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The European Union tells residents to stockpile 72 hours of food in readiness for war. / Politico
The week's long read: A reasonably condensed version of one person's saga of escaping Iran for the United States. / Outliving Iran
Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza protest against Hamas. / The Associated Press
A 19-year-old engineer working for DOGE previously provided support for a cybercrime ring that bragged about trafficking in stolen data. / The Guardian
A round-up of issues dividing GOP lawmakers—including whether to acknowledge their planned tax cuts will cost $4 trillion. / Wake Up to Politics
The contact details for White House security advisers—and even some of their passwords—can be found in leaked customer data caches. / Der Spiegel
Meta, Google, and OpenAI ask the White House to say it's legal to use copyrighted material to train their models. / The New York Times [+]
See also: A federal judge rules that a newspaper copyright lawsuit against OpenAI can proceed. / The Associated Press
A researcher says one reason people are making fewer babies is the "hyper-engaging" media found on phones. / Vox
Four college students explain how they make "positive masculinity" videos for TikTok that are appealing to young men. / Rolling Stone
Two-thirds of single people in the US hold on to clothes that belonged to an ex. / Women's Wear Daily
See also: How to become a contemporary fashion critic. / Ssense
An in-depth interview with actor Michael Shannon about his R.E.M. cover band. / Bitter Southerner
A first look at Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne's archive at the New York Public Library. / Vulture
George Saunders: "The first and only time I ever did acid, I looked down at my hands and noticed that they were not, in fact, 'flesh-colored.'" / The Paris Review
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