It’s pronounced nuc-u-lar
For the first time on record, global warming exceeds the 1.5 degrees Celsius limit over a 12-month period. / Al Jazeera
An unlikely coalition behind the White House's natural gas pivot: climate activists and manufacturing facilities. / Grist
Some good news? "Hungry sea otters are helping save California’s marshlands from erosion." / The Associated Press
The proportion of buildings destroyed in Gaza is said to now approach "that of Guernica, Hamburg, or Hiroshima." / The London Review of Books
In multiple replays of a war-game simulation, OpenAI's chatbot elects to launch nuclear attacks. / NewScientist
Unrelated: Can AI art be copyrighted? Recent guidelines from the Copyright Office "reaffirm that purely generated images are in the public domain." / Newart
Unpacking four ways the Supreme Court may rule regarding former President Trump and the Colorado ballot. (Lots more detail here.) / Vox, Howe on the Court
A publisher retracts two studies that a Texas judge cited last year while suspending approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. / Reuters
FYI: That smart toothbrush botnet story you may have seen is not real. / 404 Media
Unrelated: "There's no butting out on Nextdoor, only butting in." / The Washington Post [+]
The San Francisco 49ers bring a tactical twist to this weekend's Super Bowl: bunching together their offensive line. / The Wall Street Journal [+]
Danielle Cohen explains the many reasons, as a person who knows nothing about football, why she plans to watch the big game. / The Cut
"You don’t have to be old and wise to be aware of our dilemma." A sharp conversation from 1990 with artist Dorothea Tanning. / BOMB Magazine
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