Love in the time of cupholders
European intelligence agencies say Russia is starting to target civilian employees of defense firms to weaken support for Ukraine. / Foreign Exchanges
After human rights lawyer Navanethem Pillay wins this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, some thoughts on why Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms also deserved it. / Interruptrr, Global Dispatches
Anne Carson, winner of this year’s Nobel Prize for literature, is one of a small book publisher’s 14 Nobel-winners. / The New York Times [$]
Meanwhile, large publishers are found to be using artificial intelligence to email literary agents and design cover art. / WIRED
Texas’s embrace of censorship is said to be “onerous and clumsy” because it relies heavily on AI. / The Atlantic [$]
Paul Krugman is no longer skeptical that AI will have a large negative effect on labor. / Paul Krugman
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A round-up of the various people who maintain (often voluntarily) various pieces of code that power billions of phones. / sheets dot works
See also: N. Katherine Hayes says “the false notion of self-enclosed human autonomy is even less true today.” / Noema
Airlines are rapidly deploying fast internet on flights, and customers are using it to do Zoom calls. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
Lauren Bans and her boyfriend, both divorced with children, struggle to have sex in her car. “I naively assumed vehicular romance would be relatively easy to accomplish.” / LA Material
A tour of a tiny, climate-resilient house that follows “a just-enough philosophy.” / Wallpaper
The story behind that concrete-seeming stereo briefly featured in Heathers. / Andrew Womack
“If it will help me live well, I can acquire the taste.” A long rumination on bitterness. / Orion
A panel of haunted house professionals offer tips on how best to scare your friends this month. “It's all about the angles.” / LA Taco