President Biden is expected to ask Congress to approve $100 billion in emergency funds to arm Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan. / Reuters
At least 15 journalists have been killed in the first 10 days of the Hamas-Israel war. / axios
Misinformation on X has reached unprecedented levels, with aggregators posting thousands of tweets to make cash. / 404 Media
See also: A Twitter influencer gets seven months in prison for trying to trick Hilary Clinton supporters into voting by text. / ABC News
Domestic violence calls about "'reproductive coercion" nearly doubled in the year following the overturn of Roe v. Wade. / The 19th
The Department of Energy plans to spend $3.46 billion on upgrading the country's electric grid. / Grist
In San Francisco, the United States saw its dreams, and now it thinks it sees its nightmares—"the question is what caused so swift a change." / The New Yorker
See also: A nest of wooden chairs resting on the facade of a Parisian townhouse. / Colossal
Yet another study finds encouraging results in an experiment, this time in Denver, in universal basic income. / MSNBC
Thanks to corporate lobbying, pizza sauce and french fries still count as vegetables for schoolchildren in the United States. / The Washington Post [+]
Cops visit a witchcraft shop in Pennsylvania over concerns that somebody's reading tarot. / The Philadelphia Inquirer
Meanwhile, a postgraduate degree in magic and occult science will be the first of its kind at a British university. / The Guardian
Watch: A neurodivergent take on Stop Making Sense. Or, David Byrne rehearsing dance moves. / YouTube, Open Culture