Currently Along with the aurora borealis, this weekend's solar storm wreaked havoc on farmers' GPS systems ahead of a critical moment in the planting season. / 404 Media The CDC is expected to release a public dashboard today that will track influenza A viruses, including H5N1, in sewage.
Currently Sports Illustrated was only the beginning—the company behind those fake bylines has been working with dozens of well-known publications to provide AI-generated content. / Futurism The Drake/Kendrick rap battle briefly shut down Genius, as users rushed to annotate "Euphoria" moments after its release. / The
Currently Explaining the Biden-Netanyahu rift over Rafah: It's about how realistic it is to dismantle Hamas, and at what cost. / The New York Times [+] See also: Will Gaza hurt Biden's reelection chances? If you ask younger voters, yes, but not as much as a host
Currently President Biden says the United States will halt some weapon shipments to Israel if it launches a full invasion of Rafah. / CNN Interviews with people living in Rafah, forced to flee Israel's attacks. / Al Jazeera NATO members (excluding the US) increased military spending last year by 19%
Currently Only a small minority of American college students—8%—have participated in recent protests. / axios In Mexico, immigration officials and the National Guard are said to be working together as a "new cartel." / SAGA Peter Salmon: By establishing whether the sovereign can kill us, we build the
Currently Israel bans Al Jazeera and raids its offices. Meanwhile, the blasting of Rafah continues. / Semafor, Al Jazeera Thomas Friedman: MBS put his country's worst religious extremists in jail, while Netanyahu put his worst religious extremists in his cabinet. / The New York Times [+] Palestinian artists describe their daily
Russia will hold military exercises near Ukraine, apparently intending to show it could use battlefield nuclear weapons there. / The New York Times [+] It's impossible to tell how far H5N1 has spread in the US, since dairy farmers—unlike poultry farmers—aren't compensated for reporting infections. / WIRED
Protestors want universities to divest from Israel, yet schools' endowments are frequently—conveniently—opaque. / The Washington Post [+] Photos: Fifty-four years ago today, the Ohio National Guard arrived at Kent State University and opened fire on student protestors. / The Atlantic "The fact that Palestinian children are children doesn&
Members' voting patterns reveal the eight types of House Democrats and Republicans, based on how much they do (or don't) align with their caucuses. / FiveThirtyEight See also: "The House passed bipartisan bills on climate change and border security this week, and almost no one noticed."
Student demonstrators say they fear being doxxed by pro-Israel groups accusing them of antisemitism. / The New York Times [+] Spencer Ackerman explains how warrantless spying on campus protesters is easier than ever. / Forever Wars See also: Tracking the nationwide arrests of more than 1,700 campus protesters. Universities blame outside
