“The only thing millennials didn’t kill.”
Ukraine says Russia's proposed evacuation routes for civilians—to Belarus or Russia—are immoral. / BBC News
Perhaps sanctions targeting oligarchs are too broad and we should start seizing yachts, everybody's yachts. / VICE
A sanctions scholar says Russia's economic isolation will have dramatic repercussions for the global economy. / The Economist
For Russians who understand their state's murderous capacities, the response now is "defensive consolidation." / Postsocialism
See also: Andrei Kozyrev, formerly Russia's foreign minister, succinctly explains Putin's thinking. / Threadreader
Part of the reason that no-fly zones keep being brought up as solutions is that "the nature of airpower is so poorly understood." / War on the Rocks
The war in Ukraine is Putin's fault, yes, but prominent people played a key role in Russia's post-Soviet path. / Social Europe
Unrelated/related: A job opening for a grizzly bear conflict manager. / USA Jobs
The price of oil approaches an all-time high. / The Guardian
For coach Mike Krzyzewski's final home game at Duke, the average ticket price on StubHub was $5,392. (Duke lost.) / USA Today, Go Heels
A photo essay shows the work that goes into printing 40,000 copies of a novel—a lot of glue, giant rolls of paper, and a press that weighs about 200,000 pounds. / The New York Times
Houseplants have been labeled "the only thing millennials didn't kill," but they weren't always so popular. / Culture Study
Watch: A first bath for a two-day-old baby at the Clinique de la Muette in Paris, France. / The Kid Should See This
And now a brief chat with a new Sustaining Member, Patricia E.
Patricia, thank you so much for your support! What led you to joining us today? Like most decisions in my life, it had a fiercely emotional impetus. You are master aggregators, and I appreciate that. Also, your sources are diverse—truly important to me. Many of the sources you include are ones I already support/visit, like The Guardian, but so many are not. You give me a window on a wider world, one that is mine, but not, if that makes any sense.
It does make sense and it's wonderful. We're really glad to hear it. Yesterday you published a piece from The Ringer by Jonathan Tjarks that moved the needle for me. (I knew neither Ringer nor Tjarks; I am a septuagenarian.) Its title, "Does My Son Know You?", captured me, and I clicked in the newsletter. What I am is a retired teacher who can't quite retire so am substitute teaching in middle school. Tjarks' piece made me weep because his opening made me see what one of my dearest friends was trying to tell me last week when she roused herself to accompany me on a walk—a walk which turned into a bench-sit talk, because... she is dying. "All [the doctors] can do for now is keep me alive as long as they can." She didn't use Tjarks' stark words, but that's what she was trying to tell me—words that I, in my selfishness, didn't want to hear. I don't want to lose her. I'm crying now, again. ARGH!
Now we're crying too! Patricia, so much sympathy and good wishes for you and your friend. Sorry this is so long, but I needed to write this and look at it on the page, to face it. Tjarks made me do that; you gave me him. That's why I subscribed. Keep doing the work you are doing. I will keep reading. Thanks.
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