court told Donald Trump that, as president, he could break any law with impunity: election fraud, bribery, and even murder. He heard them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...