NYTIMES (Dan Brooks) - The Joy of Hate-Watching A.I. Slop
A.I. slop is reconstituting a shared cultural base line.
NYTIMES (Konstantin Richter) - Germany Has Lost What It Did Best
The economy is in a terrible mess.
NYTIMES (Alexis Soloski) - On ‘Euphoria’ and Elsewhere, TV Is Having a Sex Cam Spring
Virtual sex work is nothing new on TV. But this year it is more visible, central to series like “Euphoria,” “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” and “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed.”
NYTIMES (Joe Coscarelli, Jon Caramanica and Caroline Tompkins) - Sam Levinson on Why ‘Euphoria’ Had to End This Way. For Good.
In an exclusive interview, Sam Levinson explained why he felt it was time to bring the series to a close and responded to its detractors.
NYTIMES (David Pierson) - Taiwan Criticizes China’s Expulsion of New York Times Reporter
The Taiwan president’s spokeswoman said China used “baseless pretexts” to punish journalists, which she called evidence that Beijing was a “troublemaker.”
NYTIMES (The New York Times) - Markets Rise as U.S. and Iran Exchange Fire but Keep Talking
Oil prices climbed as investors weighed a renewed exchange of military strikes between the United States and Iran against signs that both sides remain engaged in negotiations.
NYTIMES (Yan Zhuang) - U.S. Says It Hit More Military Targets in Southern Iran
The U.S. military said it carried out ‘self-defense strikes’ over the weekend. Iran’s military said it had targeted a military base in retaliation for an American strike.
THEFEDERALIST (Chris Bray) - Mark Carney Broke Up With America, But For Some Reason He’s Still Parked Outside
Reality just sits there, waiting quietly until everybody gets done performing the fake noises.
YOUTUBE (Portland Andy) - Sunday Night
https://streamelements.com/portlandandy/tip We juxtapose the chaotic, decentralized friction of Portland’s street skirmishes against the targeted, high-stakes blockade at Newark’s Delaney Hall. We are dissecting how tactical shifts in urban environments redefine protest efficacy. By analyzing raw footage of these anti-ICE demonstrations, we expose the gritty reality of modern dissent through our unfiltered, independent lens.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Bruce Oliver Newsome) - Britain’s White ‘George Floyd’ Moment?
Police handcuffed and arrested an 18-year-old while he was bleeding out from multiple stabbings because the stabber, a Sikh, accused the victim, a white man, […] Source