The Morning News

A huge camera obscura captures New York in shades of mercury, rust, and verdigris.

↩︎ The New York Times 3h

What profit over people looks like: Indiana pays $21+ million to clean up carcinogens left by Pence gas stations.

↩︎ Associated Press 3h

Creative director Veronica Ditting describes her favorite magazine covers.

↩︎ It's Nice That 21h

Cohen’s guises no longer feel hilariously out of place when inserted into everyday life. They feel right at home, baring what ails this country better than any anthropological trend piece about Trump supporters. Just don’t expect a barrel of laughs.

From Borat to the Puppy Pistol: Sacha Baron Cohen’s new show is “best when it’s not funny.”

↩︎ The Ringer

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Research shows that high temperatures not only make you lethargic, they make your mind slower too.

↩︎ National Public Radio 22h

Liberals undermine their moral position when they fall back on homophobia to make fun of Trump.

↩︎ MEL Magazine 22h

Spreading accurate information about ballot-box stuffing is not the same as spreading disinformation about Hillary Clinton’s imaginary involvement in a child-molesting ring at a pizza parlor.

In case someone—such as your president—tells you Russia and America are morally equivalent.

↩︎ The Atlantic

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The National Intelligence Director says the "warning lights are blinking red" for a major cyber attack.

↩︎ Military.com 1d

The same Russian service accused of hacking our election may have been behind Britain's nerve agent attack.

↩︎ The New York Times 1d

President Trump kicks off his Putin summit with a friendly wink.

1d

As kids play more video games, participation in youth sports declines. Soccer's feeling it hardest.

↩︎ The New York Times 1d

[Deconstruction] promulgated an extreme relativism that was ultimately nihilistic in its implications: anything could mean anything; an author’s intent did not matter, could not in fact be discerned; there was no such thing as an obvious or common-sense reading, because everything had an infinitude of meanings. In short there was no such thing as truth.

Michiko Kakutani blames Trump on postmodernism.

↩︎ Quartzy

1d

The indictment practically screams, “More information is coming!”—including additional information about Russian communication with American citizens.

Four key takeaways from Mueller’s charging of 12 Russian intelligence officers with election-hacking.

↩︎ National Review

1d

Norway is the only major economy in Europe where young people are getting markedly richer.

↩︎ BBC News 1d

Artist Wacław Szpakowski drew abstract labyrinths, "each one produced from a single continuous line."

↩︎ The Paris Review 1d

Construction workers unearthed a “huge granite sarcophagus” in Egypt. The lid alone weighs 15 metric tons.

↩︎ Science Alert 1d

Jon Wertheim offers 50 "parting thoughts" from Wimbledon 2018.

↩︎ Sports Illustrated 1d

“When exposing and criticising American words and actions, be careful not to link it to Trump and instead to aim it at the US government.”

Chinese media outlets are under strict rules not to upset Trump or the Chinese public with talk of the trade war.

↩︎ Reuters

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Virtual reality therapy proves successful in treating people with a fear of heights.

↩︎ The Guardian 1d

Trompe l'oeil plants and flowers on buildings in Estepona, Spain, photographed by Pedro Silmon.

↩︎ This Isn't Happiness 3d