What to read to understand Sudan — Six books explain a country that has long been at war with itself [The Economist]
“Bolivia has an economic model that is no longer sustainable”—a financial crisis looms [The Economist] #Podcasts
Suspected Islamic State chief Qurayshi killed in Syria, Turkey says [BBC News]
Ukraine Latest: Army Chief Zaluzhnyi Meets With Top NATO General [Bloomberg] #Ukraine
Police still searching for Texas man accused of killing five neighbors [Reuters]
Guantánamo detainees may start dying if the US does not act — A grave medical crisis at Guantánamo is looming and needs immediate government action to prevent deaths. [AL-Jazeera News]
The Curious Side Effects of Medical Transparency [New Yorker]
The Stream Deck mastered the LCD key by making it peripheral [The Verge]
Right-wing media used to shun pop culture. Now it’s obsessed with it. [Vox]
A pot of gold at the intersection of DevOps and generative AI? [TechCrunch]
May/June 2023 — How AI is transforming the classroom. Surveilling students. Teaching the biliterate brain to read. What we’ve learned from “learning to code.” Plus keyboard obsessions, wildfire resilience, and shroom speak. [MIT Technology Review]
AOC rules out 2024 Senate run: 'She is not planning to primary Gillibrand,' spokesperson says [Insider]
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‘Fearful and trigger happy’: flooded with guns and paranoia, the US reels from shootings [The Guardian]
Needing Younger Workers, Federal Officials Relax Rules on Past Drug Use — As more states legalize marijuana and competition for talent grows fiercer, the U.S. government is loosening guidelines from the “Just Say No” era. [New York Times]
Manhunt Continues For Texas Shooting Suspect, Reward Offered [Huffington Post]
What to Read When You Need to Start Over [The Atlantic]
Red States Are Trying To Fight The World On Climate [FiveThirtyEight] #ClimateChange
Opinion: The Kremlin is trying to kill Alexei Navalny. It should free him. [The Washington Post] #Ukraine
All eyes on US VP Kamala Harris after Biden 2024 reelection bid — Questions over 80-year-old Joe Biden's ability to carry out a second term are putting the US vice president in the spotlight. [Le Monde]
Is Bluesky the one? A Twitter alternative takes off. [Mashable]
Unpacking The Many Layers Of The “Big Chop” & What It Means For Black Women [VICE News] #Hair
The Ejection of Tucker Carlson is a Classic “Reverse Ferret” by Rupert Murdoch [The Intercept_]
For some long COVID patients, exercise is bad medicine — They used to run marathons. Now, taking a shower is exhausting. But for these patients—who have one of the most debilitating symptoms of long COVID—hope may be on the horizon. [National Geographic]
Authorities are offering $80K for information about the suspected Texas shooter [NPR]
Kings lost to the Warriors — but the playoff ride was ‘fantastic’ for Sacramento [CapRadioNews]
Brutalisation de l’ordre manifestant [Le Monde diplomatique]
At Long Last, the Foreign Service Gets the Netflix Treatment [Foreign Policy]
America Needs to Reassure Japan and South Korea [Foreign Affairs]
Smoke and Heat: Breaking Records in Southeast Asia [The Diplomat]
This ultraviolet image, captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, shows a flare erupting on the sun’s corona. Small-scale flares driven by magnetic interactions heat and accelerate a plasma of charged particles, producing solar wind. [Quanta Magazine]
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