The good knife
President Zelensky says he’s ready to hold elections in Ukraine if the United States guarantees their integrity. / NBC News
Europe prepares to use frozen Russian assets to bankroll Kyiv for the next two years. / Reuters
The White House wants visitors to the US to provide five years of social media history. / BBC News
President Trump suggests he wants to follow global influence and rename soccer “football.” / euronews
Behind the announcement of an aid-by-drone program: contractor Zipline will be paid based on how many foreign governments it loops in as customers. / Devex
See also: On the largely lost appreciation of middlemen. / The Inchpin
Across Southeast Asia, Buddhist monks are emerging “as central figures in movements that promote sectarian hatred.” / The Guardian
A reporter compares armed resistance on the Indian subcontinent to secessionists’ efforts in Northern California. / Los Angeles Review of Books
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A new book (kinda) ties the Pacific Northwest’s history of producing serial killers to industrial pollution. / The London Review of Books
Hannah Ritchie: For the first time in history, we can improve human wellbeing while reducing our environmental impact. / Sustainability by Numbers
How parents and teens get around the social media ban in Australia. / The Washington Post [$]
The latest challenge for young daters? Fundamental differences in the way two people carry themselves, aka “the swag gap.” / The Wall Street Journal [$]
“I know what I’m doing, and I know why, and I know that this kind of certainty is increasingly hard to come by.” Some thoughts on being interested in obscure things. / Garden Scenery
Why own high-maintenance kitchen products? “The attention that carbon-steel knives require also makes them wonderful gifts, because they represent a show of confidence in the recipient.” / The Atlantic [$]
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