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Germany's incoming chancellor says Donald Trump's Oval Office clash with Zelenskiy was an obvious trap. / Reuters
Secretary of State Rubio is believed to have canceled aid programs without review, knowing it would cause immediate deaths. / ProPublica
A source says FAA officials ordered staff to find tens of millions of dollars for a deal with Starlink, Elon Musk's company. / Rolling Stone
The US Army is deleting online content related to keywords like "justice," "dignity," and "respect." / Military.com
Josephine Riesman: The genius of The Wall is the message that fascism never really died. / Flaming Hydra
A DOGE staffer appears to be posting his work on his public GitHub. / X
An interview with an expert on the Federal Reseve's computer systems. "The most dangerous thing is just how little we know." / Paul Krugman
When AI companies say their computers are beating humans in creativity competitions, it's because the tests ask the humans to behave in machine-like ways. / The Guardian
What if our notion of privacy could protect something like quiet? / The Nation
Instructions for how to remove your personal information from Google's "results about you." / Ars Technica
From January, should people who blast their music in public receive fines, "or be slowly tortured to death?" / I Might Be Wrong
Ten observations from a new resident of Tokyo, "the world's most successful failing society." / Persuasion
Unrelated: "I left private equity to work on shrimp welfare. When I tell anyone this, they usually think I've lost my mind." / Asterisk Magazine
And just a reminder, our annual event, The Tournament of Books—presented by the very great Field Notes— begins on Thursday! / The Tournament of Books
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