As Russia continues to put the squeeze on Europe's natural gas supplies, EU governments strike an agreement to reduce their consumption by 15%. / Associated Press

Russia says it will leave the International Space Station after its partnership with the US expires in 2024. Both Roscosmos and NASA are making plans for independent facilities. / Space.com

Wildfires in Slovenia are setting off unexploded bombs on World War I battlefields. / Task & Purpose

Two climate activists glued their hands to a Botticelli painting in Florence last week, the latest in a string of protestors adhering themselves to art. / Hyperallergic

An experiment shows what would remain on Facebook if all the news content was removed. The result: inspirational memes and Jesus. / First Monday

See also: In the age of algorithmic anxiety, we increasingly do not know if we like what we like, or if we were told to like it. / The New Yorker

Ex-TikTok employees say ByteDance pushed pro-China propaganda on the platform's now-defunct US news app. / BuzzFeed News

Verizon drops One American News after negotiations failed, leaving the right-wing channel without a major carrier. / The Verge

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As major American ports continue reeling from supply chain woes, some shippers look to the Great Lakes for alternate ways of moving goods in and out of the US. / BBC News

According to a new study, the silence and howling wind of the Great Plains may have contributed to "prairie madness." / Atlas Obscura

See also: A map of every recorded tornado in the US since 1680. / Reddit

Ahead of her surprise performance at the Newport Folk Festival last Sunday, Joni Mitchell relearned how to play guitar, after a brain aneurysm seven years ago left her unable to speak or walk. / NPR

Springsteen fans experience sticker shock from Ticketmaster's "dynamic pricing" model, which pegged mid-range floor seats at $4,000 and up. / Variety

Why are creators uploading hardcore porn images to Spotify? Visibility, baby. / Motherboard

See also: "Truly, there is no euphoria like stumbling into a weird Spotify cover." / Gawker

"I was always sticking to the concept of: I don't want to have to explain this." The best thing on Spotify is Four Tet's 155-hour personal playlist. / Pitchfork

Just as culture and vernacular evolve, so too does American Sign Language—certainly in conversations about technology, privilege, and gender. / The New York Times

Using DALL-E 2 to generate absurd professional food photography. / Max Woolf's Blog

"It was actually my son Matthew (who is now 32) who got hit by the ball." Digging up the history on the early-internet viral buzzer-beater video. / Defector