The US intelligence community thinks Afghanistan's government may collapse as soon as six months after US troops withdraw. / The Hill

Related: Ahead of US troops' departure, some members of Congress are urging the White House to evacuate Afghans who aided the US. / Associated Press

The Saudi Royal Guard, members of which were involved in the Khashoggi assassination, received paramilitary training in the US starting in 2014. / The New York Times

A group founded by Parkland parents tricked a former NRA president into filming a graduation speech before empty chairs, representing the lost class of 2021. / BuzzFeed News

"'Very suspenseful,' one senator could be heard saying wryly." What it sounds like inside the Senate as a sweeping elections bill experiences an entirely anticipated death. / Wake Up to Politics

A profile of economist Emily Oster, whose prominence in the debate around reopening schools "has been galling to some educators." / The New York Times

The Supreme Court has ruled that students' online profanity is protected by the First Amendment—unless it disrupts classroom study. / NPR

"Living in fossil fuels was to live in a smaller world, cocooned in crap." Environmental thinkers on how US politics are an obstacle to climate recovery. / The New York Times

Convenience store clerks are being constantly monitored by workers who yell at them from thousands of miles away. / VICE

While exploring the depths of San Antonio's River Walk, a diving vlogger finds a lot of Mardi Gras beads, lost phones, and a Bird scooter. / KSAT

See also: A diver in Cheboygan, Mich., discovers a message in a bottle from 1926, then locates the writer's daughter. / Digg

Portraits by Brazil's Luciano Cian that deal in "the miscegenation of races and peoples, with diversity as the central focus." / Colossal

"Although major museums worldwide are taking on TikTok, it's the less-renowned museums that are winning big." / Hyperallergic

A song-by-song retrospective of Joni Mitchell's Blue, which came out 50 years ago this week. / The New York Times

Researchers find that rearranging orchestra wind musicians can reduce the spread of aerosol diseases. / Phys.org

Remarkable storm photography from California's Mitch Dobrowner. / Mitch Dobrowner

Illustrator Jenifer Prince, based in São Paulo, turns vintage pop comics into contemporary lesbian love stories. / It's Nice That

The elephant in the room? A woman in Thailand explains what it's like when one enters your kitchen. / The Guardian