The White House plans to signal long-term commitment to Ukraine by signing a 10-year security agreement. / Newsweek
France's conservative wing implodes overnight. South Africa's ANC party tries to find unity. / Politico, Semafor
Regarding the climate crisis, hundreds of looming projects suggest we're on the verge of an oil boom in reverse—with carbon storage. / MIT Technology Review
See also: Interviews with women who stopped buying clothes. “It took about three to six months before I stopped wanting to shop.” / The Cut
SpaceX and Elon Musk are being sued by former employees for sexual harassment. / The Los Angeles
Related: Interviews with several dozen people about Musk's “boundary-blurring relationships” with women at work. / The Wall Street Journal [+]
Asking rents in the United States fall for a 10th straight month. / Vox
In central Stockholm, the average wait for a rent-controlled apartment is 20 years. / The Economist
See also: A long account of how Ye destroyed an architectural masterpiece in Malibu. “This is going to be my Batcave.” / The New Yorker
Kenji López-Alt uses computer modeling to find the perfect way to cut an onion. / The New York Times [+]
Supposedly, there's never been a better time to discover storytelling board games? / Metafilter
A literary argument against “story sensibility,” i.e., when you expect life to artfully resolve, “and of course it never does.” / Castalia
Camp ToB continues with a big chat about the ending in Percival Everett''s James! / The Tournament of Books