
Charlie Warzel
Writer at Galaxy Brain
Staff Writer at The Atlantic
Staff Writer, @TheAtlantic. I write Galaxy Brain, the first and only email newsletter. Occasionally: @golfersjournal. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
theatlantic.com | Charlie Warzel
Darren Beattie, a senior official at the State Department, is concerned that his agency has abused its powers under previous Democratic administrations. To rectify that, he has decided to marshal the power of his officeβin what his fellow State Department employees reportedly described as βunusualβ and βimproperβ waysβto conduct a political witch hunt.
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2 weeks ago |
rsn.org | Ian Bogost |Charlie Warzel
ALSO SEE: Russia Launches Nearly 150 Drones Against Ukraine as Trump Says He Doubts Putin's Desire for PeaceThe Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next. If you were tasked with building a panopticon, your design might look a lot like the information stores of the U.S. federal governmentβa collection of large, complex agencies, each making use of enormous volumes of data provided by or collected from citizens.
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2 weeks ago |
theatlantic.com | Ian Bogost |Charlie Warzel
If you have tips about DOGE and its data collection, you can contact Ian and Charlie on Signal at @ibogost.47 and @cwarzel.92. If you were tasked with building a panopticon, your design might look a lot like the information stores of the U.S. federal governmentβa collection of large, complex agencies, each making use of enormous volumes of data provided by or collected from citizens.
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Ian Bogost |Charlie Warzel
NowBack during the campaign, Trump pretended his βDictator on Day 1β talk was just a joke. One hundred days in, itβs clear he was not joking. WASHINGTON β However scared you might be for our democracy, you are not scared enough. The president of the United States, from the moment he regained the office, β¦
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4 weeks ago |
golfersjournal.com | Charlie Warzel
Iβll always remember the light. The way the sun, low in the sky, was descending into the trees behind the first and second fairways. Everything felt dappled in honeyβsoaked in the golden hour. In that light, the texture of the immaculate 18th fairway looked almost edible. This makes me sound like I was on mushrooms. To my knowledge, I wasnβt, but Iβm not sure the experience would have been much different. Hours were seconds and minutes felt like a week.
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