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Iran’s hacking of medical-equipment firm Stryker is likely the largest wartime cyberattack on the US in history. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
For Iranians, suddenly being forced into war means wondering “which violence they are more likely to survive”—that from the regime or the attackers. / Vox
The US State Dept. has cut the cost of renouncing your American citizenship from $2,350 to $450. / AP
Wealth and location don’t dictate if someone in the US can get an abortion—now it’s “how willing they are to tolerate the legal risk, isolation, and uncertainty.” / The New York Review
Scammers are hiring models to be the face of elaborate AI deepfake campaigns targeting Americans. / WIRED
How changing interests affect the ways we communicate inflation: In 1947, it was the price of wild rabbit. Now, it’s pet grooming. / BBC News
“Anything anyone puts on a shelf and says can go in your body does not have to be digestible food, per se, for it to be on that shelf.” What's in that protein bar? / She’s a Beast
See also: Spurred on by the popularity of GLP-1s, Americans are hungry for the promise of more peptides, and don’t seem to care about FDA approvals. / The Atlantic [$]
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Whitepaper of the week: “Otters as bioindicators of estuarine health.” / Estuarine Management and Technologies Journal
Once beyond the range of the human ear, new audio recording equipment allows us to finally hear the sounds emanating from our planet. / The Washington Post [$]
See also: Because it exists solely to be synced to video, “sync music” has become the dominant form of human music-making. / The New York Times [$]
A classical-music fan goes to war with Spotify’s AI DJ. “I lost interest because it obviously doesn’t give a shit.” / Charles Petzold
How to write a variety of soundalike songs in one minute, courtesy of a surf goth songwriter Desmond Doom. / MetaFilter
Rooster fans: Week two begins at the 2026 Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes! / The Tournament of Books, Field Notes
A beautiful look at why the MacBook Neo is “not the computer for you”—but it is the computer for a person a lot like you, a long time ago. / Sam Henri Gold
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