Couldn’t we just … not do this?

Oh look. This package near the top of The Washington Post homepage is a collaboration between International and Sports (and ties directly to the U.S. political moment), two desks we hear are about to be obliterated by what could be some of the worst layoffs in the history of the paper.

“There’s a time to stand up for things, and this is it,” said Alison Kirwin, the owner of Al’s Breakfast, a Minneapolis restaurant that closed on Friday. “If it takes away from a day of our income, that is worthwhile.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

On Orwell, the unbelievable stupidities of our era, and how the press can rise to the moment. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Headed into Monday like

apparently

In today’s Washington Post, we published some of the names of the more than 18,500 children killed by Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Online, we published them all. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

"Everything will burn" — A year of videos posted by Israeli soldiers in Gaza show the destruction of neighborhoods, torching of homes and schools, and troops posing next to dead bodies while calling for the extermination and expulsion of Palestinians. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

[Post an Onion headline that lives in your head rent-free] bsky.app/profile/will...