Rodeo killed the radio star
Iran says it sent a nuclear proposal to the White House, suggesting a potential breakthrough in diplomatic efforts. / Reuters, The New York Times [$]
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels want $51 billion from Saudi Arabia to stop their attacks. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
Fake bomb threats disrupt dozens of passenger flights across Europe. / Reuters
A cyberattack on blood banks in France tries to raise the temperatures in their storage sites. / NBC News
Meanwhile, a French bank reports losing €100 million to a rare cyber heist of a mainstream lender. / Reuters
Differences between President Trump and the State Department are showing up in mixed messages to North Korea. / The Diplomat
The graphic novel My Friend Kim Jong Un stirs controversy since the author is definitely not a friend of North Korea’s leader. / The New York Times [$]
Regarding Democrats and artificial intelligence, Congress does not have a decade “for a debate that goes nowhere.” / Platformer
In a list of words and phrases the iPhone keyboard blocks from predictive text and swiping, only one person’s full name appears: “Trayvon Martin.” / Swipeblocked
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Tesla will be “winding down” production on its Cybertruck next year to make room for its next scourge, the Cybercab. / The Verge [$]
Unrelated: Ted Scheinman details what it’s like to remake a sense of self after doing electroconvulsive-therapy. / The Atlantic [$]
A defense of living life and approaching art as a dilettante. (But not as a professional “pump-up girl.”) / Aeon, The Atlantic [$]
Did you know? Elton John’s songwriting partner no longer feels “even remotely” British, and now competes professionally in rodeo. / The Guardian
The late techno pioneer Juan Atkins conjured music from the wreckage of American capitalism. “There is no correct understanding of techno music that fails to acknowledge this context.” / Audiofemme
Mechanical engineers find that every step you take is basically trying to untie your shoes. / The Kid Should See This