A fascinating story about an Israeli college student who wound up in a prisoner swap because of her Instagram stories. / The New York Times [+]
The United States is spending an estimated $1.7 trillion to advance its nuclear arsenal. / Undark Magazine
See also: A pair of physicists and an animator have created a new way to visualize the atomic nucleus. / Kottke
A guide to poll closing times, vote counting, and races to watch in US elections. / 538
A layman's guide to being a political junkie today. “Do not—under any circumstances—turn on a TV prior to 6pm.” / Matt's Five Points
Something we didn't know: The only major social media platform with an explicit ban on phony voter fraud posts is Snap. / Platformer
New York Times reporters recently accused their editors of “sanewashing” Donald Trump. Meanwhile, the editorial board embraces “hypertextual writing.” / Semafor, Kottke
Unrelated: A cruise ship medic fact-checks Ryan Murphy's new series Doctor Odyssey. / The Points Guy
A longstanding survey in Japan finds a record fall in teenagers having their first kiss. / BBC News
“Longevity concierges” are said to be trending in Silicon Valley. / The San Francisco Standard
Half a dozen innovative products—a solar cow, a trash can that sterilizes itself—from Seoul Design 2024. / dezeen
Making the argument that a muralist in Sussex, England, was a bit of a 12th-century Ai Weiwei. / Keith McGowan
An aerial depiction of the (maybe someday) Los Angeles-San Francisco high speed rail route. / YouTube
Some examples of “camera trap photography” in Southern California. / My Modern Met
Related: Photographer of the week, simply because we like her work: Patricia Voulgaris. / Patricia Voulgaris
“It's always hot girl summer at Jacksonville Zoo and Garden.” Museums and tourist attractions are marketing themselves to Gen Z. / artnet