How to reduce American carnage [The Economist]
Rum and coke and automatic rifles: Myanmar’s Gen Z guerrillas — Young soldiers have buoyed the country’s fight for freedom, but at great cost. Irena Long meets them in their jungle hideout [1843 magazine]
Ukraine war: 'People call us the Ghosts of Bakhmut' [BBC News]
Extreme Heat and Aging Power Grids Are a Deadly Combination [Bloomberg]
Insight: Promising new Alzheimer's drugs may benefit whites more than Blacks [Reuters]
‘Word of God’: Why Muslims are opposed to the burning of the Quran [AL-Jazeera News]
Georgia’s Racketeering Law May Now Ensnare Donald Trump — Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, often relies on Georgia’s capacious rico statute—though critics say that she has stretched it past the law’s intent. [The New Yorker]
The Verge’s 2023 back-to-school gift guide [The Verge]
Why TikTokers are drinking laundry detergent [Vox]
Would-be Twitter rival T2 adds DMs — a feature others, including Threads, don’t yet have [TechCrunch]
Cryptography may offer a solution to the massive AI-labeling problem [MIT Technology Review]
It’s official: The battery crunch is the new chip shortage [Business]
What an impressive turnout for our cool Show & Tell session at the heart of Silicon Valley last week! The SAP Labs US team is continuously pushing the boundaries of what's possible by leading cutting-edge Generative AI and machine learning projects to shape the future of industries worldwide. Super impressed with the variety of demos and innovations shared and, of course, with the awesome energy permeating every single corner of the room! — My personal highlight was the opportunity to connect with the many bright minds in this incredible ecosystem. Co-innovating and exchanging great ideas are so deeply ingrained here, helping us to build products that matter – I couldn’t be more inspired by the passion and collaboration in this innovation powerhouse! #GenerativeAI #SAPLabs #Innovation Christian Klein Thomas Saueressig Sabine Bendiek Yaad Oren Lloyd Adams Angela Marie Feher Luke Nixon Utsavi Benani Manasi Joglekar Volha Hancharova Sachin Kaura Ajay Jose Manali Jain Joe Dabaghian Stephanie Mosqueda Libby Bramson Straube [LinkedIn] #SAP
Yellow trucking firm lays off its 30,000 US workers as it ceases operations [The Guardian]
The Unshakeable Base That Makes Trump So Hard to Beat — Alone, their support is not enough for Donald Trump to win the primary. But it is large enough to leave his rivals with only a narrow path to victory. [The New York Times]
It’s Time To Address The Sexual Abuse Of Latino Boys — And Why Their Abusers Are Sometimes Protected [Huffington Post]
Big Beer Is Not So Big Anymore [The Atlantic]
Alabama's Proposed Congressional Map Is Still Biased Against Black Voters [FiveThirtyEight]
Online book clubs are exploding. Let’s find the right one for you. [The Washington Post]
UNESCO recommends placing Venice on its List of World Heritage in Danger [Le Monde]
Why extreme heat brings worse mental health — and what you can do about it. [Mashable]
The Linux Community Is Circumventing Red Hat's Controversial New Strategy [VICE News]
Sinema Bill on Firefighter Pay is '“Slap in the Face” to Workers Battling Blazes — Biden’s 2021 funding boost for federal wildland firefighters is set to lapse, and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s proposal would give them a major pay cut. [The Intercept_]
Something in our galaxy is flashing every 20 minutes—but what? [National Geographic] It’s Cybertron, obviously
Latest in Ukraine: Ukraine's counteroffensive makes some gains [NPR] #Ukraine
The hidden cost of California’s hot workplaces: 20,000 job injuries a year [CapRadioNews]
Une multinationale contre Salvador Allende [Le Monde diplomatique]
What would it mean for Hussein al-Sheikh to lead a people whose dream of independence is no longer alive? [Foreign Policy] #PalestinianLivesMatter
The Korea Model — Why an Armistice Offers the Best Hope for Peace in Ukraine [Foreign Affairs] #Ukraine
Pakistan’s Economic Blindspot — No number of IMF packages or foreign bailouts will suffice in keeping the Pakistani economy afloat without the country undergoing a multifaceted structural revamp. [The Diplomat]
New Proof Shows That ‘Expander’ Graphs Synchronize [Quanta Magazine]
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