Extra, Extra

Cutterfly Effect: “More people have been displaced by violence in Sudan than in Ukraine and Gaza combined. Statements about Sudan are regularly made at the UN and in other international forums. And yet the people in these photographs seem to have been abandoned in an empty landscape. As the United States withdraws and international institutions decay, their ordeal may be a harbinger of what is to come.” The decisions made in Washington and debated on social media have real world impacts, often a world away. The Atlantic (Gift Article): The Crisis of American Leadership Reaches an Empty Desert.

+ Human Wealth Optimization: NYT: Elizabeth Holmes’s Partner Has a New Blood-Testing Start-Up. “Mr. Evans’s marketing materials, which lay out hopes to eventually raise more than $50 million, say the ultimate goal is nothing short of ‘human health optimization.'” (It would probably be safe to bet $50 million he’ll find investors that will go for it.)

+ Carte Blanche: Trump naming his former defense attorney as acting Librarian of Congress. “Todd Blanche, who represented Trump in his hush money trial, already holds the number two position at the Justice Department.”

+ Water Fall: Following up on last week’s story about looking up in the sky only to find garbage raining down on you (The Sky is Falling), a Soviet-era space probe crashed back to Earth after more than 50 years in orbit. It landed in water.

+ Paper Pushers: The next series from the team behind The Office has a name and it’s coming out next Fall. Peacock’s ‘Office’ Follow-Up Gets First Look and Title: ‘The Paper.’ (I’m mostly covering this because I have an Office re-run watching problem that borders on the absurd.)

+ Taking the Long Way: A former Royal Marine has reached the summit of Mount Everest after swimming, cycling and running more than 8,000 miles. (He has inspired me to walk my beagles. I was going to take a rest day.)