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🏛️ Politics
January 27, 2026

Is Reform UK becoming a Tory party retirement home?

Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has renounced the party that gave her power, and defected to Reform. She's telling us today that Britain is broken and “she” (Britain, not Suella) was “suffering”. Are Reform better off with her? Are the Tories better off without her? And has it been enough of a distraction from the Andy Burnham saga to give Keir Starmer a lucky break? Later, is Trump panicking about his ICE strategy after the latest murder of a US citizen on the streets of Minneapolis? ...

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💻 Technology
January 27, 2026

Why chatbots are starting to check your age

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. How do tech companies check if their users are kids? This question has taken on new urgency recently thanks to growing concern about the dangers that can arise when children talk to…

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🏛️ Politics
January 27, 2026

My podcast with Frank Fukuyama

Shikha Dalmia moderates, here is the link. Excerpt from the summary: One reason for the populist revolt in America is the notion of the “deep state”—that an unaccountable bureaucracy is secretly ruling the country. Frank and Tyler come from very different intellectual traditions. Frank, a centrist, is a student of Max Weber and Tyler is […] The post My podcast with Frank Fukuyama appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsIn reply to mento. Slovenly government worker with a . by AnonIn re...

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🎭 Culture
January 27, 2026

Is Church-Hopping a Real Problem?

A recent Substack post, “The parish you hate might need you,” went viral for suggesting that “church-hopping is killing our parishes.” The author, Patrick Neve, believes that Catholic church. The post Is Church-Hopping a Real Problem? appeared first on First Things

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