About 70 percent of adults in the United States say they are following news about the White House. / Pew Research

The administration plans to build a “war-fighting headquarters” in Japan to deter China. / NBC News

Donald Trump says he is not joking about running for a third term. / BBC News

We now know what a Millennial American president looks like, and he has a beard. / The Trend Report

Canadians turn “elbows up” into a movement rallying the nation against President Trump. / The Wall Street Journal [+]

Corey Robin: Fear works most potently and powerfully when it threatens our highest sense of ourselves. / Corey Robin

Behind the design of a new Swiss passport. / SWISS Magazine

A tour of an “ultra-narrow” Tokyo hotel. / Spoon & Tamago

A round-up of the best things ever made by Microsoft. / The Verge

Tressie McMillan Cottom: AI is a stellar tool for demoralizing workers. / The New York Times [+]

Blocking the internet on your smartphone improves “sustained attention, mental health, and subjective well-being.” / PNAS Nexus

Related: Easy steps for lobotomizing your smartphone. / She’s a Beast

Former tennis pro Andrea Petkovic says greatness in the game is a question of tension. / Finite Jest

Unrelated: A new college course likenes heterosexual partnerships to eating disorders. / The Cut

This year’s Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes, reaches its closest-ever conclusion! / Field Notes, The Tournament of Books

Due to fatigue from producing this newsletter and the ToB, TMN is going to take the rest of the week off. See you next Monday.