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In the space of a few years, the UK has moved from a broadly inclusive status quo to being the most aggressively anti-trans developed democracy in the world. Though pushed by a minuscule number of people, the assault has been full-spectrum—government, courts, press, the health system, radicalised internet groups, and violent vigilantes—all working simultaneously towards the s...

The modern right is very weird. They go into hysterics when Cracker Barrel decides to change their logo. They’re obsessed with declining birthrates; to the point of

Taxes are not a punishment. They’re the fuel in the engine of the republic, a positive affirmation of and direct investment in our values, and a system of incentives and disincentives to shape our collective vision of the good. They pay for education, infrastructure, foundational research, national defense, healthcare, public services, and more. Taxes are how we build the wor...

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The Editors' Chat is a monthly, freewheeling discussion among the editors of Liberal Currents. Today's episode discusses social media, which Contributing Editors Katherine Alejandra Cross and Alan Elrod, along with Publisher Adam Gurri, have all written about at length. Execu...

Is this chatbot sentient? Is AI my friend? Is isolation hackable? Trent and Caitlin discuss recent AI news, Sam Altman's troubles legal and otherwise, labor organizing as a strategy against the worst fears of AI experts, and whether Richard Dawkins is conscious, in this news digest episode with linguist and AI researcher Hagen Blix.