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At least 164 people have been killed and nearly 1,000 injured in Venezuela after 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes struck last night. / The Associated Press
As part of sentencing related to protests at a Texas ICE facility, one person got 30 years for transporting zines that the DoJ acknowledged weren’t even illegal. / Freedom of the Press Foundation, The Verge [$]
Camp Mystic, where 25 campers and two counselors died last July 4 during catastrophic floods in Texas, files for bankruptcy, “temporarily” pausing lawsuits against the camp. / NBC News
Related: One year later, Texas Hill Country communities are still trying to make sense of the disaster. “I still wake up every day and say, is this reality?” / Texas Highways
Looking at the data a decade after Brexit: The UK and EU are becoming more aligned, and nearly a fifth of Leave voters have now died. / The Times [$]
See also: Three in five Gen Z Britons want to rejoin the EU. / The Guardian
The late Tom Verlaine’s record collection of around 4,000 LPs—including his personal copy of Marquee Moon—is going up for sale tomorrow. / Pitchfork
“A satisfying nexus of music and mathematics.” An interactive explanation of how synthesizers work. / PerThirtySix
Before the 19th century, musicians and listeners alike were sent into raptures at concerts, and a new experiment hopes to find whether classical music can be that fun again. / The Guardian
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First there was spell check, then there was the red squiggle, which was brought to you by Tony Krueger, who recently passed away. / Microsoft
“He mentions Charli XCX as someone with ‘great letters.’” The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament is an adrenaline-filled weekend of exquisite nerdom. / Slate
Sperm whales on opposite ends of the Mediterranean exhibit separate click “dialects,” and won’t associate with those from the other “vocal clan.” / Yale Environment 360
See also: Following Canada’s 2019 ban on keeping whales in captivity, this is how 30 belugas from a shuttered theme park might be transported to aquariums around the world. / CBC
“How do you make decisions when the consequences are unclear?” Why big AI labs are hiring philosophers to shape their models. / The Economist [$]
Five centuries of artistic depictions of kite flying. / The Public Domain Review
“At this mention of infertility, her husband, a short, trim man with a military haircut, got so excited that he saluted me repeatedly.” Patricia Lockwood attends a tradcath wedding. / London Review of Books [$]