The seven preppy sins
Updates on the war in Gaza, while the United States sends a carrier strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean. / The Associated Press
Jonathan Guyer: Everyone forgot about the Palestinians, and President Biden's focus on Israel-Saudi talks may have lit a match. / Vox
"It inevitably creates a situation that leaves readers with less nuanced understanding of those events, instead of more." Why journalists should stop saying "terrorism." / How Things Work
Related: Why it's reasonable for people who are curious about the world to avoid the news? / Stumbling and Mumbling
Also related: A profile of the painter making giant murals in the US military's financial headquarters. / The New Yorker
The "lung float" test is said to be unreliable, yet it's still being used to bring murder charges. / ProPublica
"I had never before attended a business conference with a 28 percent chance of an orgy." Kevin Roose attends a conference about prediction markets. / The New York Times [+]
Last week's article about how Google may be weighting its search results to encourage user purchases gets retracted. / WIRED
Political graffiti discovered inside a Pompeii bakery "suggests a very straightforward bread-for-votes political practice." / Ancient Origins
The Discogs community is threatened as business interests take root in "what had previously been a safe haven for nerds to buy and sell $2 records." / The Verge
Prada will design and produce NASA's lunar spacesuits for the Artemis III mission. Meanwhile, teenagers say the term "preppy" now means "people who wear Nirvana shirts." / designboom, Slate
See also: Things recently overheard in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Minnesota. / Meditations in an Emergency
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