Bite the Europe
An explanation of what just happened in France's shock election, and where it leaves Macron. / BBC News
Ukranian tennis star Elina Svitolina wears black at Wimbledon after a Russian missile barrage hits Ukraine's largest children's hospital. / The Guardian
Are you sure you wouldn't have been a Nazi in 1930s Germany? "If we want to play at time travel, we should look at how we're doing now and extrapolate backwards." / The London Review of Books
An essay about self-discovery via swimming in France. / AFAR
Seven silly signs that you're traveling in Europe. / Meditations in an Emergency
Some thoughts on different modes of travel. "Have a reason for each place you go—or better still, have no reason at all." / Shore Leave
Avian detectives in Washington DC investigate birds who get sucked into plane engines. / Washingtonian
There's a subreddit for people attempting to figure out if they're disqualified from obtaining federal security clearance. / 404 Media
Why is Donald Trump trouncing Joe Biden on TikTok? Because Trump is "treating it like he's a lifestyle girly, but he's catering it to his audience." / Politico Magazine
A deep dive into Biden's performances in the public eye. / Wake Up to Politics
Unrelated: Is the coconut tree the most consequential dumb joke of the year? / Read Max
A Taiwanese barista is the 2024 "World Latte Art Champion." / Sprudge
A disturbing look into Alice Munro's moral relativism after the author's daughter told her that Munro's husband had sexually abused her throughout her childhood. (See also: The original statement.) / The New York Times [+], The Toronto Star
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