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Fake photos of Donald Trump being arrested garner five million views, especially after Trump shares one himself. / Quartz
A rundown of the ongoing criminal investigations faced by Trump. / NPR
Russia gifts fertilizer to Malawi, hoping for support of its attack on Ukraine. Meanwhile, Uganda passes some of Africa's harshest homophobic legislation. / Mail & Guardian, African Arguments
Unrelated: "I realized I had fallen into a well-worn pattern—a white European male traveling to Africa to prove his masculinity." / Africa Is a Country
Bicycle riding in Portland, Ore., has dropped to levels not seen since 2006. / BikePortland
Lynell George says nature is causing Los Angeles to shape-shift. / The Sierra Club
Tuberculosis cases are nearly back to pre-pandemic levels. / STAT
See also: In 17th-century Paris, transfusing the blood of lambs into humans "held the promise of renewed youth." / The Public Domain Review
Pilots explain why you wouldn't be able to land an airplane in an emergency. / The Washington Post
A long article on the life of a Premier League referee. "It's like, 'what are you doing?" / The Guardian
Justin Heckert explains how an old, untorn ticket to Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls debut game became a priceless artifact. / ESPN
See also: The real origin story of Ted Lasso. / Twitter
Linguists are developing the Oxford Dictionary of African American English. "There's a debate about whether or not the enslavers knew they were being mocked." / The New Yorker
The author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow admits to lifting a female game designer's work without attribution. / Twitter
Do you dig the Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes? Catch tonight's live streaming event, presented with Books Are Magic! / The Tournament of Books, Eventbrite
The most-assigned films in university classes are Man With a Movie Camera, Do the Right Thing, and Citizen Kane. / Public Books
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