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Britain, France, and nine other countries announce sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank. / Al Jazeera
Israel’s destruction of Gaza has generated some 61 million tons of wreckage—and clearing the debris may destroy valuable evidence of “atrocity crimes,” a UN expert warns. / Reuters
Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser says President Trump is importing mystery meat (from a friend of the First Lady?) that most Americans wouldn’t want to eat. / The New York Times [$]
Decades after a moratorium on fishing, cod populations off the coast of Canada are “healthy” again, prompting hope and mistrust. / Canadian Affairs
The White House wants to roll back wetland protections significantly, with seasonal rivers or streams particularly at risk—i.e., most of those in the arid West. / Los Angeles Times
Reading scores are plummeting in industrialized countries like the United States, and math scores are down globally. / The New York Times [$]
American parents are reportedly sending their children to Southern universities because it’s more affordable and they—the parents—want to tailgate. / Esquire
Unrelated: A techno DJ for toddlers says there wasn’t exactly a blueprint for his career. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
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Regarding the US Open, a critic says Arthur Ashe stadium has developed pretty much the opposite character of its namesake. / OPEN Tennis
“A child who spends 78 nights squeezed into a bomb shelter was never going to come out mild and mannerly.” Accounting for Novak Djokovic’s resolve. / New Lines Magazine
See also: How the perception of tennis as a sport for wealthy people has masked exploitative pay practices for decades. / Court Date
Some $31.6 trillion is forecasted to be spent through 2050 to build the computing capacity expected to be needed for artificial intelligence’s ongoing rollout. / PwC
Prominent experts are worried about “neuralese” and the notion that OpenAI’s latest model isn’t safe. / Transformer News
Meanwhile, AI researchers continue to quit their jobs while sounding the alarm that AI may kill all humans. / Semafor
A scenario for how the next year or so may play out for AI (and for us). / AI 2027
A round-up of reasons why “general purpose” robotics is tricky business. / Second Thoughts
Unrelated: News outlets in California are trying to find the right words to describe a serial butt sniffer. / LA Material