Sending out an SOS
Before the war, Iran exported an average of two million barrels a day; now, it’s storing crude in improvised containers and trying to ship it by rail to China. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
It’s unlikely and potentially illegal, but wartime efforts are certainly a way the White House might attempt to nationalize AI. / The Atlantic [$]
Paul Ford: Because AI companies will always act like companies, the only way to get them to do the good they’ve promised is through regulation. / The New York Times [$]
To solve the problem of data centers, we need smart governance, not stopgap moratoria. “We should be wary of proposals that would send burdens elsewhere.” / Jacobin
Hoping to fill its federal funding gap, a Sacramento Planned Parenthood clinic expands its services to include Botox and IV hydration for skin rejuvenation. / NPR
Comparing acetaminophen to ibuprofen and all the situations for which you might take them shows you’re probably taking the wrong painkiller. / Asterisk
The patch for the 13th crew rotation with SpaceX pays homage to Apollo 13, with a dragon replacing the original insignia’s iconic horses. / Ars Technica
Reputedly the oldest continuously operated, family-owned Chinese restaurant in America, the Pekin Noodle Parlor in Butte, Mont., has closed after 115 years. / The MSU Exponent
Three decades after Jim Harrison asked “What have we done with the thighs?” in Esquire, it’s time to ask: What have we done with the chicken breasts? / Slate
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A surprising point in this beautiful piece about the enduring magic of messages in bottles is that the trend can be traced to an 1833 short story by Edgar Allen Poe. / The New Yorker
Archaeologists have found a papyrus with a fragment of Homer’s Iliad incorporated into a Roman-era Egyptian mummy. / University of Barcelona
One of the largest known astrolabes—a Lahore-made 1612 model once owned by the last ruling king of Jaipur—is expected to break records at auction. / Artnet
Unrelated: A fiction workshop revives the Significant Objects concept, where a writer buys a thing for under $5, writes about it, then auctions it off. / Tucson Essay Club
Installation artist Nicole Nikolich crochets artworks of classic computer games and interfaces. / Lace in the Moon, Kottke
“[I] made a beeline for Brighton Beach, looking for my grandmother’s apartment, and then moved northward to find the hospital where I was born. (I found both.)” Up close with Joe Macken’s scale model of New York City. / Hyperallergic
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