The Morning News

“Look, I don’t want the west to come and save us. I’m not asking for the west to come invade Israel. I’m just asking it to stop supporting our oppression.”

The movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel has changed the Israeli-Palestinian debate.

↩︎ The Guardian

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Your weekly white paper: Why small conflicts between major powers can inadvertently escalate out of control.

↩︎ International Security 2d

China's surveillance and persecution of the Uighur minority group reaches into other countries, including the US.

↩︎ The Daily Beast 2d

In case you haven't seen it, here's the "Territory" video from the Blaze that Moonlight director Barry Jenkins has watched over 100 times. "There was just no [expletive] way anything about this involves artifice.”

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"From a personal pain standpoint, the worst is yet to come." An emotional interview with a hurting Elon Musk.

↩︎ The New York Times 2d

Elon Musk is a pro at diverting attention—like with a new scheme to ferry baseball fans to Dodger Stadium.

↩︎ The Los Angeles Times 2d

Restaurants are in charge of their own service. Either they know how long it takes them to serve a full meal or they don’t.

A restaurant critic complains that 90 minutes is too short to enjoy a good dinner with friends.

↩︎ The Guardian

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Last year, 15% of American couples held their wedding reception at a barn or farm, up from just 2% in 2009.

↩︎ The Journal Sentinel 2d

Trump's $1 trillion federal infrastructure bill is "all but dead in Congress 18 months into his administration."

↩︎ CityLab 2d

Fact of the day: Nearly half of all the mud volcanoes in the world are located in Azerbaijan.

↩︎ GeographyNow 2d

Wikipedia is credited with the season's "hottest streetwear collab."

↩︎ i-D 2d

Now available for purchase: the Cindy Sherman Pool Float.

↩︎ MCA Chicago 2d

Ice Cube knows the aesthetic hits of Los Angeles, especially the works of Charles and Ray Eames. Via coudal.

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A baker in Southern California makes cakes for those who are "all about that trap life."

↩︎ Forbes 2d

A photo from Cape Canaveral of a rocket blasting off through this month's Perseid meteor shower.

↩︎ NASA 3d

“If I had seen myself reflected in any of the media I consumed growing up, it would’ve helped me understand myself really sooner, or given me the validation I never really got.”

The many ways coming-out videos are an enormous help to those who can’t, won’t, or haven’t yet.

↩︎ WIRED

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From the archives: How Aretha Franklin teaches us to persevere through life's most trying moments.

↩︎ The Morning News 3d

Channel *Blade Runner* and enhance images to prevent crimes in a brilliant, voice-controlled game by Nicole He.

↩︎ ENHANCE.COMPUTER 3d

Anecdotally, the more Trump attacks the media, the more college students are interested in journalism degrees.

↩︎ The Atlantic 3d

The active ingredient in Roundup is detected in nearly all popular oat-based snack bars and cereals in the US.

↩︎ The Guardian 3d