Biden and Modi moving toward closer defense cooperation (Nikkei Asia)
“The People’s Republic of China is the world’s second largest economy, ranks in the top five nations for trade and foreign investment, has the world’s largest number of middle-class consumers, and provides an estimated $3 billion per year in foreign aid expenditures. But the United Nations still formally treats it as a developing economy.” (Ambassador Green/Wilson Center)
“Between 1915 and her death in 1941, (Virginia) Woolf filled almost thirty notebooks with diary entries, beginning, at first, with a fairly self-conscious account of her daily life which developed, from Asheham onward, into an extraordinary, continuous record of form and feeling.” (The Paris Review)
“The emergence of local data centers has powered a surge in cloud-based computing in five of Africa’s largest economies — South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt and Morocco — in the last five years.” (Alexis Akwagyiram/semafor)
“Every billionaire needs a consigliere, a major domo, an I-gotta-guy. And every billionaire’s movement needs a tool like David Bossie, the guy who nominally led Citizens United when it became a byword for the invisible hand of the one percent.” (Nina Burleigh/American Political Freakshow)
"NBC’s buzzy new drama Found opens with a scenario we know all too well. A white girl is missing, and the news crews are lined up, breathlessly reporting every detail in a relentless effort to bring her home. Conversely, a Black girl who has also disappeared at the same time in the same city is largely ignored, silently begging for the decency of attention instead of apathy and the same communal and police support as her peer." (Refinery 29)
“Thomas, cops say, was drinking from a can of ‘Florida Man’ at the time of his arrest. The beer, produced by the Tampa-based Cigar City Brewing, is a Double India Pale Ale that is ‘brewed with a nearly criminal amount of hops and a moderate bitterness that just about matches Florida Man’s general disposition.'" (TheSmokingGun)
“Radio Cairo and Egypt’s Battle for East Africa: The country’s new broadcasts in Somali and Swahili draw on a rich revolutionary heritage — but also a subversive desire to undermine President Sisi’s rivals.” (New Lines Mag)
"Up to this point, the group has been a low-cost, high-upside force for the Russian government in Africa — a few trucks in the Central African Republic or a few helicopters in Mali. The group has posed some risks — in Ukraine, some will point to the growing void between Wagner Group and the Russian Ministry of Defense, as well as the potential for the group’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin to potentially challenge Vladimir Putin for the presidency in the future. " (War on the Rocks)
“‘People find us easy targets': Women politicians face a torrent of online abuse but say they won't stop their work” (CNN)
Parenting in the 1970s (Christina Oxenberg/Radio Ox)
“The Asian population rose 2.4%, the largest increase of any race or ethnic group in the U.S.” (NBC News)
“Cornel West, the Ivy League academic and progressive activist mounting a third-party campaign for president, has chosen former Green Party candidate Jill Stein to help him challenge to President Joe Biden from the left. Stein said Wednesday that she’s serving as the ‘interim coordinator’ for the West campaign, a catch-all role that encompasses fundraising, communications and campaign management until West can build a more traditional campaign.” (Bloomberg)
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his organization, Children’s Health Defense, have frequently allied with QAnon conspiracy theorists over the past several years, appearing with them at events, praising them, partnering with them on lawsuits, and featuring them in videos.” (Media Matters)
"This version of a view, by the company’s definition — total time spent watching a movie or season of a TV series, divided by the running time — is certainly easier to understand than Netflix’s previous ‘view’ stats." (THR)
“It’s a very different landscape for the industry, with U.S. music sales having nose-dived eighty-five per cent, replaced mostly by streaming services like Spotify—a twenty-nine-billion-dollar company in which the major labels are stakeholders, but which leaves most artists with peanuts for payout. It’s estimated that, for an act to earn fifty thousand dollars from Spotify, its songs must be played upward of ten million times.” (Sean Michaels/TNY)
“The legislation, which passed the House last year but did not get a vote in the Senate, would safeguard journalists in two important ways. First, it would prevent the government from compelling reporters from being forced to disclose their sources. Second, it would ensure that important data held by a third party, such as a phone or internet company, cannot be seized without notice and providing the ability to challenge the move in court.” (Reliable Sources)
Hispanics are now the largest demographic group in Texas, census data confirms (Dallas Morning News)
Sony Movie Chief Says ‘A.I. Is Scary as Sh*t’ but Won’t Replace Human Writers (IndieWIRE)
UN slams Israel’s use of ‘advanced military weaponry’ in Jenin (Al Jazeera)
Supreme Court rules the US is not required to ensure access to water for the Navajo Nation (Robert Glennon/ The Conversation)
“After months of negotiations, the IBEW’s Railroad members at four of the largest U.S. freight carriers finally have what they’ve long sought but that many working people take for granted: paid sick days.” (IBEW)
"But when it came time to do the movie, we suddenly realised we wanted to have [Seu Jorge] do 12 David Bowie songs in Portuguese, and so we wove him into the whole movie. " (NME)
Thank you! V woolfs diaries article.