Archive - Slow Boring

Solar in poor countries is creating a huge lead hazard

Off-grid systems use cheap old-fashioned batteries that aren’t recycled properly.

9 hrs ago • Matthew Yglesias

Tuesday discussion post

Lots to discuss.

21 hrs ago • Halina Bennet

The anti-antisemitism movement is failing

More “calling out” by the same leaders of the same institutions isn’t going to work.

Mar 3 • Matthew Yglesias

Tomorrow is the first official test in the midterms

Here’s what we’re watching.

Mar 2 • Halina Bennet

Lobsters and the limits of neoliberalism

We don’t need an abundance agenda for *everything*

Mar 2 • Matthew Yglesias

Sunday Thread + Mailbag

Ask your questions below.

Mar 1 • Halina Bennet

February 2026

N.H.L. players are Republicans

The politics of professional athletes are a clear reflection of league demographics.

Feb 27 • Halina Bennet

Mayors need to understand the problem

Plus my favorite dad-lit, the farmer vote, and the futile effort to constrain presidential war powers

Feb 27 • Matthew Yglesias

Thursday discussion post

Feb 26 • Halina Bennet

I’m not convinced the “A.I. backlash” is real

Data center skeptics are worried about local impacts, not A.I.

Feb 26 • Matthew Yglesias

The State of the Union’s housing non-moment

Efforts to solve housing at the federal level are messy, but states are picking up the slack.

Feb 25 • Halina Bennet

Legal sports gambling has gone way too far

The Supreme Court created a big problem and Trump is making it worse.

Feb 25 • Matthew Yglesias

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