The ICC's warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant sent shockwaves, but don't expect the Court to rock American Exceptionalism, an “assertion of who the rules apply to and who they don't.” / Forever Wars
The first known H5N1 infection in a child in the US was confirmed last week, marking the 55th human case so far this year. / CDC
A database of the Federal Reserve board's meeting minutes from 1967 to 1973 uncovers a secret history that's often humdrum, but sometimes nearly disastrous. / Notes on the Crises
Unrelated: “Anyone can buy data tracking US soldiers and spies to nuclear vaults and brothels in Germany.” / WIRED
Whether to get rich or simply to make music, people use Suno for different reasons, but one thing seems clear: Copyright laws need updating. / Can't Get Much Higher
If podcasts are your thing, it's because of the people behind the microphones. So how could AI podcasts ever be a thing for anyone? / Internal Exile
How the “cozy gaming” trend is influencing AI device makers, who want us to feel our digital companions are more than tools. / The New Yorker
See also: “Several AI-based study tools are capitalizing on a 'PDF to Brainrot' trend, which will read the text of a document you upload over 'oddly satisfying' videos.” / TechCrunch
More than a decade after the Times spent months covering the troubled teens on a Tennessee basketball team, checking in with the Lady Jaguars. / The New York Times [+]
A six-and-a-half-hour supercut of Tom Verlaine's guitar solos stitched together from 50 different bootlegs of “Marquee Moon.” / Ty Burr's Watch List
Hundreds of Beavers, the indie slapstick Everything Everywhere All at Once's co-director called “the future of cinema”—is now streaming for free and you need to see it. / AP, YouTube
“How queuing for stuff became just as important as buying it.” / The Face
A chilling, immersive remembrance of Kristallnacht through the eyes of those who were there, 86 years later. / Inside Kristallnacht
“This coming Thanksgiving will be the first without her.” Alice Brock of Arlo Guthrie's “Alice's Restaurant” dies at 83. / WBUR