So you're a tough guy.
“Don’t be a tough guy!” The White House leaks a letter that Trump wrote to Erdoğan. It reads like something written by a third-grader. Erdoğan threw the letter in the trash. 1/21
Related: The musical anatomy of “Bad Guy” by Billie Eilish. 2/21
More from our president: “They’ve got a lot of sand over there. So, there’s a lot of sand that they can play with. Let them fight their own wars.” 3/21
A new Brexit deal has been agreed between UK and EU negotiators before a meeting of European leaders in Brussels. 4/21
Nationalists argue that an independent Scotland could become a pioneer of clean energy production. 5/21
"Thirty years ago, nobody had ever heard of English sparkling wine." Thanks to the climate crisis, winemaking has changed. 6/21
African swine fever recently took out 40% of China's domestic pig stock, spiking prices for a staple food. 7/21
The French National Assembly passes a sweeping bioethics bill to provide IVF to lesbians and single women. 8/21
France, among other nations, calls for a three percent digital tax—e.g., on any Facebook ad revenue "connected" to France. 9/21
As Elizabeth Warren predicted, Facebook is being haunted by its decision to profit from lies in political ads. 10/21
The United Auto Workers’ month-long strike against General Motors may be nearing an end. Meanwhile, teachers go on strike across Chicago. 11/21
"No debt, no debt, no debt." Five people picked to test out Universal Basic Income explain where the money goes. 12/21
Uber, WeWork, et al., can not make money thanks to “unit economics.” But the urban millennial lifestyle economy—well, the lifestyle of well-off urban millennials—is tanking fast. 13/21
Related: Please stop saying “millennial” when you really mean “yuppie.” 14/21
A long conversation with a candid, introspective Dave Matthews to figure out why people love his band so hard. 15/21
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According to Ronan Farrow's new book, Harvey Weinstein asked Woody Allen—Farrow's dad—for advice on how to deal with his accusers. 17/21
Watch: A quick, wordless look at how an edition of The London Review of Books comes together. 18/21
A list of 104 Russia-related books published this year "that show exceptional promise." 19/21
Alan Moore’s “Watchmen,” back as a prestige TV series, is the reason prestige TV takes superheroes seriously in the first place. 20/21
The argument for life on Mars rests partly on the fact that there is no evidence against its possibility. 21/21
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