The sophtware slump
The Pentagon confirms planning is underway to send National Guard troops to Chicago. / The Guardian
As many as 1,700 troops are expected to be mobilized in 19 states in coming weeks. / BBC News
In Washington, DC, the National Guard is now carrying weapons. / CNN
See also: What it’s like for (some) kids in DC to resume school. / The Washington Post [$]
In a tweet, DOGE and Elon Musk exposed an Afghan scholar as an American ally. A week later the Taliban attacked his family. / ProPublica
“Honestly, what do we have to complain about these days?” The drop in far-right demonstrations is thanks to the White House adopting the far right’s agenda. / The New York Times [$]
Why is the ultraright targeting Winston Churchill? Because his aims and principles directly opposed “the new strain of isolationism in America and Britain.” / The Wall Street Journal [$]
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European postal services suspend shipping most merchandise to the US, after Trump canceled a duty-free exemption. / Newsweek
From 2023, a reporter reinstalls a landline in his house and discovers new uses. “I installed what amounts to a small-business telephony system.” / The Atlantic [$]
“Why not warn me that this is a weak spot in the program?” Paul Ford reviews ChatGPT 5 as software, because that’s what it is. / Aboard
Eric Markowitz: Consciousness, I’ve come to believe, is not a function of neurons alone—it is also a function of care. / Big Think
Unrelated: “A fully trained doodle of ‘therapeutic quality’” costs more than $15,000. / Bloomberg Businessweek [$]
A round-up of lesser-known ways to obtain visas for living in the EU. / International Living
A round-up of impressions from US Open “brand activation” events. / Meditations in an Emergency
For your weekly wanderlust, some photographs and notes after a Japanese man finishes trekking 1,100 kilometers in 70 days across his native country. / National Geographic
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