The Morning News

Wear your covers on your sleeve! The merch table is open for the 2023 Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes.

↩︎ The TMN Store 4d

“Watch Me Forever” is a machine-generated TV channel that only broadcasts AI-generated episodes of a pseudo-Seinfeld.

↩︎ Twitch 22h

Gillian Anderson is collecting sexual fantasies for a book. "if you identify as a woman, I want to hear from you."

↩︎ Dear Gillian 23h

A new video shows planets circling a star light-years away.

Here's what you're looking at. The black circle in the center is the young 30-million-year-old star, around 1.5 times the mass and 4.9 times the brightness of the Sun.

The innermost exoplanet is HR8799e, with a mass of 7.4 Jupiters orbiting at a distance of 16.25 times the separation between Earth and the Sun, or astronomical units, for an orbital period of 45 years. Scientists have been able to analyze the light from this exoplanet to determine that it's a storm-wracked baby gas giant.

Via Science Alert

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An old law may soon eliminate housing-related zoning ordinances for the vast majority of cities in the Bay Area.

↩︎ The Discourse Lounge 1d

With the elected diva’s political career seemingly headed for a dead end, it would appear that Santos will need to find a new grift soon. Might I suggest becoming an adult Disney vlogger?

Olivia Craighead: George Santos’s alleged karaoke habits suggest he is a “Disney adult.”

↩︎ Gawker

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Six states make a deal to stabilize the drought-stricken Colorado River. California farmers are likely to sue to block it.

↩︎ Grist 2d

After suffering decades of drilling, do Alaskan villages deserve compensation as climate refugees?

↩︎ Undark 2d

A Singapore teenager is shamed then supported for enjoying her first “luxury handbag,” which her dad bought for $60.

↩︎ BBC News 4d

Apocalypse television loves to dress people in flannel shirts, which is a bad idea for survival in bad weather.

↩︎ GQ UK 4d

An amusing bunch of dunks on a “weaponized” SUV designed for wealthy people to ride out scary times.

↩︎ MetaFilter 4d

The British Isles acquire new additions: islets the width of two tennis courts made of wet wipes and mud.

↩︎ The Economist 4d

“How can we not be moving faster on this?” It is really mystifying. And so demystifying it was something that was important to me personally. But it also lent the book a very realistic vantage point.

The author of a new novel about the climate crisis talks about traps to avoid when turning the news into art.

↩︎ Grist

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Review of a new book about how secretive investors can make—and unmake—lifesaving drugs. "This is how capitalism works."

↩︎ Undark 5d

Utilities around the country repeatedly cut off power and gas to millions of struggling customers while setting record profits.

↩︎ The Guardian 5d

We can conclusively prove that the conflict between tennis and pickleball is capable of shaping the evolution of mankind, and certainly influence the results of sports.

A theory finds athletes who’ve associated themselves with pickleball are not doing very well. Is it ”the dinker’s curse?”

↩︎ Club Leftist Tennis

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An interactive guide to "all you need to know" regarding the Year of the Rabbit.

↩︎ The South China Morning Post 1w

Lan Samantha Chang: Celebrating Lunar New Year has meant learning to share my rituals with people for whom the traditions are new.

↩︎ Vogue 1w

“It is no use trying to explain why we say, on the one hand, that pair of shoes is getting old, but on the other hand, the pair were perfectly happy after their honeymoon.”

Praise for an update to perhaps the best book on modern English usage. “For anyone interested in language, it’s catnip.”

↩︎ The Millions

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A website designer creates a website to showcase all of the people who’ve copied his website designs.

↩︎ Copy Dennis 1w