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Two high-speed trains collide in Spain, the second major rail accident in the country in less than a year. / Reuters
The United States’s biggest active infrastructure endeavor, a high-speed train connecting San Francisco to Los Angeles, lacks any finished track. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
Across the US, solar and onshore wind have become the lowest-cost sources of new electricity, despite White House policies. / The New York Times [$]
Will this election cycle see the return of oil-state Democrats? / Politico
“The increasingly likely outcome” of Israel’s elections is probably another election. / Semafor
“It seems to us that the real embargo is inside of Cuba.” Photographs and interviews from a collapsing state. / The Atlantic [$]
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The rise and fall of a Canadian mega-farm tells a cautionary tale about consolidation. / The Walrus
See also: A visit to the sixth-worst McDonald’s in the US finds it’s actually pretty good. / Washingtonian
Marissa Mayer, the former Yahoo chief, admits she needs artificial intelligence to help her grasp what she likes about her daughter. / The New York Times [$]
Why are emails from Amazon getting more obtuse? To hinder Google and others from building AI-powered shopping tools. / The Verge [$]
At Harvard, demand is high for a literature class that requires a ton of reading, where AI is forbidden. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
“For me, the joy of baseball has been walking with my little boy as he grew.” A father laments the end of his son’s baseball career. / The Bulwark
From 2015, Alison Gopnik explains how a philosophical mystery helped solve her midlife crisis. “I found my salvation in the sheer endless curiosity of the human mind—and the sheer endless variety of human experience.” / The Atlantic [$]