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President Biden is expected to ask Congress to approve $100 billion in emergency funds to arm Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. / Reuters

At least 15 journalists have been killed in the first 10 days of the Hamas-Israel war. / axios

Misinformation on X has reached unprecedented levels, with aggregators posting thousands of tweets to make cash. / 404 Media

See also: A Twitter influencer gets seven months in prison for trying to trick Hilary Clinton supporters into voting by text. / ABC News

Domestic violence calls about "'reproductive coercion" nearly doubled in the year following the overturn of Roe v. Wade. / The 19th

The Department of Energy plans to spend $3.46 billion on upgrading the country's electric grid. / Grist

In San Francisco, the United States saw its dreams, and now it thinks it sees its nightmares—and "the question is what caused so swift a change." / The New Yorker

See also: A nest of wooden chairs on the facade of a Parisian townhouse. / Colossal

Yet another study finds encouraging results in an experiment, this time in Denver, in universal basic income. / MSNBC

Thanks to corporate lobbying, pizza sauce and french fries still count as vegetables for schoolchildren in the US. / The Washington Post [+]

Cops visit a witchcraft shop in Pennsylvania over rumors of tarot reading. / The Philadelphia Inquirer

Meanwhile, a postgraduate degree in magic and occult science will be the first of its kind at a British university. / The Guardian

Watch: A neurodivergent take on Stop Making Sense. Also, David Byrne rehearsing his steps. / YouTube, Open Culture

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