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EXPLAINED: Derek thompson | Vintage Vibes

Veteran actor set to reprise role on long-running BBC drama

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The Independent UK

Casualty’s former longest-serving actor set for BBC series return

Viewers will be delighted by character’s unexpected comeback

The Independent UK

DOGE Effect Finally Felt

Plus: Academic standards in crisis, everything's television, and more...

Reason

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Jobs Down 33%, Stocks Up 75% — Expert Blames Fed Policy, Not AI As 'Scariest Chart In The World' Sparks Internet Debate

A viral chart showing the SP 500 soaring while job openings plunge has fueled fears that artificial intelligence is splitting the American economy in two. Since ChatGPT's debut in November 2022, the SP 500 has surged more than 70%, while job openings have fallen about 30%. Journalist Derek Thompson, writing…

Benzinga

Since ChatGPT launched, job openings are down 30% while the stock market is up 70%. One economist says the true culprit isn’t AI, but monetary policy

The relationship between job openings and stock market performance has been called “the scariest chart in the world.”

Fortune

Ceasefire Working

Plus: Letitia James' legal trouble, everything's TV (and that's bad), millionaire explosion, and more...

Reason

Whoops—Ohio Accidentally Excludes Most Major Porn Platforms From Anti-Porn Law

Ohio lawmakers set out to block minors from viewing online porn. They messed up.

Reason

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Airbnb's Brian Chesky Agrees That Current AI Is 'Overrated,' Predicts 'Sudden' Changes Next Decade

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky expressed his belief that daily life will remain relatively unchanged by artificial intelligence (AI) in the coming decade. However, he predicts a significant shift in the following decade.

Benzinga

Australia is facing an existential tsunami. But Jim Chalmers’ economic roundtable risks putting lipstick on a dinosaur

Bob Hawke excelled at finding the middle ground. Can it be found with a treasurer urging boldness and a more cautious PM?

The Guardian - AU

Former Obama adviser quips that Trump is ‘combing Fox News’ for new Labor Stats chief after firing

The president axed chief labor statistician Erika McEntarfer after a dismal July jobs report

The Independent UK

Reform’s tales of wasteland Britain won’t work. There’s a far larger market for hope

Abundance is Rachel Reeves’s summer beach read, and with its optimistic ideas about energy and housing, it shows the left a possible way forward, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Can a book help the left rebuild the good life? Ezra Klein’s Abundance is the talk of Washington – and Canberra

Many observing the economic chaos, cruelty and climate vandalism emanating from United States President Donald Trump are hoping the Democrats can clip his wings at the November 2026 mid-term elections. What does the left need to do differently? Some see the ideas in a bestselling new book as a path…

The Conversation

An End to Tax on Tips

Plus: Lab-grown meat fears, DOJ inquiry into Cuomo, Kristi Noem's polygraphs, and more...

Reason

Abundance Makes the Case for 'Supply-Side Progressivism'

Progressives used to believe in building more stuff. Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson want to do that again.

Reason

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Whiplash

Plus: Rat buffet, critiquing the abundance agenda, arson at the Pennsylvania governor's mansion, and more...

Reason

Derek Thompson: Democrats Must Change

The Atlantic's Derek Thompson urges Democrats to embrace more libertarian, pro-growth policies in his new book.

The Guardian - UK

Ezra Klein on Trump, Vance and free speech: ‘It feels like we are in one of the darkest imaginable timelines’

The influential US commentator has written a book about how politics can change people’s lives for the better. But first, there are more pressing challenges to address ...

The Guardian - US

What is ‘abundance’ liberalism, and why are people arguing about it?

A new book has sparked debate with its provocative claim that progressive public policy in the US is broken

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Deportation Standoff

Plus: Rehiring federal workers, using Signal to orchestrate bombing the Houthis, and more...

Reason

Lawn-Sign Liberalism vs. Supply-Side Progressivism

"Supply-side progressives" like Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson are ultimately technocrats, not libertarians. But they recognize that more is better than less and that a good society is not zero-sum.

The Conversation

America is becoming a nation of homebodies

In his February 2025 cover story for The Atlantic, journalist Derek Thompson dubbed our current era “the anti-social century.”

The Guardian - UK

Best podcasts of the week: How Joni Mitchell changed music – and America

In this week’s newsletter: Radio host Carmel Holt explores the singer’s cross-generational impact in The Road to Joni. Plus: five of the best podcasts about the future

Reason

The Housing Theory of Childless Cat Ladies

Would a YIMBY building boom rejuvenate urban family life or produce sterile, megacity hellscapes?

WhatToWatch

Casualty exclusive: William Beck on Dylan Keogh’s battle for the future of Holby ED

Casualty star William Beck gives us the exclusive lowdown on Dylan Keogh’s war for the future of Holby ED, the fan-favourite’s enduring longevity, and what the future holds…

WhatToWatch

Casualty fans excited to see Charlie Fairhead in an exciting new role

Casualty viewers say he's 'playing an absolute blinder' in Blue Lights

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