China's appetite for an Iran-Israel war is said to be limited. / The Economist
Five takeaways from Kamala Harris's interview with Charlamagne Tha God. / The New York Times [+]
Donald Trump turns a town hall into a 39-minute “living-room listening session.” / The Washington Post [+]
Why does the media still struggle to portray Trump accurately? Partly because of the “myth of the reasonable man.” / Degenerate Art
A reporter's road trip through the Southwest, talking to voters, finds that “Latinos are as American as anyone else, if not more so.” / The Los Angeles Times
Farmers worry that Trump's proposed “mass deportations” will decimate the US food supply. / Grist
Unrelated: Russia to unveil a new statue of Joseph Stalin. / Politico
Billionaires are said to be dominated by existential crises, “although each displays nuance when it comes to confrontation.” / MacGuffin
Who left the United States a $7 billion payment? Theories suggest a Texan investment manager, but it's maybe someone still alive trying to minimize their taxes. / Sherwood
See also: There's no evidence the Internet Archive was hacked to edit history—but what if it was? / Interconnected
Unrelated: A video tour of New York City's so-called fake buildings. / Open Culture
TikTok is turning users with relatively low follower counts into paid shopping influencers. / rest of world
A new AI company enables users to create bots in the likeness of any person—without their consent. / WIRED
Old fashioned bookshops are now cool destinations for young people. “I can spend hours browsing—I think that's a big part of it.” / The Guardian
Writers and authors create adhoc writing programs to compete with institutional workshops. / Airmail
Astrophysicists are “exulting” in new findings about the universe's first billion years, such as an image of the earliest known galaxy. / Quanta Magazine
Video and photos of 14,000 prescription lenses dangling in a Japanese forest. / Colossal