"Some of what Trump calls good news, like the falling price of oil, is actually caused by bad news, which is the world expecting the possibility of a global recession." / The Washington Post [+]

Already an ethical catastrophe, Trump's private dinner for top memecoin holders is becoming even suspect, as most of the likely guests are based outside the US. / Citation Needed

"The daughter shrieks another horrible horrible horrible shriek, communicating the non-communicable." Witnessing a federal kidnapping in Worcester. / Welcome to Hell World

A new analysis posits that Kamala Harris didn't lose because Biden voters stayed home, but instead from the influx of new voters who went for Trump. / TouchGrass

"His manager said he was considered the most productive member of the team." When North Korean operatives get jobs as remote IT workers to infiltrate Western companies. / WIRED

The president of the American Federation of Teachers says "college for all" no longer works in the United States. / The New York Times [+]

See also: "College is just how well I can use ChatGPT at this point." / New York Magazine

"If a freshman in college did once what the New York Times does on a regular basis they may be expelled." Plagiarism is just part of mainstream media's business model. / Splinter

A slop farmer explains on a private livestream how he targets women over 50 on Facebook in the belief that they're more likely to cross-post AI garbage to Pinterest. / Futurism

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have devised a new method of measuring the transmutation of lead into gold nuclei—which exist for only a fraction of a second. / Phys.org

Fifty years ago today, Brian Eno recorded "Discreet Music," and 50 years later you have an ambient music button on your iPhone. / Andrew Womack

Musical equipment owned by legendary producer and DJ Andrew Weatherall, who passed away in 2020, is currently up for auction. / Soundgas

An ever-growing collection of tiny interactive drum machines. / 10,000 Drum Machines

The magic of kitchen objects, such as "the bowl you keep but can't actually bear to use because it reminds you too strongly of the person who gave it to you." / The Guardian