Cake my bones

No matter any doomsday scenarios discussed, there appears to be little urgency in Washington around the debt ceiling. / Wake Up to Politics

The United States' astonishing economic record would be reassuring if not for our poisonous politics. / The Economist

Related: A leaked cache of emails from 2019 and 2020 shows DC's anti-trans lobby playing a long game. / VICE

James Meek: It's easy to mistake the river of internet footage from Russia's war against Ukraine for information or news. / The London Review of Books

Spencer Ackerman: We've entered the chud era of national security leaks, when people leak for clout. / Forever Wars

Substack's CEO doesn't accept (or understand?) that his newsletter company has become "the Nazi bar." / Techdirt

In California, a bill would create an alert system for missing Black women and youth, who are often incorrectly listed as "runaways." / The Hill

A 20-year-old woman was shot and killed by a homeowner in New York after she accidentally pulled into his driveway. / NPR

More than half of American Gen Z adults took three or more leisure trips in the last year. / CNBC

Therapists in Manhattan don't seem to be returning to their offices anytime soon. Meanwhile, hip bakeries are the new streetwear drops. / Curbed, Eater

Apple says it will use 100 percent recycled cobalt in all of its batteries by 2025. / Engadget

Always nice to see: the Spring issue of "the html review" arrives. / the html review

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