Our understanding of the devastation in Gaza is fast dimming as Palestinian journalists leave, quit, or die. / The New York Times [+]
Nazia Kazi: With increasing fervour, Muslim America is united in demanding a shift in Middle East policy. / Al Jazeera
Documents show the Kremlin studying ways to undermine the dollar's role as the world's reserve currency. / The Washington Post [+]
Some photographs of Soviet country cottages. Pictures of Canadian ice huts. A photograph of Albert Einstein's sink. / The Guardian, Colossal, Futility Closet
See also: The price of cocoa, up by 82% in 12 months, is at a 46-year high. / The Economist
A few thoughts on what the Mayorkas impeachment push says about Congress' legislative incapacity: “Surely, crafting new, clarifying laws is an option as well.” / Wake Up to Politics
Conspiracy theorists believe Taylor Swift and the NFL are Pentagon-sponsored operations intended to reelect President Biden. / Reliable Sources
Related: Donald Trump, perhaps more than any other public figure in recent history, “is a walking, talking monument to extrinsic values.” / The Guardian
Unrelated/related: A guide to digital security when it comes to keeping information about your abortion safe. / digital defense fund
Walmart employs some 14,000 truck drivers, who supposedly make up to $110,000 in their first year. / Freight Waves
Parents are hiring coaches—for $250/hour—to help them adjust to reality after their children leave home. / The Wall Street Journal [+]
Scientists have basically no idea where great white sharks go to bear their young. / Science
A profile of possibly the world's only collector of lost-pet posters. / The Waiting Room