Monday/Lundi August/Août 18th, 2025
Five dangerous fault lines divide Trump and Zelensky [The Economist]
The great Syrian beach trip [1843 Magazine]
The Intelligence - Global News - Peace by piece? Zelensky and Trump meet in Washington [The Economist Podcasts]
EIU’s Liveability Index is now available through Snowflake Marketplace. The index scores 173 cities across five key categories including infrastructure, education and healthcare.
Learn more: http://econgrp.co/Xa [The EIU]
Job Interviews Aren’t Evaluating the Right Skills [Harvard Business Review]
I saw a kaleidoscopic light before going blind, says survivor of Laos methanol poisoning [BBC]
Trump vows to target mail-in ballots ahead of 2026 midterm election — U.S. President Donald Trump pledged on Monday to issue an executive order to end the use of mail-in ballots and voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, a move likely to disproportionately favor his Republican Party and spark legal challenges by some states. [Reuters]
Hamas says it approved Gaza ceasefire deal as Israel steps up attacks [AL-Jazeera News]
The Texas Democrats’ Remote Resistance [The New Yorker]
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics [POLITICO]
'You Have Polluted Society': How The Taliban Rapes And Terrorises Women In Custody [Afghanistan International]
Government launches two probes into Meta’s AI chatbots — Meta is facing two government probes over its AI chatbots, following a Reuters report last week showing they engaged in “sensual” conversations with children. Today, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused Meta as well as Character.AI of deceptive trade practices and marketing themselves as mental health tools. [Sherwood News]
My dinner with Altman [Platformer.News]
How the head of Obsidian went from superfan to CEO [Decoder with Nilay Patel]
Nvidia’s GeForce Now is upgrading to RTX 5080 GPUs and opening a floodgate of new games — More games, more power, more AI-generated frames. [The Verge]
A dangerous new idea about what Democrats are doing wrong [Vox]
Grammarly gets a design overhaul, multiple AI features [TechCrunch]
Why we should thank pigeons for our AI breakthroughs [MIT Technology Review]
Can't get hired for a job? It's time to apply like it's 1999. [Business Insider]
Democrats return to Texas as California kicks off push to pass new electoral map [The Guardian]
#startup, ce rappel pour les candidatures est pour vous !
J-14🔔 Si vous revenez de congés, c'est le moment de préparer votre candidature pour hashtag#FrenchTech2030 !! [LinkedIn] #LaFrenchTechGrenoble
⚡ Top GOPer: DOJ To Start Handing Over Epstein Files...
THE WORLD HOLDS ITS BREATH [Huffington Post]
Why Is Everything Spicy Now? — More Americans are setting their mouth on fire—for extreme sport, and for everyday thrills. [The Atlantic]
Redistricting debate continues in Texas and California [FiveThirtyEight]
Hurricane Erin back at Category 4, will bring dangerous surf to East Coast [Washington Post]
En direct, rencontre Trump-Zelensky : le président ukrainien dit avoir eu sa « meilleure » conversation avec son homologue américain [Le Monde] #StateDept #FranceDiplo
The ultimate back-to-school gear guide: 45+ picks for the new semester [Mashable]
Chaos on New York’s Streets, Brought to You by the NYPD [The Intercept_]
Your brain shrinks after 40. Learning an instrument can help. [National Geographic]
Millions of women are 'under-muscled.' These foods help build strength [NPR] you ladies need to eat more, and I mean full meals, just like they do in France. That means you cannot survive on a few cucumbers at night. Eat 3 full meals a day. Just walk more. Less fast food weekly.
Despite Intel layoffs, Folsom Mayor says city will continue to grow, diversify [CapRadioNews]
Diplomatie du dromadaire [Le Monde diplomatique]
Only Trump Can Save Israel from Its Own Government — Netanyahu’s plan to seize Gaza is a catastrophe for all. [Foreign Policy]
The Return of Great-Power Diplomacy [Foreign Affairs]
‘Stable Instability’: China-Japan Dilemmas in the Shadow of Sino-American Rivalry — Three enduring dilemmas define the complex relationship between Asia’s two largest economies as they mark the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end. [The Diplomat]
Ex-Spy Warns of Case Officer Tactics in Trump-Putin Dynamic [The Cipher Brief]
L'Événement | Ukraine — La saga de la 3e brigade Azov : des tranchées du Donbass aux marches du pouvoir [Intelligence Online FR]
Quasicrystals Spill Secrets of Their Formation [Quanta Magazine]
#ThrowbackThurdsday à l'été de 1980, lorsque Léon Van Hove (alors directeur général du CERN) lança la traditionnelle course de relais annuelle, une tradition qui perdure encore aujourd'hui au CERN. [CERN_FR]
Expedition 73 Tracks Health and Gears Up for Cargo Missions [NASA]
What’s up, everybody! It’s Monday August 18th, 2025. It’s a brand-new week! Hope you all had a great weekend. I was able to complete #DeathStranding2 the main storyline. I was feel happy. That game helped me deal with grief (miscarriage from a few years ago). I was so excited to defeat and kill HIGGS, and the surprise METAL GEAR battle at the end was amazing (unfortunately it’s just a cutscene). I hope that in the DLC or the Director’s Cut version, they find a way for us to operate the DHV Magellan (DRAWBRIDGE) like a Metal Gear. The game is available on PS5, it is rated M for Mature, that means 17 and up. It is not yet available on PC/Steam and Mac, but hopefully someday those versions will be released. Now that I have accomplished the Milestone of #DS2, I am happy to say that the Planet, the Globe, Everybody on this World can unite AGAINST Netanyahu. We need Peace in the Palestinian Territories. We need a #GazaCeasefire. The #GazaGenocide resulted in almost 62,000 Palestinian deaths. Netanyahu brought death and destruction to those people. He will never “enter the Kingdom of Heaven” as the Pope would put it. The entire Muslim League of Nations said that Allah would severely punish Humans because of Netanyahu. The last time, there was a pandemic with about 20,000,000 dead Human Beings, because they weren’t vaccinated on time). Bill Gates is working hard on the Gavi vaccine, the ultimate vaccine that could cure any disease including Cancer. Researchers, Doctors, Scientists know that the next Pandemic would result in about 50,000,000 dead people around the world, due to the threat of antimicrobial resistance. There’s also Global Warming and Climate Change to worry about. There will be a new VLOG today when I can. Also, exciting news, I have a new 1-year-subscription to The Economist. I almost died for not having access to these live-saving articles to keep us all in the know. This magazine is read by intellectuals, around the World. This is a magazine for business-leaders, CEOs, Executives, Diplomats, and more. It’s written for an undergraduate degree level. It’s not a magazine for children, but if you want them to get smarter, you should share some articles with them as they become Teenagers. I am a proud supporter of The Economist, even when they did stupid mistakes, like veer to the Right, and support Trump, even with the stupid red carpet cover for Trump, which I screamed and yell at them. I was so thankful for the numerous cover arts they made to raise awareness for the war in Gaza. Now, with the power of The Pope, The Muslim League of Nations, The Dalai Lama, TRANSFORMERS fans, STAR WARS fans, STAR TREK fans, Gamers, Influencers, Protestors, World Leaders, it is time to stop Netanyahu once and for all. We need a Gaza Ceasefire, End the Gaza Genocide, and a Two State Solution. Yes, Ukraine is important, but please, there’s a Genocide here, and it needs to end. Here and Now. Thanks in advance.