Even as guns remain a cornerstone of Republican politics, the NRA is in decline, losing more than a million members over the last five years. / The New York Times [+]
According to a new report, climate change is erasing many of the gains in air quality over the past few decades. / The Verge
Reversing a four-decade-plus trend, more US teens are taking after-school and summer jobs—but along with that has been a spike in child labor violations. / The Week
“Today's giants are not constrained by competition. They don't care. They don't have to. They're Google.” Enshittification is coming for everything. / Financial Times
When trying to make photos of bad rentals look good, realtors and landlords are turning to AI, which doesn't always respect the laws of physics. / VICE
See also: “Angry humans surrounded and executed a self-driving taxi in San Francisco's Chinatown.” / Boing Boing
Using VHS footage to recreate a lost Nintendo game from the '90s. / Press the Buttons
Warner Bros. again appears set to choose a tax write-off and kill Coyote vs. Acme, which was originally supposed to premiere the same day as Barbie. / TheWrap
Some background on Roy Lichtenstein's two-dimensional “House” installations, which appear to become three dimensional when viewed at different angles. / Laughing Squid
“Here's a collection of articles that to some degree answer the question 'Why have a personal website?' with 'Because it's fun, and the internet used to be fun.'” / Rachel J. Kwon
How a hot wing travels through your body, imagined as a processing plant. / The Washington Post [+]
Making a cube that can balance on one point. / Willem Pennings