Thursday headlines: Poetic energy

This week's Nato summit finds the global center left enjoying a moment together—perhaps temporarily. / Politico.eu

An argument for political neutrality. “The world likely needs more thoughtful interventions and politically neutral spaces and less activism for activism's sake.” / Dust to Dust

The French government removes thousands of homeless people from Paris ahead of the Olympics. / The New York Times [+]

A Bitcoin mining facility moves into a small Texas town and suddenly residents are getting sick. / TIME

Vending machines in Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas grocery stores now sell ammunition. / The Associated Press

People currently throw out 92 million tons of clothes a year and only an eighth of it gets recycled. / The Washington Post [+]

See also: Copenhagen tries a new approach to addressing overtourism: rewarding visitors who seem climate-friendly. / The New York Times [+]

How to make the next generation more intelligent? “The simplest way is to fortify basic foods.” / The Economist

“Inner speech,” or a voice inside one's head, is found to vary greatly in different people. / Scientific American

An open call for submissions for a physical directory of “the vast poetic web.” / Internet Phone Book

A round-up of American swimming holes. And some aerial views of glacial rivers in Iceland. / Huckberry, YouTube

A collection of early macrophotographs of insects and spiders. / The Public Domain

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