My tentacle romance
Tens of thousands of people in Lebanon have fled their homes since Monday amid Israeli air strikes. / France24
Murders in the United States dropped 11.6 percent from 2022 to 2023, the largest single-year decline in the last 20 years. / NBC News
A white paper finds that female politicians, most notably Democratic candidates, are more likely to convey angry emotions on Twitter. / Social Science Quarterly
Only four percent of Latino Americans use the term "latinx," and 75 percent say it should not be used. / Pew Research Center
Unrelated: "The DNA Dreams of the New Eugenics." / The Los Angeles Review of Books
Pilots and regulators say spoofed Global Positioning System signals are causing havoc beyond active conflict zones. / The Wall Street Journal [+]
The Chinese government blocked ChatGPT in March 2023, new research has found. / rest of world
A popular parenting forum is pursuing legal action against OpenAI for scraping its data. / WIRED
California sues ExxonMobil, alleging the company has spent decades misleading the public about plastic recycling. / NPR
Former Apple design guru Jonny Ive has acquired half of a city block in San Francisco, hoping to draw others to the area. / The New York Times [+]
London's clear air zone has resulted in more active children. / Grist
A Gatwick train was cancelled after squirrels boarded and "refused to leave." / sky news
Some facts about Britain: "Despite huge and rising demand, Heathrow annual flight numbers have been almost completely flat since 2000." / Marginal Revolution
The Netherlands plans to return 288 items looted during the colonial era to Indonesia. / The Art Newspaper
When did color palettes become content for social media? The past year or so. / It's Nice That
Comparing Apple, Google, and Samsung's definitions of "a photo." / The Verge
An interview with the Tumblr girl who got people interested in medieval art. "There's something inherently appealing about creatures that are ugly in a charming or cute way." / Index
See also: Some tentacle-inspired leather accessories from Japan. / Spoon & Tamago
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