Been there, done cat
Migrants who successfully reach the United States use TikTok to document their new lives. / The New Yorker
New documents reveal how the CIA monitored Latino civil rights pioneers. / axios
The Heritage Foundation wants to "identify and target" editors at Wikipedia who it says are "abusing their position." / The Forward
In North Carolina, Democrats say they're experiencing "a nonviolent version of January 6." / Mother Jones
Wildfires spread through LA's Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Pasadena, and Sylmar. / The Los Angeles Times
"I really think this is a precursor for genocide." A former safety employee responds to Meta's new policies on speech. / Platformer
An essay recalls the early dot-com days in San Francisco: "It seemed like everyone—in the Bay Area especially—was trying to get a piece of the action." / User Mag
Conspiracy theories swirl around the death of a software enegineer at Open AI. / The San Francisco Standard
Gisèle Pelicot doesn't see the men who raped her as aberrations, but as products of a "macho and patriarchal society." / The London Review of Books
New lithium discoveries have been made in both the US and China. / Semafor
Divers will soon move into an underwater shelter meant to be "a stepping stone to a more permanent modular habitat system." / IEEE Spectrum
Unrelated: 102,343 stuffed toys descend on an ice rink in a moment of "sweet, cuddly mayhem." / BBC News
A "hyper-realistic" robotic puppy is meant to comfort dementia patients. Meanwhile, a new yakitori grill resembles a toaster. / dezeen, Spoon & Tamago
Coming soon, a robot cat that will blow on your coffee. / TechCrunch
See also: After ruining the macchiato, Starbucks introduces a gigantic cortado. / Sprudge
With all the doomsday headlines, why continue to drink alcohol? "I enjoy doing dangerous things, and there's nothing more dangerous than defying fate." / Trying!
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