Friday heist lights.
A pair of legal developments suggest the Jan. 6 investigation is closing in on former President Trump's inner circle. / The Washington Post
Former US Attorney General Bill Barr says he told Trump that his claims about election fraud were "bullshit." / The Hill
Related: Merrick Garland's impossible decision on whether to prosecute Trump. / The Week
Russia shells Europe's largest nuclear plant, located in Ukraine. The US embassy calls the attack a war crime. / BBC News, CNN
The United Kingdom's deputy prime minister says Russian elites may have their property seized and handed over to Ukrainian refugees. / The Guardian
How different fashion companies are responding to the invasion. / The Cut
"I won't bite you, I am a sane man." A Ukranian Reddit user is translating war footage and news posts into English. / Reddit
Chinese script is the world's only system still used to represent the language for which it was invented. / Lapham's Quarterly
For centuries, perhaps millennia, caffeine was something you ate. Aspiring writer and "medieval influencer" Lu Yu changed that. / Atlas Obscura
See also: From last June, cookbook author Reem Kassis explains how she Googled her way to a publishing deal. / Cherry Bombe
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Composer Charles Ives wanted to use pitch distance to show God being "infinitely close to man"—but what is infinitesimally close pitch distance? / Futility Closet
Masked thieves heist €300,000 worth of equipment from the set of Netflix's heist drama Lupin.
Pictures of the Los Angeles compound belonging to Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, now up for sale. / Moss and Fog
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