Tuesday: headlines - Soft, very soft.

On Tuesday, the headlines; Submissive, very submissive. A bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a collision with a large container ship. / The Wall Street Journal [+] The extent to which Gaza has reached food security levels in the 21st century is "practically unbelievable." / Vox Despite around 667,000 people in Gaza suffering from "catastrophic" levels of hunger, officials explain why this does not yet constitute a "famine." / NPR Donald Trump's first criminal trial is set for tax day - April 15. / Politico Zachariah Farid: Biden's policies have led to predominant aid for rural residents without higher education - likely Trump voters. / CNN Vaughan Gething, the first minister of Wales, became the first Black person to lead a national government in Europe. / The New York Times [+] Jasmine Paris became the first woman to finish the Barkley Marathon in Tennessee; only 20 people have completed it since 1989. / BBC News In Denver, electric bikes help eliminate 170,000 car miles per week. / Grist The number of homeless people in rural areas is increasing six times faster than the overall number of homeless. / High Country News Dutch farms use just half a liter of water to grow a pound of tomatoes, while the global average is over 28 gallons. / The Washington Post [+] What is it like to experience "very submissive horror" from riding a "paternoster," that is, a cyclic elevator. / Why is this interesting Scenes from everyday life in Tokyo in 1968. / Japanese Nostalgic See also: detailed watercolors by Rain Szeto. / Colossal 4d More Friday headlines: Nobel Prize withdrawal. Hello. Due to necessary work this month organizing the Book Tournament, we have decided to take a week off and rest. See you on April 8. Wall Street Journal staffer Evan Gershkovich has been detained in Russia for a year, and other journalists explain how they managed to survive in prison. / The Wall Street Journal [+] The Kremlin spokesperson states that negotiations for Gershkovich's release "must take place in complete silence." / Reuters Sam Bankman-Fried receives 25 years in prison for conspiracy and fraud. / The Verge An American nuclear power plant in Michigan will be the first to reopen after a complete shutdown. / Semafor "Wi-Fi" is not actually an abbreviation for "wireless fidelity" - it's a name created by the same marketing company that came up with "Prozac." / Gizmodo Why do identical businesses open next to each other in African cities? Because it creates an informal social safety net. / The Conversation A quarter of Paris residents live in public housing - aggressive measures to "keep middle and low-income residents and small businesses in the heart of the city." / The New York Times [+] Hotels are dropping room service and are increasingly offering takeout food options. / The Wall Street Journal [+] "The higher the thread count, the higher the tensile strength." One reason to buy expensive sheets? Just in case of an escape. / The Art of Manliness A digest of contemporary artists reviving impressionism. / artsy A review of rejection letters written by Toni Morrison when she was a book editor. "It's just not interesting enough." / The Los Angeles Review of Books See also: Publishers are putting fake Van Gogh paintings on their book covers. The Donald Judd Foundation is seeking legal action against Kim Kardashian for "false advertising." / The Art Newspaper, dezeen Today's Book Tournament finals, presented by Field Notes - find out who took home the Sports Bird! / Field Notes, The ToB 1d Thursday headlines: Sommet assaisonné At least 32,490 Palestinians have died, and 74,889 have been injured as a result of Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. / Al Jazeera The right-wing Israelis doubt that the country relies too heavily on the United States. / The Wall Street Journal [+] Dominic Tierney: Israelis are likely to view this war as an expensive campaign and a missed opportunity, and possibly as a major defeat.

/ Foreign Affairs China has donated 1,500 tons of drinking water from the Tibetan glaciers to help the Maldives cope with a water crisis. / The Economic Times Photos of signs in Hong Kong warning people about falling fruit. / Citizen Control Center A woman named herself after a London train station after falling in love with it. / Metro State homeowners in California can hire "homeless hunters" to settle their properties. / CBS News The Arabic word "shaheed," which means roughly "martyr," is among the most frequently removed on Facebook. / the rest of the world It may seem that people have started swearing more often, but that's probably not the case. Instead, "they're just swearing differently than before." / Vox Richard Serra, known for his large-scale steel artworks, has died of pneumonia at the age of 85. / artsy Since February, instructions on how to send fans to the paper "Mona Lisa." / Bohemizm Anna Kornbluh: We have lost the future, and instead of playing in the past, our main aesthetic style amplifies the present. / Jacobin Joanna Kavenna: I have always loved salmon because salmon jump, and no one knows why. / The Paris Review 2d On Wednesday, the headline: Disaster on the stairs Ukraine claims that a third of all Russian military vessels in the Black Sea have been destroyed or incapacitated. / Semafor The ship that crashed into the Key Bridge in Baltimore yesterday also had an accident leaving Antwerp, Belgium, in 2016. / The Guardian See also: "The bridge collapse in Baltimore is just the latest, and smallest, of the problems facing global shipping." / Vox Switzerland is becoming a model for "highly effective, evidence-based political responses to the drug epidemic," easing access to methadone. / STAT Donald Trump begins selling "God Blesses the USA Bible" as he faces four criminal charges and a host of civil lawsuits. / The Associated Press Unrelated: North Korea censors a British TV presenter about gardening for his pants. / BBC News A detailed investigation into the contradictions between the public and private life of Andrei Huberman, "the world's leading pop neuro-expert." / New York Magazine Why does the New York Times "connections" game provoke anger? / Vox Social media challenges inspire thousands of teenagers to "take over" shopping malls in California. / Patch See also: Poem My son is a man. / The Poetry Magazine Your long article on how the threat of divine punishment has shaped human civilization. / The Garden of Forking Paths Watch: one by one, people try to jump over 25 steps in France. / YouTube "Bach decided to win by any means." A few compliments for Bach's cello suites with examples of what makes them great. / A Year of Bach 3d Monday headlines: Plant life Russia declares a national day of mourning for the victims of the attack on the concert hall. / NPR Vladimir Putin reportedly dismissed U.S. warnings about the attack as "blackmail." / The Economist Pictures of Emmanuel Macron hitting a mixer are linked to France's increasingly tough stance on Russia. / CNN Some children kidnapped in recent mass abductions in Nigeria have been released. / BBC News In India, women working in sugar mills are subjected to unwarranted hysterectomies, often as a way to continue working. / The Fuller Project, The New York Times [+] Unrelated/related: "I am a paywall of The New York Times, and if I let someone go unsigned, they will kill my family." / McSweeney's Internet Tendency Benjamin Schneider: More than in any other American city, Los Angeles is trying to solve its problems by transforming its built environment. / The Urban Condition Designers from Dallas are offering public infrastructure to combat loneliness. / Bloomberg City Lab Your weekly white paper: A study on the ergonomics of touch screens to improve parrot enrichment based on tablets. / Northeastern University Most Gen Alpha kids have not yet finished elementary school, "but on YouTube and TikTok, they are increasingly referred to as 'wild,' 'illiterate,' and 'doomed'." / The Los Angeles Times "You are more like a plant than you think." A woman in her thirties gives 101 tips to her younger self in her twenties. / The Approach with Hunting.