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Here’s when the polls close tonight in the United States’ midterm elections, as well as when you should expect to hear races called, based on prior years’ times. / NPR, The New York Times [$]
Studies of past elections show this whole thing really is bad for your heart health. / STAT
If you’d rather skip ahead to tonight’s outcomes: “Argoth the Unrelenting’s unsurprising victory, and other election night results.” / McSweeney’s
How anti-trans influencers flooded short-form video platforms in the weeks leading up to the midterms. / Garbage Day
Michigan’s Dept. of Corrections is moving ahead with a plan to use AI to separate inmates based on their likelihood of future violence. / Futurism
El Nino will supersize California’s king tides this winter, threatening the Pacific Coast Highway with erosion and, in places, submersion that could cut off entire towns. / AccuWeather, San Francisco Chronicle
Chinese carmakers’ showrooms in Mexico offer a glimpse of the future, including “a massive two-story video showing scenes of a planet ravaged by climate change.” / The Washington Post [$]
A group representing nearly all major automakers is hoping the US Congress will pass a permanent ban on Chinese vehicles next week. / The Detroit News
Electric cars first gained popularity at the start of the 20th century, when automakers marketed them to women—and to doctors, so they wouldn’t wake up neighbors during nighttime house calls. / IEEE Spectrum
Once believed lost, the one-of-a-kind “hippie” Porsche that beat Ferrari in 1970 at Le Mans has turned up, except there are two of them. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
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Inside the market where philanthropists and investors put the world’s finest instruments—many with multimillion-dollar price tags—into musicians’ hands. / The New York Times [$]
A webcomic explains how online censorship is crushing indie webcomics. / Xtra
Turn Meta’s privacy policy into redaction poetry. / Institute of Machine Unlearning
An analysis of those who’ve run the New York City marathon shows most never do it again, but those who do usually improve their times. / The New York Times [$]
Watch: Night-snorkeling a Home Depot retention pond. / YouTube