Things that go bump in the swipe

A reporter in Canada explains how furious people are with the United States. / Vox

"If you are not a citizen of the US, and you are going through an immigration process, your first thought needs to be: How can this process be weaponized against me?" / USA Today

The head of an NGO in Kenya details suffering caused by the end of USAID funding. / STAT

What it's like to be declared dead by DOGE when you're still alive. / The Seattle Times

Spencer Ackerman on how to secure Red Sea shipping: "Just stop the fucking genocide." / Forever Wars

Some details regarding fears felt within CISA, within universities, within the National Park Service. / WIRED, The Harvard Crimson, ProPublicla

Some thoughts on how many of our media and intellectual leaders have failed to update their priors. / How Things Work

Utah may lose the Sundance Film Festival over a bill to ban pride flags. / Deadline

Unrelated: A Texas bill wants to prevent students "from behaving like anything other than a human." / KVUE

Snapchat's "half-swipe" gesture is reportedly making teenage lives miserable. / The Wall Street Journal [+]

A poem for the moment: "For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper." / poets.org

Gen Z faces more rejection—in a multitude of forms—than any previous generation. / Business Insider

See also: Gen Z-ers explain how they steal time and money from their employers. / The Standard

If you know how music contracts work, Spotify's claim that it paid out $10 billion in royalties last year suddenly makes a lot more sense. / Dada Drummer Almanach

If you missed the Eno streaming event, new livestreams have been announced. / Anamorph

A props master explains how books are selected for White Lotus. A recording mixer explains why people's dogs are freaking out during Severance. / Lithub, The Washington Post [+]

Stephan Kunze: Your life is not a movie, so stop soundtracking it 24/7. / zensounds

Some oral history for the time 250,000 bouncy balls were launched down San Francisco's hills. "You could hear them coming." / SFGate


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