taylor derangement syndrome: It reads differently now we know the result of the election, but I had originally enjoyed ‘Taylor is a normal person and that’s why she’s a Democrat’.

Introducing ChatGPT search: OpenAI releases its search engine.

Democrats join 2024’s graveyard of incumbents: Is the US election result simply a continuation of an unprecedented tendency for elections held this year to vote out the incumbent party?

What happened to Bhutan’s ‘kingdom of happiness’?: Sadly even the country that pioneered measuring Gross National Happiness has its own problems.

Spain’s apocalyptic floods show two undeniable truths: the climate crisis is getting worse and Big Oil is killing us

We will fight Trump’s plans to slap tariffs on the UK – Rachel Reeves: There’s going to be some ‘interesting’ decisions to be made, but I’m glad if our politicians aren’t necessarily going to roll over and take whatever crumbs we’re given.

Exit polls from the 2024 presidential election: Some cross-tabs to distract us bewildered data addicts.

If I were a cautious, centre-left prime minister, Trump’s victory would have me worried: Are there more local lessons to learn from Harris' defeat?

US election 2024 results and exit poll in maps and charts: More exit poll analysis from the BBC.

The voters who tipped the balance for Trump: The BBC looks at exit polls to try and determine who voted which way and why.

Exit polls 2024: Deep economic discontent with Biden drove voters to Trump: Early exit poll suggests the state of a) democracy and b) the economy were top of mind for voters in the US election.

The return of President Trump: a bleak day for the US and the world: ‘An already treacherous world is becoming more so.’

What does Jeff Bezos' non-endorsement mean?: Max notes that historically it’s been the owners of newspapers that did want to endorse candidates and the reporters that don’t.

Bluesky and enshittification: The most well-intentioned service remains at risk of enshittification whilst there remains significant costs incurred when switching away from it.

The Washington Post sold Democracy. Now it needs a new line of business. : The WaPo and the LA Times lost a lot of subscribers when their owners refused to let them endorse a presidential candidate.

Google CEO says over 25% of new Google code is generated by AI: Their computer programmers are turning into code reviewers.

What happens when someone dies on a cruise ship?: I never thought about the need for a morgue on a cruise ship before.

Republicans preparing to reject result if Trump loses, warn strategists: A lack of respect for democracy should be reason enough to ensure he doesn’t get anywhere close to power.

Doing dumb stuff faster is still dumb: And adds to the amount of dumb stuff in the universe.

Reeves’s £40bn tax rises will boost growth ‘sustainably’, says IMF: The IMF supports Labour’s new budget, which means it’s probably nowhere near radical enough for my tastes.

Budget 2024: key points at a glance: Bullet-point summary of this government’s first budget; at first sight feels to me like the right direction

Jeff Bezos’ view from nowhere: Bezo’s insistence that the WaPo doesn’t endorse a candidate comes, at best, from a dated and incorrect view about the role of journalism.

The billionaires hedge their bets: Purely out of immoral and misguided self-interest, many of the tech billionaires are cosying up to Trump.

Why I Am (Still) a Liberal (For Now): ‘Thin’ vs ‘thick’ liberalism, and the Cruelty Culture of 2022-era Twitter.

Yelling at clouds: ‘The Cloud’ might feel like magic but we must remember that it has a real material footprint and consequent impact.