June 7, 2017

Amid escalating airstrikes, the Trump White House doesn’t even pretend it cares about civilian casualties. / Pacific Standard

A nearly-forgotten violation of the Third Amendment is baked into printer tech—and exposed the Intercept leaker. / Errata Security

Multidisciplinary designer and artist Yuxi Liu has created “Poet on the Shore,” an AI-empowered autonomous robot that roams the beach and occasionally writes poetry in the sand. / liuyuxi.xyz

Britain’s most eccentric record label released Morricone, macabre poems, exercise programs, and naval choirs. / BBC

The Summer Reading Challenge is a go! Join Victor LaValle and Rosecrans Baldwin for part one of A Separation. / The Rooster Summer Reading Challenge / TMN

Today in conservative media: Right-wing pundits find things to like, if they must, in Wonder Woman. / Slate

A subway-style diagram of the Roman Empire, based on major Roman roads circa 125 AD. / Alexandr Sasha Trubetskoy

Your evening Trump twister: Since Mexico won’t pay for his wall, Trump suggests solar panels. / Politico

KELT-9b, the hottest planet as yet detected by scientists, is evaporating at 10 billion grams per second. / Quartz

Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing goes to collection about guest workers who make up 85% of UAE. / Los Angeles Review of Books

“It would appear that Hollywood made one movie for white women who loved The Hangover and another one for black women who loved The Hangover.” Liberal Hollywood is as segregated as ever, as seen in two versions of the same girls-weekend film, with one key difference: race. / The Outline

A captivating history of the long fight to integrate America’s spelling bees. / Longreads

Charming recent editorial work and drawings by illustrator Amanda Baeza. / Amanda Baeza