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As mentioned here previously, European officials say Russia is escalating “deniable, disruptive” attacks on the continent, using local proxies recruited through Telegram. / Semafor
Conservatives are gradually cooling toward the Tate brothers despite their Trump connections. / The New York Times [$]
The EPA’s website about the causes of climate change now focuses on “natural processes.” / Grist
More than five million people are under flood alerts in the Pacific Northwest. / NBC News
Some details on how Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado snuck through military checkpoints to receive her Nobel Peace Prize. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
“They’re geniuses. Absolute geniuses.” Julia Ioffe psychologically profiles the real housewives of Moscow. / The New Yorker
Malaysians continue to boycott American brands over US support for Israel, resulting in an ongoing boom for local brands. / Bloomberg Businessweek [$]
Eight revised definitions for the verb “to google”—e.g., “to look for something on Reddit.” / McSweeney’s
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SpaceX and Blue Origin are developing orbital AI data centers. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
Related: “Anything you can do in a terrestrial data center, I’m expecting to be able to be done in space.” / CNBC
Unrelated: Robots struggle to fold laundry because, unlike humans, they’re not “sensory sponges” (yet). / Knowable Magazine
Julian Barnes goes long on the fraught relationship between French novelist Gustave Flaubert and his publisher. / The London Review of Books
Nicolas Sarkozy releases a prison memoir after serving 20 days in jail. / BBC News
See also: Tracing modern fascism through Virginia Woolf’s diaries. / The Los Angeles Review of Books
Announcing the titles competing in our 22nd Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes! / The Tournament of Books, Field Notes
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