Ever raptor.
Sudan's military leader defends the takeover of the country, placing blame on political leaders. Meanwhile, soldiers try to abduct injured protesters inside hospitals. / The Guardian
Jihadism, crime, and political violence have grown so intense in Nigeria that the country is said to be "sliding towards ungovernability." / The Economist
Israel prepares to move forward with plans to approve 3,000 new homes for settlers in the occupied West Bank. / Reuters
License plate readers are reshaping private security in American neighborhoods—"another step toward mass suburban paranoia." / The Washington Post
The United States government starts its legal appeal to try to get Wikileaks founder Julian Assange extradited. / BBC News
Three takeaways from the emergence of the Delta Plus coronavirus variant. / STAT
More than 100,000 people have had their eyes scanned in return for free cryptocurrency. (Fwiw, the hashtag #sober has 1.8 billion views on TikTok.) / Ars Technica, VICE
Everything you need to know about DAOs, from Max Read. / Read Max
Researchers say a radio signal detected in 2019, which seemed to be coming from the star closest to the Sun, was not from aliens. / Nature
Managing pests is a big challenge for vintners. Currently trending: rodent control via raptors. / Bay Nature Magazine
See also: Make room in your imagination for "worm blobs." (Or not.) / The New York Times
Something new for highway fencing, retaining walls, or even your garden: a wind turbine wall. / Moss and Fog
An emotional documentary, from some of the crew behind Free Solo, tries to pinpoint the soul of rock climbing amidst its commercial boom. / YouTube
Some early 20th-century autochrome photographs via the Eastman Museum. And some new paintings by Filipino American artist Mikey Yates. / Flashbak, Taymour Grahne Projects
The art collective MSCHF bought a Warhol for $20,000, created 999 replicas, and is now selling all 1,000 paintings, each for $250. / CNN
Unrelated/related: For just $150 a year, you can subsist on theme park food. / The Takeout
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