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Prime Minister Netanyahu says Israel intends to resume "overall security responsibility" for the Gaza Strip "for an indefinite period." / BBC News
Watch: A day in the life of a young surgeon at al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest medical facility. / Aljazeera
China boasts the world's biggest army and navy, but overestimating its capabilities—thereby breeding insecurity and confrontation—may get dangerous. / The Economist
Wang Xiangwei: Foreign investors are exiting China in a trickle, but it will soon become a river. / Wang Xiangwei's Thought of the Day
Another article, though this one by Nathan Heller, on what the heck's happening to downtown San Francisco. / The New Yorker
A 24-hour diner in San Francisco hasn't locked its doors in 50 years. / Alta Magazine
Ermanno Bencivenga: Language is the quotidian scene on which values are—and ought to be—played out. / Epoché Magazine
A brief history of the short-lived Sisterhood, a collective of Black female writers that launched the careers of Alice Walker and Toni Morrison. / The Los Angeles Times
See also: "How Sista Grrrl Riot Made Room for Black Queers in Punk." / Interview Magazine
"Occasionally I'll mix a vodka martini, recalling that Langston Hughes appeared in a Smirnoff advertisement." On the history of authors and martinis. / Lithub
TikTok users have discovered, despite medical warnings, "the coffee enema." / Sprudge
This Halloween's meme-inspired costumes demonstrated the rise, or perhaps the peak, of "hyper niche." / The Trend Report
Erewhon, the fashionable grocer in Los Angeles, is said to have always occupied a space "between commerce and cult." / The Cut
Related/unrelated: Apparently the bracelet we all should be wearing is "What Would Werner Herzog Do?" / Caterina.net
A photo essay about Japan's culture of highly decorated trucks. / The Guardian
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