Tuesday headlines: Joan of snark
Scientists worry about the politicization of vital statistics. / Undark Magazine
Spencer Ackerman connects the dots between Vice President Vance's "Nazi apologia" and his artificial-intelligence boosterism. / Forever Wars
See also: Thanks to under-moderated social platforms, anyone can write their own Mein Kampf now. / Garbage Day
President Trump's assault on DEI is also an assault on rights for the disabled. / The New Yorker
"What Google is doing here is changing the name of the continental shelf of Mexico and Cuba." Mexico threatens to sue Google. / axios
Twenty-four hours of aerial firefighting in Los Angeles, animated. / LinkedIn
Art handlers explain how they dealt with Los Angeles's recent fires. / The Art Newspaper
For people who view the late Angeleno thinker Mike Davis as "a prophet of doom," they're reading him wrong. / The Los Angeles Times
The top of Yelp's annual list of the best US restaurants is an LA seafood counter. / Yelp
Related: When the Michelin star becomes a restaurant's curse. / The Wall Street Journal [+]
Dr. Bronner's is dropping its B Corp certification, saying its standards are too weak. / FastCompany
Confessions of a former online hater. "I do feel like the snark sub-Reddits aren't helping anybody." / The Cut
People in smaller towns are forming nonprofits to save their local movie theaters. / The New York Times [+]
A new proof solves "the moving sofa problem." / Quanta Magazine
See also: Some tips from a very experienced traveler. / KK
Jon Krakauer is once again defending his mountaineering book Into Thin Air, this time from a YouTuber. / Slate
For your weekly wanderlust, a report and some beautiful pictures from a bike tour of the Turkish Highlands. / The Radavist
Paintings by the artist Bianca Raffaela, who is registered as blind. / artsy