Extra, Extra
Response Ability: “President Joe Biden told reporters Tuesday he has made a decision about the US response to the drone strike that killed three US service members and injured dozens in Jordan.” (The challenge: Show strength, deter future attacks, and don’t let this war spread.)
+ Acute Story: “The challenge with opioids is not that they don’t work. The challenge with opioids is that they come with all this baggage: the safety and tolerability and addictive potential.” Experimental pain drug may offer alternative to opioids for acute pain, study suggests.
+ Tech Overlords: Adrienne LaFrance in The Atlantic (Gift Article): The Rise of Techno-Authoritarianism. “To worship at the altar of mega-scale and to convince yourself that you should be the one making world-historic decisions on behalf of a global citizenry that did not elect you and may not share your values or lack thereof, you have to dispense with numerous inconveniences—humility and nuance among them. Many titans of Silicon Valley have made these trade-offs repeatedly.” (If you want to make world-historic decisions on behalf of a global citizenry that did not elect you, I suggest writing a daily newsletter…)
+ Earhart Breaking News: Ex-US air force pilot claims he may have located lost Amelia Earhart plane. (Either that or it’s just another door from a Boeing 737 Max 9.)
+ Welcome Back: “There have been many Williamsburgs over time. It was a place of tenements in Betty Smith’s ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’; a haven for Jews escaping persecution in Europe; a stronghold for Puerto Rican, Dominican, Polish and Ukrainian immigrants.” And now it’s a home to Hermes and Chanel. “This story concerns more recent history, when a neighborhood of mills, foundries and meatpacking plants became a cheap-rent paradise for artists and, finally, a prime destination for developers and international luxury brands. This timeline charts that remarkable evolution in words and images, year by year.” A really interesting, visual look at a neighborhood’s remarkable transformation. NYT (Gift Article): Williamsburg. What Happened?
