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For the first time known to scientists, Antarctic sea ice extent has been unable to substantially recover over the winter. / ABC News
"It should be obvious by now that fossil fuel companies have no real plans to change in response to the climate crisis." / The Los Angeles Times
Protests continue across Israel after the country's parliament approves a law to curtail its Supreme Court's powers to nullify "unreasonable" decisions. / The Guardian
Some parents in China are said to hire their children—shut out of the labor market or tired from overwork—to be "full-time children." / NBC News
"Journalism of privilege" refers to food and real estate articles written for wealthy or aspiring audiences. / Columbia Journalism Review
Unrelated/related: Some thoughts on how to use Apple AirPods as hearing aids. / tool.cat
Some examples of media redesigns done in a manner similar to Elon Musk replacing Twitter with X. / NiemanLab
See also: A Wisconsin man wins Key West's annual Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest. / The Associated Press
"The vegetable sleeps in its circle." Early examples of computer-generated poetry programmed by J.M. Coetzee. / The Los Angeles Review of Books
Some tips on how many books to pack for vacation. / The Biblioracle Recommends
Photographs of Salvador Dalí's compound in Portlligat, Spain. / The Fox Is Black
"It will be a few days before the giardia sets in." An account of attending a destination wedding that required guests to hike 60 miles through a jungle. / Outside
That meteorite that struck a woman in France last week? Was just a rock. (Thanks, Jodi.) / Space, Legal Nomads
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