During periods of rainy chilly weather, I sometimes stay inside, bundled up and bingeing on melodramas streamed on my computer. Watching these interlocking stories, I gradually sink into their world, as opposed to mine.
Both are worlds of longing.
Some of the time, our worlds seen to be in synch, i.e., they’re drinking a cup of tea or coffee and so am I. Or when they’re getting drowsy…
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As much as I might try, I can’t escape the larger realities surrounding me. Autocracy, AI, climate change — they rarely come up in the fictional world and when they do, they are a source not of comfort but of greater unease.
So at times like these, there seemingly is no escape, real or imagined. Thus I return to my old habit of sorting through and presenting the news, even when the greater patterns elude me.
Because though I can’t see solutions, there is always the hope that someone reading these words will. We’re all longing for a better world.
After all, we’re all in this together.
HEADLINES:
Will AI terminate democracy? And why did Gallup terminate its approval ratings? (Silver Bulletin)
Why Young Voters Are Turning on Trump (Atlantic)
Jesse Jackson, Charismatic Champion of Civil Rights, Dies at 84 (NYT)
I followed the new food pyramid for a week. It was rough. (Business Insider)
The Disastrous First Year of RFK Jr. (Bulwark)
The race to succeed McConnell showcases how the GOP has soured on him (WP)
Stop Meeting Students Where They Are (Atlantic)
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules (NYT)
What the Royal Family’s Links to Slavery Mean in the Age of Epstein (New Yorker)
Iran is pursuing a nuclear agreement with the US that delivers economic benefits for both sides, an Iranian diplomat was reported as saying (Reuters)
The Case for Keeping ICE and CBP Defunded (American Prospect)
Republicans and Democrats unite to condemn Trump’s attacks on allies (Guardian)
What if Our Ancestors Didn’t Feel Anything Like We Do? (Atlantic)
Israel’s cabinet approved further measures to tighten Israel’s control over the occupied West Bank and make it easier for settlers to buy land, a move Palestinians called a “de-facto annexation”. (Reuters)
Early Mars was warm and wet not icy, suggests latest research (Conversation)
The myth that women are more naturally empathetic than men (BBC)
An economist explains why he’s still ‘bullish on America’ — AI and all (WP)
Bookseller Scrambles To Hide All The Classics After Seeing Emerald Fennell Approaching Door (Onion)
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