Neighborhood threat
Israel has reportedly approved plans to seize control of the entire Gaza Strip and occupy the region for an indefinite period of time. / Associated Press
One of Pope Francis’s final requests was to retrofit one of his popemobiles to provide frontline health care “for the children of Gaza.” / BBC
Chartered planes are frequently used for deportations, which may explain why the New England Patriots’ team plane has been making trips to Guantanamo Bay. / SNAKE
Jia Tolentino on our new fake reality: “There is now a category of things I see online which I register simply as indications that the world is slipping beyond my comprehension.” / The New Yorker
A Telegram bot for generating nonconsensual porn is disturbingly popular, with more than 100,000 active monthly users. (Warning: Graphic descriptions.) / 404 Media
In a simulation, a company populated only with AI agents was (unsurprisingly) a disaster, and the best-performing model was “prohibitively expensive.” / Futurism
“Quitting has brought a lot of the old joy back.” How to—but more importantly, why you may want to—end your relationship with Spotify. / Hearing Things
How MLMs have flourished in the 21st century: “Technology makes it a lot easier to lie about the opportunity of a lifetime at scale.” / Read Max
The US Chamber of Commerce is pushing the Trump administration to implement tariff exclusions for small businesses in order to “stave off a recession.” / CNBC
See also: Kickstarter is offering creators a tool to add tariff charges to projects that are already fully funded. / 404 Media
“Shadden says the noise is worse at night. That’s when the mine runs at full capacity, penetrating her walls with noise up to 106 decibels” Crypto mining is upending life in rural Texas. / The Nation
See also: Elon Musk’s Austin neighbors are struggling, except for the one guy who flies a drone over the billionaire’s property looking for city violations. / The New York Times [+]
Mark Zuckerberg’s company statements “seem meant as matter-of-fact justifications but come across as confessions of the kinds of damage he is prepared to inflict.” / Internal exile