Seth Maxon
@methsaxon.bsky.social
Editor/journalist helping out at @vox.com and @flaminghydra.com. Edited politics and sports at @slate.com for a long time. @seth.maxon on 🐦/🥚.
"A Reuters analysis found the image of the map included in the presentation contained an artificial intelligence watermark that signals it was made with OpenAI tools." 👨🏻🍳😚👌🏼
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 6d agoA U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a global conference www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Horrifying story about the nightmare our country put one desperate guy through after he fled here. From @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social and New Yorker Radio Hour. www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
One Refugee’s Journey Through ICE Detention
In 2025, ICE began detaining people at immigration hearings, an unprecedented step. The staff writer Jonathan Blitzer shares the story of one detainee whose life was turned upside down.
newyorker.com
Everything is going really great very dope very chill very cool.
This thoughtful piece from @c-cauterucci.bsky.social on the rumors about Graham's sexuality is really excellent. Insightful about a topic that the vast majority of writers would find impossible to address in a valuable way. slate.com/life/2026/07...
There’s One Way to Get the Right to Accept You if You’re Gay. Maybe Lindsey Graham Knew Exactly What That Was.
Lindsey Graham’s death left his biggest “open secret” unresolved. It’ll be his legacy.
slate.com
The latest TAL from Zoe Chace about a recent "antifa" trial in Texas is something. So chilling. pca.st/episode/c163...
The Test Case
Some people in this country think Antifa is a dangerous domestic terror organization. Some think that’s a complete myth. This week we go to the federal trial where, for the first time, the…
pca.st
Swiss coach looks like a secondary Bond villain who dies in the second act by falling/being shoved into a boat propeller.
Gripping and deeply chilling. Worth your time in print or audio. (I listened): jewishcurrents.org/the-event-2
The Event
A strange fire has consumed the land between the river and the sea.
jewishcurrents.org
Josephine "beckbook.com" Riesman@josie.zone · 4w agoOkay. This is a big deal for me Three years ago, writer Henry Bean told me he had a short story he'd finished in 2020, which he felt needed to be published He'd been turned down everywhere I read it I was stunned I took it to @jewishcurrents.bsky.social It's up now, and it will change you:
Happy 4th. Read @imillhiser.bsky.social's bracing essay on how this Supreme Court majority has degraded the Declaration's core ideals. The justices should not be surprised if soon, their opponents gain power and decide to do something about it. Gift link: www.vox.com/politics/494...
The Supreme Court can no longer explain itself
The justices don’t speak a common language, even with each other.
vox.com
Cabo Verde took the champions to the brink. They're heroes. Unforgettable team.
The Supreme Court just made Trump the most powerful president in generations www.vox.com/politics/493...
The Supreme Court just made Trump the most powerful president in generations
The Republican justices just won a four-decade war against “independent” federal agencies.
vox.com
The Supreme Court lets Trump deport people back to war zones www.vox.com/politics/493...
The Supreme Court lets Trump deport people back to war zones
Trump’s administration may ignore procedural rules governing many of the most endangered people in America.
vox.com
Fascinating new piece from @annanorth.bsky.social: The MAHA-MAGA alliance is breaking. That means moving forward, MAHA voters are a new swing bloc that’s up for grabs. www.vox.com/politics/493...
MAHA is breaking up with Trump. Now what?
A coalition of wellness-conscious activists is changing course, with big implications for 2028.
vox.com
Ten years after Brexit, can Britain breturn to the brefore times? My latest for @vox.com www.vox.com/politics/492...
Will Britain’s next prime minister reverse Brexit?
From Brexit to Breturn.
vox.com
Pretty wild that after this speech the crowd stormed the waterfront, tore down the Statue of Liberty, and sailed it into the Atlantic with Brunson perched on the torch.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoMamdani's speech at the Knicks parade was easily the best I've ever heard at an event of that sort. I posted the whole thing on YouTube for your viewing pleasure. Highly recommended.
“[Trump] may actually be gearing the US up for a version of Israel’s ‘mowing the grass’ strategy: periodic military interventions to keep its enemies off balance, with no real end in sight.” www.vox.com/politics/491...
Joshua Keating@joshuakeating.bsky.social · 2mo agoIs the Iran war really over? From the strait, to nukes, to Lebanon, there are a lot of unanswered questions and many ways this could still go sideways. My latest for @voxdotcom.bsky.social www.vox.com/politics/491...
Important new @joshuakeating.bsky.social piece: If you're still paying under $5/gallon for gas, or if you're the U.S. president and *not* presiding over a completely tanking economy because of the war you started for no reason, you can thank China for the help. www.vox.com/politics/491...
The mystery of how China is keeping down the world’s oil prices
Your gas could be a lot more expensive right now. Thank Xi Jinping.
vox.com
Yesterday's SCOTUS ruling suggests there are rights that abortion providers and patients simply don't have under this court, even though those rights appear available to every other litigant. www.vox.com/politics/491...
Ian Millhiser@imillhiser.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Supreme Court invented a special legal rule solely to screw Planned Parenthood www.vox.com/politics/491...
The World Cup is here. If you're new to things, check out @caitlindewey.bsky.social's rundown of intriguing storylines to watch for at the tournament. www.vox.com/today-explai...
9 reasons to watch the 2026 World Cup
From ticket prices to political tensions, some of the biggest stories of this year’s cup are playing out off the field.
vox.com
Fun new @annanorth.bsky.social piece on the rise of squishy toys, and why some people just gotta squeeze stuff. www.vox.com/culture/4913...
Why your kid is obsessed with squishy toys
The rise of NeeDohs, dumplings, and other fidget toys, explained.
vox.com
Great new @joshuakeating.bsky.social: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is already igniting mass protests. It could set off global conflicts for years to come. www.vox.com/politics/491...
How the Iran war could drive conflicts in countries thousands of miles away
Fuel and food prices are rising. Mass protests could follow.
vox.com
New @joshuakeating.bsky.social: The weekend's exchange of airstrikes exposed Trump and Netanyahu's diametrically opposed incentives in Iran, as well as the ongoing desire of each to show that they're the alpha in the relationship. www.vox.com/politics/491...
The growing US-Israel split over Iran
Trump and Netanyahu do not want the same things.
vox.com
