Headlines edition

Wednesday headlines: The friendshoring vibe shift

Senator Pelosi leaves behind a "full-on Pelosi lovefest" after her visit to Taiwan. Some detailing of six ways China may respond. / BBC News, Bloomberg

Companies are moving operations out of China in the interest of "friendshoring"—looking for places where they won't be caught in "the geopolitical line of fire." / Foreign Policy

US job openings fall by 5.3%—the biggest drop since the Covid-19 recession—and yet the "Great Resignation" continues. / Quartz

Kansas decides by a double-digit margin that the state constitution does, in fact, protect the right to abortion. / FiveThirtyEight

Some notable GOP primary results highlight an election night full of national ramifications for November. / Politico

Many Washington DC restaurants feature VIP exits that politicians and judges can use to avoid protesters. / Washingtonian

Markets in everything: A man nets $3,000 after making and selling 3D-printed "ghost guns" at a weapons-buyback event. / VICE

A costume designer for Industry, the Gen-Z banking show, explains how young women use fashion to communicate in today's finance world. / Dirt

See also: Tara Kenny says the crypto world needs more bimbos. / i-D

Vin Scully dies at 92, the voice of the Dodgers from Jackie Robinson to Clayton Kershaw. / The Los Angeles Times

Recalling the terror of old-fashioned phones: "It even looked sinister, hunched silent on a shelf in a cold room." / Lamp Magazine

A coffee aficionado responds to the recently trend of "mayonnaise with your morning coffee." / Sprudge

Musicians explain why playing Carnegie Hall sounds so good. / The New Criterion

A cleric (Richard Coles) and an atheist biologist (Richard Dawkins) walk into a bar. / The Guardian