“Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, is being destroyed in a fight to the death between two venal, brutal generals. This is a war of choice; allowing it to happen was a failure of international diplomacy.” (Alex de Waal/LRB)
“According to the new framing, Russia’s real fight is against the mighty United States, which wants to destroy it, while Ukraine—just like the European Union and NATO—is merely an obedient U.S. satellite.” (Foreign Affairs/Andrei Kolesnikov)
“The Quad serves more than a strategic or economic purpose. It can be the core stabilizing pivot around which an inclusive rules-based order can evolve and thrive in the Indo-Pacific.” (The Diplomat)
Inside the meltdown at CNN (Tim Alberta/The Atlantic)
Anatomy of a Murder: How the Democratic Party Crashed in Florida (Steve Schale)
“Trans people constitute just a tiny percentage of Americans, but the community and its place in society have become a flash point in political and cultural debates.” (CJR)
The False Equivalence Between The ‘Far Right’ And The ‘Hard Left’ (Peter Dreier/Talking Points Memo)
US births are down again, after the COVID baby bust and rebound (Brookings)
Millennials Will Not Age Into Voting Like Boomers (Erik Levitz)
Will AI lead to a Universal Basic Income? (Nik Milannovic)
“The biggest newspaper chain in the country is about to be rocked by the biggest walkout of its staff in history. On Monday, hundreds of Gannett journalists plan to stage a one-day strike during the media company's annual shareholder meeting. Their message: Gannett needs new leadership.” (Reliable Sources)
Chinese state media cheers on Elon Musk's visit (semafor)
“Even for Thomas, whose confirmation almost 32 years ago was nearly derailed following Anita Hill’s accusations of sexual harassment, it’s been an especially tumultuous period in the spotlight.” (Joe Pompeo/Vanity Fair)
“Following so closely upon the New York sales, Christie’s Hong Kong sales cycle last weekend offered an interesting counterpoint …Dominated by works from Yayoi Kusama, who had a whopping 17.38% of the overall spending, Zao Wou-ki, who came in at less than half that number of 7.4%, Yoshitomo Nara (5.72%), Basquiat (5%) and Koons (4.9%), on the strength of one lot each, Nicolas Party (4.7%) and Chu Teh-Chun (4.4%), the sales reinforced the message of May—the international art market has surprising strength in the face of significant economic pressures.” (Artelligence)
The Problem With Wealth-Based Affirmative Action (Richard Rothstein)
“Even if was a fiasco, it was significant as an example of Elon Musk trying to remake himself as a right-wing media mogul, a Rupert Murdoch of the digital age.” (Jeet heer/The Nation)
Archaeologists discover 4,300-year-old copper ingots in Oman (Phys Org)
Netflix Shareholders Reject Executive Pay Packages in Symbolic Move; WGA Had Urged Investors to Vote Against Them (Todd Spangler/Variety)
Anna Delvey Conned People. So Why are Socialites Flocking to Her Parties? (Avenue Magazine)
YouTube reverses misinformation policy to allow U.S. election denialism (Axios)