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Cheese Wars
Plus: Betting on the new pope, the Golden Visa is about to get more expensive, and the good news about fossil fuels.
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ICE Head Wants Deportations To Work Like Amazon
Plus: Dutch sperm donors procreating faster than Elon Musk, Tesla’s tarnished image, and the FDA is taking a break from food safety.
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Hamas Fighters, Balance Sheet Deep in the Hole
Plus: Belgian teens busted for ant smuggling, Abrego Garcia’s wife speaks out about abuse.
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This one weird trick will ruin your Easter!
Plus: Elon’s reputation goes up faster than a Tesla in Seattle, David Hogg stays clear of Pelosi and Harvard goes bananas on monkeys.
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Welcome to The Gist List
A new roundup of the top headlines and “wait, what?” stories that I can't stop thinking about.
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How I Got ChatGPT to Downplay the Holocaust
OpenAI just wants to meet you where you are. And if where you are says 6 million Jews didn't die in the Holocaust, well then...
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Remains of the They
Q and A on "You" and "They" with John McWhorter
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March 2025

NY Times Jumps The Turnstile on a Police Shooting
WNYC Not Far Behind
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Is That BS: Yelling Fire Instead of Help?
Sadie Dingfelder, author of Do I Know You?: A Faceblind Reporter’s Journey into the Science of Sight, Memory, and Imagination drops by The Gist every…
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Lavish Fishes and Trumpian Wishes
Watch now | There Is Still Great Pleasure To Be Found In Trump's Claptrap
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Donald Trump and the Case of The Overly-Brazen Ukrainian
Overseeing an End to a War Should Not Be A Thankless Job !
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February 2025

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