Charlie Warzel

1 month 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 government—a collection of large, complex agencies, each making use of enormous volumes of data provided by or collected from citizens.

1 month 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 government—a collection of large, complex agencies, each making use of enormous volumes of data provided by or collected from citizens.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Ian Bogost |Charlie Warzel

NowBack during the campaign, Trump pretended his “Dictator on Day 1” talk was just a joke. One hundred days in, it’s clear he was not joking. WASHINGTON — 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, …

1 month ago | golfersjournal.com | Charlie Warzel

I’ll 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 honey—soaked 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 wasn’t, but I’m not sure the experience would have been much different. Hours were seconds and minutes felt like a week.

1 month ago | theatlantic.com | Charlie Warzel

Trump backed down. His supporters think that was the plan all along. To plainly state what is going on right now would make you sound delusional. The president of the United States has essentially been holding the global financial system hostage. He’s done so by threatening massive tariffs on nearly 100 countries and territories, including one that is unpopulated.