02-01 Diagnosing spatial decoupling of manure and crop nutrients in China: drivers and multi-objective optimization for sustainable redistribution npj Sustainable Agriculture (news.google.com)
09:50 In America, the social fabric is starting to collapse. Australia must also learn that words shape our world Martin Luther King III (www.theguardian.com)
04:12 Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example (news.google.com)
09:00 The “Melania” Documentary Offers an Intimate Look at Very Little - The circumstances of the movie’s production and release are revealing. The film itself is far less so. (www.newyorker.com)
05:00 Stewart Brand on How Progress Happens - The counterculture icon discusses a few of the books that informed his new project, “Maintenance: Of Everything.” (www.newyorker.com)
04:27 Sundance Is a Feast of World Cinema - This year’s edition of the prime showcase for American independent filmmaking offered two instant classics, “Filipiñana” and “zi,” made in Asia. (www.newyorker.com)
00:43 How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post - The Amazon founder bought the paper to save it. Instead, with a mass layoff, he’s forced it into severe decline. (www.newyorker.com)
02-04 Animals Say Hello, but Do They Say Goodbye? - In recent years, researchers have challenged the idea that farewells are uniquely human. (www.newyorker.com)
02-04 The Good Old Days of Sports Gambling - Recent memoirs by the retired bookie Art Manteris and the storied gambler Billy Walters provide a glimpse of an industry in its fledgling form—and a preview of the DraftKings era to come. (www.newyorker.com)
02-04 Gay Figure Skaters Pave Their Own Way in “Icebreakers” - Marlo Poras and Jocelyn Glatzer’s short film explores the legacy of the Gay Games as an all-inclusive answer to the Olympics—and celebrates the queer ice dancers striving to redefine their sport. (www.newyorker.com)
02-04 What Happens When the Snow Doesn’t Melt? - The icy buildups blocking crosswalks around New York have been dubbed sneckdowns. Some urbanists think they offer a vision of a less car-dependent city. (www.newyorker.com)
02-04 Is ICE Leading Us Into a Constitutional Crisis? - A look at the agency’s astonishing record of defying court orders, and what the judiciary might do to respond. (www.newyorker.com)
02-04 A Minneapolis Winter Like No Other - A new series of photographs documents residents’ evolving resistance to the surge of ICE agents in their city. (www.newyorker.com)
02-03 Discovering Where Your Interests Lie - Your interest in baking is a lie, although your interest in baked goods remains very much true. (www.newyorker.com)
02-03 How Bad Bunny Saved the Grammys - At a ceremony that got things uncharacteristically right, the Puerto Rican superstar claimed the top prize and criticized Trump’s deployment of ICE. (www.newyorker.com)
02-03 Catherine O’Hara’s Unforgettable Delivery - The Canadian actress’s oddball utterances became lasting comedic earworms, among them her one-word scream in “Home Alone”: “Kevin!” (www.newyorker.com)
02-03 Movie Review: “Melania,” Directed by Brett Ratner - The First Lady’s lavish new documentary portrays world events as B-roll between wardrobe changes. (www.newyorker.com)
02-02 Living in Tracy Chapman’s House - Fresh out of college, we were a bunch of misfits, in a chaotic, run-down communal home, desperately trying to figure out who we were meant to be. (www.newyorker.com)
02-02 For “Survivor” ’s Season 50, Superfans Flock to Fiji - Five hard-core diehards won a trip to watch the show filming. What challenges will be on once they arrive? (www.newyorker.com)
02-02 Deepfaking Orson Welles’s Mangled Masterpiece - Will an A.I. restoration of “The Magnificent Ambersons” right a historic wrong or desecrate a classic? (www.newyorker.com)