Ukraine is building up its forces for an offensive [The Economist] #Ukraine
Was Li Keqiang a quiet reformer or a Communist Party apparatchik? [The Economist Podcasts]
Vinyl records outsell CDs for first time in decades [BBC News]
Competition From the US Is Forcing Europe to Up Its Green Game [Bloomberg]
Russia, Ukraine battle for Bakhmut; ICC seeks war crime arrest warrants [Reuters]
What are the implications of the Gary Lineker-BBC dispute? [AL-Jazeera News]
How a Decade of Pope Francis Has Changed the Church [The New Yorker]
California’s gig worker-focused Prop 22 isn’t overturned after all / A court has overturned a 2021 ruling that struck down the law, declaring it unconstitutional. It allows companies like Uber to classify workers as contractors, not employees. [The Verge]
Why DC is stuck as America’s continental colony [Vox]
Fortnite’s maximalism still works in its new cyberpunk season [TechCrunch]
These companies want to go beyond batteries to store energy [MIT Technology Review]
Ohio lawmakers want kids to work longer hours, saying it'll keep them off TikTok [Insider]
#France2030 l « Une personne en France utilise 47 satellites par jour. » 📡 📳 Ane Aanesland, chercheuse en physique, nous explique l’importance du spatial dans notre vie quotidienne. 🛰️ Pour en savoir plus sur le spatial du futur : https://lnkd.in/e6MH2Vi8 [LinkedIn]
A Black couple’s home was undervalued by $300,000. Now the US is investigating [The Guardian]
OpenAI Plans to Up the Ante in Tech’s A.I. Race [The New York Times]
A Young Black Man Told His Mom He Was Being Followed By White Men. Then He Was Found Dead. [Huffington Post]
Welcome to the Big Blur [The Atlantic]
Where The Debate Over Abortion Stands [FiveThirtyEight]
The 72-hour scramble to save the United States from a banking crisis [The Washington Post]
Guerre en Ukraine en direct : la Russie ne souhaite pas de « confrontation » avec les Etats-Unis, après l’incident du drone américain tombé en mer Noire [Le Monde]
‘Exercise’ your right to end waste with Adidas [Mashable]
25 Employees Walk Out After Pennsylvania Restaurant Owner Names Drinks 'The Negro' And 'The Caucasian' [BLAVITY]
Dogs Living in Chernobyl Have Adapted with DNA Mutations, Study Suggests [VICE News]
Cheering Silicon Valley Bank Bailout, Gavin Newsom Doesn’t Mention He’s a Client [The Intercept_]
Chile’s new national park offers a glimpse of life in the cosmos [National Geographic]
Strong Nor'easter storm knocks out power to nearly a quarter of a million customers [NPR]
‘Person of color tax’ is a reality for BIPOC Sacramento area school board members [CapRadioNews]
Au Proche-Orient, la stratégie saoudienne dans l’impasse [Le Monde diplomatique]
Saudi-Iranian Détente Is a Wake-Up Call for America — The peace plan is a big deal—and it’s no accident that China brokered it. [Foreign Policy] Relations between the USA and Saudi Arabia will be good, it’s just that the Middle East is tired of getting fucked by Israel. It’s no wonder why they are rumors where people started to wonder, does Israel control the world?
How to Handle the Bird Flu — America Must Prepare for the Next Possible Pandemic [Foreign Affairs]
The Aura of Governance in Turkmenistan [The Diplomat]
Global Microbiome Study Gives New View of Shared Health Risks [Quanta Magazine]
Are you taking part in #WAICF23 🇫🇷? If so, be sure to check out today’s talk by @GrosQMichi — senior quantum scientist at @CERN — on #QuantumComputing and #AI applications. Full programme available at: [CERNquantum]
NASA’s Webb Telescope Captures Rarely Seen Prelude to Supernova [NASA]

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