President Joe Biden wants four more years in office "to finish the job." Here's a report card on his key pledges. / The Economist, Politico
Some 14% of Biden's 2020 voters now prefer to support Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.. / Wake Up to Politics
This month, the global sea surface hit a new record high temperature, having never warmed this much, this quickly. / BBC News
A line of unhoused people living in RVs, trucks, and trailers stretches for nearly two miles in Marin County. / The San Francisco Chronicle
Due to Oklahoma's abortion bans, a woman with a cancerous pregnancy was told to wait in a hospital's parking lot until she was "crashing." / Jezebel
A metaphor for thinking about social media and teenagers: it's a bit like the ocean, which can be an extremely dangerous place to swim if unprepared. / NPR
Dating apps use AI to help users generate conversation. / The Washington Post
The claim that half of AI researchers believe there is at least a 10% chance that AI will kill us all—is based on a survey question that included only 162 respondents. / AI: A Guide for Thinking Humans
Damon Krukowski: For all the hand-wringing about AI's effects on music, musicians need labor rights more than copyrights. / Dada Drummer Almanach
A new album of ambient music satirizes the genre's frequent use in spirituality recordings. / Bandcamp
Some fun thoughts on the word ox, "a word that, for many of us, is both familiar and strange." Also, some lovely pictures by an architecturally trained photographer. / Sesquiotica, James Retief
The incredible Kenzo House, fashion designer Kenzo Takada's home in Paris, comes to market. / Wallpaper*