I’m 38 and My Dad Promised Me Our 600K Family House Great-Grandpa Built — Then He Left It to His New Wife. ‘You’re My Kid. Buy Your Own House’ (finance.yahoo.com)
Why the AI economy is like a bad dating app — drowning in decks, pilot purgatory — and it''s playing out like the dotcom bubble, except worse (news.google.com)
It is now almost certain the world will warm past 1.5C. But ‘net-negative’ emissions are still possible Wesley Morgan for the Conversation (www.theguardian.com)
James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, is raising lots of cash and giving Democrats hope that they can capture statewide office for the first time since the 1990s (on.wsj.com)
NASA launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a powerful observatory device that will study so-called dark matter and hunt for other planets (on.wsj.com)
Steak ’n Shake is betting that beef tallow and grass-fed beef will draw diners as it embraces the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda (on.wsj.com)
Social Security’s looming insolvency is the country’s most foreseeable problem, threatening automatic benefit cuts in 2032. Congress is trying to work up the nerve to solve it. (on.wsj.com)
As the start of the school year approaches, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is locked in an unlikely showdown with a powerful classroom ally: the New York City teachers union (on.wsj.com)
Scientists monitoring data from satellites and ocean buoys declared the onset of El Niño in June. It is shaping up to be among the strongest in living memory. (on.wsj.com)
The Silicon Valley playbook is failing AI. And the messier things become, the more out of touch many tech leaders appear, writes the WSJ columnist @timkhiggins (on.wsj.com)
The U.S. has rushed so many munitions to the Middle East to fight Iran that planners are concerned the loss of firepower is diminishing the military’s ability to defend against potential threats from China and Russia, U.S. officials said (on.wsj.com)
More Americans now support school phone bans than ever before. Do they work? Locking up student phones leads to improved well-being but so far has minimal effect on test scores, writes @juliejargon. (on.wsj.com)
I loved attending an HBCU, but now I''m still struggling with student loan debt 20 years later. I don''t want the same for my kids. (www.businessinsider.com)
A Ukrainian air-defense sergeant says missiles aren''t his most challenging shortage. It''s the gear that finds enemy targets. (www.businessinsider.com)
Mark Zuckerberg’s Social Reckoning - The Meta settlement will force meaningful changes on Facebook and Instagram. It also reflects the degree to which public outrage is outmatched by the speed and size of Big Tech. (www.newyorker.com)
Rivers Cuomo Is Piecing It All Together - The singer-songwriter and Weezer front man on the making of the band’s new LP, the Gold Album, his relationship with his father, and the stories we tell about ourselves. (www.newyorker.com)
“Lub Dub Lub Dub Lub Dub,” by Helen Simpson - A sense of impending doom—that was how Weary had described the feeling many people got, like a heaviness in the chest. (www.newyorker.com)
Pop Smoke’s “Welcome to the Party” Was an Anthem, Then an Elegy - For a crew of young musicians in New York, the Brooklyn rapper’s killing was more than just a headline. (www.newyorker.com)
“Just Kidding,” by Rita Dove - “A priest, a rabbi, and a poet walk into a bar / and we’re laughing already, calculating their clashing philosophies.” (www.newyorker.com)
Cinema Lessons from a Trash-Movie Auteur - Why do we love trash and hate slop? Neil Breen’s so-bad-they’re-great movies elucidate the difference. (www.newyorker.com)
Where to Get Fire Outfits for Burning Man - Heading to the playa like Paris Hilton and Mark Zuckerberg once did? Need a faux-fur coat or a secret stash pouch? The Burning Man Bazaar has you covered. (www.newyorker.com)
The Floods Nepal Didn’t Cause - Flash floods, triggered by a glacial collapse in the Himalayas, have killed at least five hundred people in a nation that has contributed little to climate change but is disproportionately affected by it. (www.newyorker.com)
Going Through the Motions with Khloé Kardashian’s “The Girls” - Yes, there are Botox parties and rollerblading dates, but the women in the family’s latest spinoff give the sense that they are just clocking in at the reality-show office. (www.newyorker.com)
New Maps Show How Israel Has Thwarted Hopes for a Palestinian State - The breakneck expansion of settlements in the West Bank has rendered American talk of a two-state solution increasingly irrelevant. (www.newyorker.com)
How Alex Eala Became a Symbol of the Philippines - At only twenty-one, the tennis phenom is likely already the best-ever player from Southeast Asia. Now she is seeking her first Grand Slam title at this summer’s U.S. Open. (www.newyorker.com)
How the Meta Settlement Could Change the Internet - Even while refusing to admit legal fault, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram has accepted, for the first time, that much of its business model is unacceptable for children. (www.newyorker.com)
Kai Bird on Roy Cohn, a Founding Father of Donald Trump’s America - The biographer’s new book, “American Scoundrel,” details Cohn’s infamous tactics during the McCarthy purges, a sex-trafficking allegation, and his profound influence on Trump. (www.newyorker.com)
Ian Frazier and Samy Burch on “Coyote vs. Acme” - Frazier, the author of the New Yorker humor essay that inspired the new, buzzy film, talks with Burch, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter who reimagined it as a satire of legal thrillers. (www.newyorker.com)
Could Data Centers Swing an Election in Wisconsin? - As A.I. becomes increasingly unpopular among voters, the politics of data centers are scrambling political lines across the country—including in a tight race for the Wisconsin governor’s mansion. (www.newyorker.com)
Kacey Musgraves, Crossover Queen - Also: John David Washington plays a tech bro in “Disruption,” Samara Joy and Christian McBride perform at Central Park, Jacob Elordi’s stars in Ridley Scott’s latest movie, and more. (www.newyorker.com)
There’s No Place Like Group Chats - My old friends and I have ended up scattered across different states, in different time zones, but we’ve made our own neighborhood inside the black and blue bubbles of our phones. (www.newyorker.com)
In “Adults,” Gen Z Gets the Hangout Sitcom It Deserves - The FX series, which is returning for a second season, won’t restore the genre to its normcore roots—but, happily, it has no interest in doing so. (www.newyorker.com)