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Thousands of mourners defy arrest by gathering in Moscow for Alexei Navalny's funeral. Music is played from Terminator 2, Navalny's favorite film. / The Wall Street Journal [+], USA Today
Antara Haldar: Blame Putin for Navalny's death, sure, but also blame "shock therapy" economic policies. / Project Syndicate
China is said to have thousands of Navalnys, "but they all disappear from view." / The New York Times [+]
According to State Department estimates, maybe a hundred thousand North Korean women are working basically as slaves in China. / The New Yorker
An investigation into the New York Times story about sexual violence on October 7. "The bigger scandal may be the reporting itself, the process that allowed it into print." / The Intercept
More Americans (28%) name immigration as the most important problem facing the United States than did a month ago (20%). / Gallup
From 2018: The difference between migrants, immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. / International Rescue Committee
For the ninth year in a row, a British Parliament member reads aloud the names of women killed by men over the past 12 months. / The Guardian
What it's like to be a member of London's men-only club "the Sublime Society of Beefsteaks." / Gastro Obscura
Over the past two years, Pornhub UK received 4.4 million searches (!) for terms related to child abuse; a chatbot deterred them. / WIRED
See also: A semi-autonomous trash interceptor eats garbage in Baltimore. / Mr. Trash Wheel
The current embrace of dreamy Irish actors is seen as "a corrective to the old stereotype of the Irish male immigrant." / Vox
A selection of new classical music releases. Also, new techno, metal, and ambient jazz picks. Also, a dozen interesting new songs. / The Rest Is Noise, Futurism Restated, Andrew Womack
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