Survival of the rizzest
Japan’s Prime Minister calls for snap elections, hoping to increase her bloc’s power. / The Japan Times
Was the Canadian Prime Minister’s speech just bluster? Unless Canada and Europe unite on policy, probably. / IPS
Accounting for a year of anarchy under President Trump. / Foreign Affairs
Ruth Ben-Ghiat: What autocrats really want is to feel safe, because they of all people know how hated they are. / The Atlantic [$]
An impressive diary accounts for a massacre in Mashhad, Iran’s second most populous city. / The New Yorker
An astonishing photograph from the cover of today’s Minnesota Star Tribune shows a protester sprayed directly in the face with a chemical irritant. / The Minnesota Star Tribune
ICE’s attempts to conduct raids at Home Depots in Southern California are increasing. / LA Taco
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Did you know? By 1807, Britain was the world’s largest buyer of enslaved people. / The Guardian
A United Nations report says Earth has entered an “era of water bankruptcy” due to over-consumption and global warming. / NewScientist
A mushroom eaten seasonally in China’s Yunnan Province causes “Lilliputian hallucinations” when it isn’t cooked long enough. / BBC News
Katherine Dee: Men like Andrew Tate and Nick Fuentes represent guys who have no other options. / default.blog
Hollywood writers are being told to “dumb-down” their screenplays to appease audiences scrolling their phones. / Glamour
Apps vibe-coded by people who aren’t engineers are called ”fleeting apps.” / TechCrunch
The head of Claude Code no longer codes himself, but “multi-Claudes,” i.e., manages multiple robot coders. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
A coder explains why vibe-coding can be extremely fun. / Ars Technica
Restaurants’ survival in London is found to be increasingly influenced by Google Maps. / Lauren’s data Substack
A round-up of visa options for digital nomads in Europe. / Nomag
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