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Trump undercuts his top advisers, floating the idea of regime change in Iran. / Politico
Was the Saturday attack on Iranian nuclear facilities unconstitutional? In terms of historical practice, kinda but not really. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
A round-up of other questions and answers regarding Iran. / Wake Up to Politics
Elmira Bayrasli: I suspect we’ll see not how much Trump has accomplished, but what’s he’s pushed the United States into. / Interruptrr
Shane Harris: Trump changed, the intelligence did not. / The Atlantic [$]
Trump’s love for talking on the phone means “the spontaneous POTUS phoner” is a new norm for Washington journalists. / Reliable Sources
Meanwhile, his preoccupation with Greenland is forcing Denmark to reckon with a past that it might prefer to ignore. / The Dial
The current number of PhD graduates “vastly exceeds” the number of job openings at universities and research institutions. / nature
Robots are being deployed to automate “the holy grail” of warehouse logistics: loading and unloading trucks. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
Among the latest TikTok trends, young people are calling Diet Cokes “fridge cigarettes,” suggesting a collective search for rest. / The New York Times [$]
Making the argument to read more fiction as a way to get through this political-techno moment. / The Trend Report
TV painter Bob Ross produced tens of thousands of paintings, but they’re very difficult to collect, partly because most of them are not for sale. / The Hustle
Related: The art world is starting to appreciate 94-year-old Roman painter Isabella Ducrot. / Artsy
A restaurateur explains a dining room’s hidden rhythms. “We’re running a delicate, barely-contained ballet. One where timing is everything.” / Notes on a Napkin
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