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The head of NATO: "We now have war in Europe on a scale and of a type we thought belonged to history." / Axios
Ukranians flee their country for neighboring Poland. / Reuters
Europe now faces risks to Ukrainian gas-transport infrastructure. / The Wall Street Journal
China denies backing the attack on Ukraine. Also, some points about India's dependence on Russia. / The Washington Post, Twitter
Miami street gangs switch from drugs to identity fraud, as learned from Russian hackers. / Forbes
Lobbyists are similar to gang leaders and drug kingpins: they wake up and rationalize how they are good people. / Chris Blattman
How a young man turned from drugs to falconry. / Washingtonian
Cities across the world need less luxury real estate projects and tourism schemes, more "barefoot planning." / This Week in Africa
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Lydia Davis captures the ambivalence many academics feel about being identified as the type of people who are academics. / Conversableeconomist
Patricia Lockwood makes her (passionate) feelings known (at length) regarding (her very own Elvis) Karl Ove Knausgaard. / The London Review of Books
Almost 21% of Gen Z identifies as LGBT. That's double the number of millennials (10.5%), quadruple the amount of Gen Xers (4.2%). / Gallup
The Texas governor orders state agencies to investigate reports of transgender kids receiving gender-affirming care as "child abuse." / The Dallas Morning News
A military press release says Gen Z may be at risk for more injuries during boot camp due to their sedentary lifestyle. / VICE
Tennis has a reputation as a polite sport, except when it comes to allowing its umpires to be abused. / The Racquet
Mary Harrington: It's via my relationship to making bread that I'm able to retain a sense of what knowing things felt like, before we all set about trying to beat the clock. / UnHerd
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