CURRENTLY WRITING

The TV shows people risk death to watch — Why fluffy, glossy K-dramas tempt North Koreans to brave the firing squad [The Economist]

Also on the daily podcast: the Dalai Lama’s future and the fancy-fruit frenzy [The Economist Podcasts]

Hybrid Still Isn’t Working [Harvard Business Review]

Thousands turn out to mark Dalai Lama's 90 birthday [BBC World]

Israel sends delegation to Qatar for Gaza talks ahead of Netanyahu trip to US [Reuters]

What’s in Trump’s ceasefire proposal and can it end Israel’s war on Gaza? [AL-Jazeera News]

What Therapists Treating Immigrants Hear [The New Yorker]

Russia’s Recognition Of Taliban Risks Legitimising Abuse, Warns UN Rapporteur [Afghanistan International]

How Trump's megabill could slam the job market [POLITICO]

Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 review: the new king of Chromebooks [The Verge]

How Black artists are reclaiming the American flag [Vox]

Microsoft is closing its local operations in Pakistan [TechCrunch] Satya Nadella should invest in Afghanistan instead. It would alleviate the country from poverty.

The Power Issue [MIT Technology Review]

I moved from the US to Argentina for the lower cost of living. It helped me pay down student debt, but living abroad had its dark side. [Business Insider]

Il était une fois, c'était 2 jours de partage sous le signe de l'identité Rouge et Noir entre ateliers et conférences. Merci à tous les supporters présents. 🔴⚫️ Le résumé de l’évènement dans les commentaires. [LinkedIn] #StadeRennais #SRFC

‘I want my vote back’: Trump-voting family stunned after Canadian mother detained over immigration status [The Guardian]

Parents of Children Missing From Camp Mystic Endure an Agonizing Wait [The New York Times]

Party Pooper - Elon Musk Says He's Formed A New Political Party: The 'America Party' [Huffington Post]

The U.S. Is Switching Sides — Donald Trump is giving Vladimir Putin every incentive to keep killing Ukrainians. [The Atlantic]

With GOP megabill signed, Trump turns back to tariffs [FiveThirtyEight]

Death toll nears 70 as flood warnings complicate rescue effort [The Washington Post]

Israeli negotiators due in Qatar for Gaza truce talks [Le Monde FR] #Gaza #GazaDoctorsUnderAttack #GazaGenocide #GazaCeasefire #WestBankEscalation #TwilightZone #TwoStateSolution

Adam Levine's 'Hot Ones' starts off strong, gets derailed hard [Mashable]

Raekwon’s New Album ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ Will Feature Guests Like Ghostface Killah and Nas [VICE]

We’re Publishing the Speech That Harvard Suppressed for Mentioning Genocide [The Intercept_]

After 41 years in captivity, this celebrity sea turtle is finally swimming home [Nat Geo]

Knives, bullets and thieves: the quest for food in Gaza [NPR]

Behind the mic: Sacramento’s post-hardcore band - Dance Gavin Dance [CapRadioNews]

Le Tour de France et ses routes parallèles [Le Monde diplomatique]

Why Don’t the Iranian People Rise Up? [Foreign Policy]

The End of the Age of NGOs? [Foreign Affairs] after graduating from The Ohio State University in 2009, I applied to 200 NGOs via DEVEX. Not a single job interview nor job offer, even though I had a B.A. in Economic Development Studies. That’s the level of racism I endured. These NGOs claim they go to the Middle East and Southeast Asia to help poor people, but they refused to hire me because I was not White.

State Department employees in anxious limbo over massive staff cuts [DEVEX]

Reframing the French Indo-Pacific: New Caledonia, How to Overcome the Geopolitical Impasse? [The Diplomat]

To Counter China, Reform U.S. Intelligence for the Digital Age [The Cipher Brief]

L'Événement | États-Unis, Qatar — IA dans le Golfe : grâce à son influent premier ministre, Doha tisse un réseau haut de gamme à Wall Street [Intelligence Online FR]

Physicists Start To Pin Down How Stars Forge Heavy Atoms [Quanta Magazine]

La #PhotoDeLaSemaine présente AMS-02, un spectromètre magnétique pour la physique des particules, en service à bord de la Station spatiale internationale depuis 2011. [CERN_FR]

Roscosmos 92 [NASA]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Monday, July 7th, 2025. I hope you all had a safe July 4th weekend. It’s a new week! I’m making progress in Death Stranding 2, keep watching my latest livestream videos. I watched PSG vs Bayern Munich, and Real Madrid vs BVB highlights. Can’t wait to see PSG and Real Madrid in the FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP semi-finals.