US officials say that Israel has done all it can militarily against Hamas in Gaza, and any further actions will only risk harming civilians. / The New York Times [+]
See also: How Israel's finance minister is using obscure policy to connect a new West Bank settlement with Jerusalem. / The Wall Street Journal [+]
“In the future, we might look back and see the most important difference between the Biden and Harris campaigns is their level of trust in the press corps.” / The Editorial Board
Why California's new AI legislation is so controversial: It's not just the tech companies who don't want oversight, it's also academics who say the law will hamper their work. / Platformer
See also: This week, a district court judge ruled a group of artists can proceed with a lawsuit alleging their art was used to train Stable Diffusion. / Hyperallergic
“It's mind blowing to think that Russian fisheries could capture in one week what one of the biggest seafood companies in the US forecasts for the year, but that is exactly what happened.” / Why is this interesting?
By controlling land and financing, a small group of home builders artificially restricts the supply of new homes in America. / BIG
“Global banks aren't living up to targets to cut their financing of activities that are directly fueling climate change.” / Bloomberg [+]
Out of print since the legal settlement over its album art, Kind of Bloop—the chiptune remake of Kind of Blue—will be available for preorder on vinyl starting tomorrow. / Waxy
“Forget Brat summer; we've moved on to Gregorian chants.” From typography to synthesizers, the mood of the moment is Future Medieval. / It's Nice That
See also: An in-depth look at what Teenage Engineering's EP-1320, the “world's first medieval electronic instrument” actually does. / YouTube
And also: “They call it Dungeon Synth because anyone who makes it should be locked up.” / X
Researchers find horses are intelligent enough to understand rules faster than many other animals—and to know they can ignore the same rules just because. / VICE
A Q&A with an expert who studies diseases common to humans and animals, in hopes of better understanding their root causes and finding new treatments. / STAT
See also: How the world's last wild red wolves are avoiding extinction. / The Washington Post [+]
“'No Excel spreadsheet wine list,' meaning: no taking a wine and multiplying it by 3x or 4x no matter what the wine is.” NYC restaurants reveal their wine markups. / Punch