As fires of urgency hiss across the globe, an exhausted moral machine, masquerading behind the ruins, may whisper a beguiling note: "just do something." Bayo Akomolafe writes from the side, in the cracks of the awkward, suggesting that the right thing to do in response to Gaza, to climate issues, to suffering, may not be how we are being asked to be available. He advances his thesis of para-pragmatism.

Yama Wolasmal's recent interview of Israeli deputy minister of foreign affairs, Mrs. Haskel, is a lesson in metaphysics.

NASA discovers a 'question mark' at the edge of the universe. It feels fitting.