Seth Maxon

The OpenAI Foundation on paper is worth $180B—more than 2x the Gates Foundation. What’ll it do with that fortune? And can it really fulfill its mission to hold OpenAI itself (and the entire AI industry) accountable to “all humanity”? vox.com/future-perfect… | by @SaraHerschander

Pleased to see that Alex is still honoring the blood oath we signed together with a demon in 2022 to Pick Gonzaga every March Madness. This could be the year the Zags win it all and release our souls from eternal bondage.

“One thing people forget,” he said, “is that we haven’t even reached the PTSD part yet. We’re still in the trauma part.” Voices from inside Iran facing bombs above, bullets below vox.com/politics/48238…

Read @SaraHerschander’s handy guide to helping people in Iran and across the Middle East suffering because of the war. vox.com/future-perfect…

A New York Times investigation indicates that it was a US strike on an Iranian school that killed 175 people, mostly children. nytimes.com/2026/03/05/wor…

Kash Patel got his Make-a-Wish. You paid hundreds of thousands of dollars so he could cosplay as a gold medal winner with his hockey heroes. Dream weekend, very happy he could live out this fantasy @Slate slate.com/culture/2026/0…

It really looks like we're about to bomb Iran again My latest for @voxdotcom vox.com/politics/47981…

If you'd like to support laid off journalists at the Post, some of my colleagues are started a go fund me gofundme.com/f/standing-tog…

My job at the Washington Post was just eliminated along w/the whole Books section, most of Sports, Post Reports, and many, many others. Silver lining: my last piece was on the Muppets.

I'm heartbroken by the Post's decision to eliminate its books coverage. The actual fact of my job aside, the existence of a standalone books section felt like a real celebration of a culture of literacy, dialogue, and even debate. It was a place to discover and celebrate.

We had to kill the paper to save it.

Shutting off the internet? Electromagnetic pulse attack? When it comes to killing a catastrophic rogue AI, none of the options for fighting back are very appealing vox.com/politics/47266…

Tired: Die Hard is a Christmas movie Wired: Eyes Wide Shut is a Christmas movie Admired: Hustlers is a Christmas movie Inspired: American Factory is a Christmas movie

Loved this @constancegrady joint on Hamnet, Hamlet, and the debate over "grief porn." vox.com/culture/471449…

America has a new clash of civilizations — with European liberals vox.com/politics/47144…

Why is Trump suddenly so obsessed with Honduras? My latest for @voxdotcom vox.com/politics/47100…

Whether the Russians or Americans wrote it, the peace plan Trump and Witkoff presented this week is a demand for Ukraine’s surrender. Clarifying @joshuakeating piece on its terms and the biggest questions about it that remain: vox.com/politics/46999…

Grateful to @alex_abads and the children for telling me how to think about the things adult people argue about. vox.com/culture/469701…

The Khashoggi comments, as gross as they were, echoed what Trump has long said about the journalist's murder. MBS is Trump’s boy, as he’s always been. But the lovefest isn't absolute. It has its limits. New @joshuakeating : vox.com/politics/46972…