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Florida Governor Ron Desantis's presidential campaign does not get a smooth launch on Elon Musk's Twitter. / The New York Times
Even without any glitches, "launching the campaign on a Twitter Space would have been bizarre." / Vox
Some notes on how ProPublica broke the Clarence Thomas story. / Slate
British and American conservatives share a lack of political vision, but differ in "the weight they place on ideological purity." / The London Review of Books
A multi-year investigation finds nearly two-thousand children sexually abused in Illinois by members of the Catholic clergy. / USA Today
A cosmetics company and an influencer get knocked for using a school shooting to promote a beauty product. / High Snobiety
American TikTok users experience "Europecore" by turning off the air conditioning. / Nylon
Germany enters a recession after its economy contracts for a second consecutive quarter. / Reuters
France bans short domestic flights where train alternatives exist, in a bid to cut carbon emissions, but the law's many caveats suggest virtue-signaling. / CBS News
Your weekly white paper: Measuring the costs of climate change by the number of people left outside the "human climate niche." / Nature
Kevin Munger: Large language models should not call themselves "I" and they should not refer to themselves and humans as "we." / Crooked Timber
See also: Rigorous mathematics applied to penguin huddles. / Chalkdust Magazine
Thoughts on how to receive less mail in your mailbox, why Norwegians love hot dogs, what it means to feel anxiety about adidas sneakers. / Ironic Sans, Gastro Obscura, GQ
"We'll never live in a world without Tina Turner." Tina Turner dies at home in Switzerland, aged 83. / Rolling Stone
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