Driving while texting
Reports say Russia can’t recruit enough soldiers to keep up with its losses in Ukraine, and its war spending may be maxed out. / Semafor, The Overshoot
Inflation in Argentina accelerates for a fifth straight month in January. / The Associated Press
When the US economy disproportionately rewards capital over labor, it helps explain “the disconnect between a buoyant economy and pessimistic households.” / The Wall Street Journal [$]
In California, a young protester attaches a respirator to his bagpipes so he can play through tear gas. / LA Taco
Yiyun Li: This is America, this is life, this is how human beings behave. / The London Review of Books
Reviewing a brand new smart home. “It’s all state-of-the-art. And it’s terrible.” / The Atlantic [$]
“You don’t have to be a doctor to survive in this field, but you do have to be decisive.” Brief interviews with three Black art gallery owners. / Artsy
Rome introduces a tourist fee to see the Trevi fountain and other historic sites. / The Art Newspaper
Photographs of cafes in London in the 1970s. / Flashbak
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An explainer for why it’s hard to root for France’s ice dance team at the Olympics—“a dark reflection of some of the worst things about this gorgeous sport.” / Vox [$]
Some thoughts on the feasibility of Elon Musk’s plan to build a city on the Moon. / X
The vast majority of undergraduates at Stanford use a new matchmaking algorithm to find dates and friends. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
A poetry-loving safety leader resigns from AI firm Anthropic, in part from pressure to “set aside what matters most.” / Forbes
“In designing Claude, Askell encouraged the chatbot to entertain the radical idea that it might have its own conscience.” A light profile of Anthropic’s in-house philosopher. / The Wall Street Journal Magazine [$]
A man in his fifties patrols London on his bike, looking to report people to the police for texting while driving. / The Londoner
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