World trade hallucination

Tesla board members reportedly spent the last month looking for a new CEO to replace Elon Musk. / The Wall Street Journal [+]

For its part, Tesla denies the story. / The Guardian

Plunging trade means the port of Los Angeles will see shipping volume drop 35% next week. / CNBC

A tour through the trade question, from bottled water to smartphones, bikes, onions, and tuna. / Scope of Work

See also: What President Trump's first 100 days meant for truck drivers and sex workers in Africa. / Goats and Soda

Los Angeles will pay the largest sex abuse settlement in United States history: $4 billion to victims abused as children in county-run foster homes. / BBC News

A man relates discovering the benefits of psychotherapy by describing his traumatic past to ChatGPT. / Consider the Oyster

In recent interviews, President Trump shows signs of being a hallucinating large language model. / techdirt

For some, using the internet to find friends is their preferred means of human connection—"characterized as 'the perfect people for me.'" / The Free Press

The first 3D-printed Starbucks in the US is located in Brownsville, Texas. / New Atlas

Nike now sells sneakers that are deliberately dirty—and become "cleaner" the more you wear them. / GQ

Unrelated: A few supposed signs of contemporary "it bars," e.g., "the statement slab." / Punch

Pope Francis was the first non-Italian pontiff not to return to his homeland. "He was too Argentine." / The Buenos Aires Times