The Present Age

March 2026

They Know What "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" Means
Right-wing media has a formula: take a common phrase, pretend it means something monstrous, and pound away until a scandal exists. They just did it to a…
 • Parker Molloy
The IOC's New Policy Isn't Really a Trans Story
Every headline says the IOC banned trans women from the Olympics. The athletes who’ll actually be barred are cis women who’ve never heard of the SRY…
 • Parker Molloy
Sloppelgängers
Superhuman’s CEO sat for an interview about the AI feature that used writers’ names without permission. What he revealed was worse than the feature…
 • Parker Molloy
"What if We Didn't Suck?"
Kat Abughazaleh lost. What she built is what the Democratic Party is missing.
 • Parker Molloy
They'll Go First
Watch now | Thursday’s Geoff Rickly on piracy, paywalls, and what the music industry’s collapse tells us about what’s coming for news.
 • Parker Molloy
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The Patriotic Press
Pete Hegseth just confirmed what the Ellison takeover of CNN is actually for.
 • Parker Molloy
Schrödinger's War
They can’t agree on whether it’s a war, a mission, regime change, or self-defense. They don’t need to. They just need Congress to stay out.
 • Parker Molloy
With Us or Against Us, Again
Congress didn’t authorize this war, and the only response to questions is a loyalty test we’ve fallen for before.
 • Parker Molloy

February 2026

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