{"id":33214,"date":"2023-12-09T17:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T17:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/saturday-headlines-change-my-mind#id33039"},"modified":"2023-12-09T17:27:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T17:27:00","slug":"saturday-headlines-change-my-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/saturday-headlines-change-my-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday headlines: Change my mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No surprise here, but scientists say 2023 will be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2023-12-08\/2023-hottest-year-on-record\/103205324\">hottest year on record.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ ABC News<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jakarta is sinking, and what happens next could come down to one billionaire&#39;s plan to save the city&mdash;which would also rake in profits for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/features\/2023-jakarta-sinking-salim\/\">one of his businesses.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Bloomberg<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Electoral College never anticipated today&#39;s hyper-targeted campaigning, which confers the most persuadable voters with an <a href=\"https:\/\/wapo.st\/3uNSY9R\">outsized electoral voice.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Washington Post [+]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Right to repair has been the norm for most of modern history. Still, tech giants try to cheat their way around it, though luckily &#8220;they also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noemamag.com\/freeing-ourselves-from-the-clutches-of-big-tech\/\">kind of suck at it.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Noema<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once the [Polish] government got word of the scheme, they weren&#39;t angry&mdash;they wanted in.&#8221; How forgers saved thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/column-forged-passports-world-war-ii\">lives in World War II.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Atlas Obscura<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What, exactly, do the <em>Billboard<\/em> charts measure? Because everything they appear to report on is data that is highly manipulatable by fans <a href=\"https:\/\/chrisdallariva.substack.com\/p\/whats-the-point-of-the-billboard\">and other interests.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Can&#39;t Get Much Higher<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sad news, Robert Birnbaum, who conducted a number of vast, wide-ranging <a href=\"https:\/\/themorningnews.org\/archive\/author\/robert-birnbaum\">interviews with authors<\/a>, has died. Here&#39;s a lovely <a href=\"https:\/\/identitytheory.substack.com\/p\/remembering-robert-birnbaum\">remembrance of him.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Morning News, Identity Theory<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By the first evening, they were drinking too much and gossiping.&#8221; On the great poets&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/literary-fight-club-on-the-great-poets-brawl-of-68\">brawl of &#39;68.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Literary Hub<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#39;s what enters the public domain <a href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainreview.org\/features\/entering-the-public-domain\/2024\/\">in 2024.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Public Domain Review<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In an age where ubiquitous algorithms have made short-form video and shallow thinking inescapable,&#8221; magazines are a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/pulling-weeds-with-chris-black-reading-print-magazines-is-an-elite-pursuit\">luxury experience.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ GQ<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Watch: Increasingly complex holiday gift wrapping&mdash;from a simple box to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bvohPUQMf78\">tennis racquet.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ YouTube<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of all the sad Yuletides of my life, the one I spent guarding $100,000 worth of explosives on the surface of the moon <a href=\"https:\/\/longreads.com\/2023\/12\/06\/christmas-holidays-alone-not-home\/\">tops the list.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Longreads<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themorningnews.org\/p\/saturday-headlines-change-my-mind\">View Post &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No surprise here, but scientists say 2023 will be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2023-12-08\/2023-hottest-year-on-record\/103205324\">hottest year on record.<\/a><span> \/ ABC News<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jakarta is sinking, and what happens next could come down to one billionaire&#8217;s plan to save the city\u2014which would also rake in profits for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/features\/2023-jakarta-sinking-salim\/\">one of his businesses.<\/a><span> \/ Bloomberg<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Electoral College never anticipated today&#8217;s hyper-targeted campaigning, which confers the most persuadable voters with an <a href=\"https:\/\/wapo.st\/3uNSY9R\">outsized electoral voice.<\/a><span> \/ The Washington Post [+]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Right to repair has been the norm for most of modern history. Still, tech giants try to cheat their way around it, though luckily &#8220;they also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noemamag.com\/freeing-ourselves-from-the-clutches-of-big-tech\/\">kind of suck at it.&#8221;<\/a><span> \/ Noema<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once the [Polish] government got word of the scheme, they weren&#8217;t angry\u2014they wanted in.&#8221; How forgers saved thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/column-forged-passports-world-war-ii\">lives in World War II.<\/a><span> \/ Atlas Obscura<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What, exactly, do the <em>Billboard<\/em> charts measure? Because everything they appear to report on is data that is highly manipulatable by fans <a href=\"https:\/\/chrisdallariva.substack.com\/p\/whats-the-point-of-the-billboard\">and other interests.<\/a><span> \/ Can&#8217;t Get Much Higher<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sad news, Robert Birnbaum, who conducted a number of vast, wide-ranging <a href=\"https:\/\/themorningnews.org\/archive\/author\/robert-birnbaum\">interviews with authors<\/a>, has died. Here&#8217;s a lovely <a href=\"https:\/\/identitytheory.substack.com\/p\/remembering-robert-birnbaum\">remembrance of him.<\/a><span> \/ The Morning News, Identity Theory<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By the first evening, they were drinking too much and gossiping.&#8221; On the great poets&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/literary-fight-club-on-the-great-poets-brawl-of-68\">brawl of &#8217;68.<\/a><span> \/ Literary Hub<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what enters the public domain <a href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainreview.org\/features\/entering-the-public-domain\/2024\/\">in 2024.<\/a><span> \/ The Public Domain Review<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In an age where ubiquitous algorithms have made short-form video and shallow thinking inescapable,&#8221; magazines are a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/pulling-weeds-with-chris-black-reading-print-magazines-is-an-elite-pursuit\">luxury experience.<\/a><span> \/ GQ<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Watch: Increasingly complex holiday gift wrapping\u2014from a simple box to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bvohPUQMf78\">tennis racquet.<\/a><span> \/ YouTube<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of all the sad Yuletides of my life, the one I spent guarding $100,000 worth of explosives on the surface of the moon <a href=\"https:\/\/longreads.com\/2023\/12\/06\/christmas-holidays-alone-not-home\/\">tops the list.&#8221;<\/a><span> \/ Longreads<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themorningnews.org\/p\/saturday-headlines-change-my-mind\">View Post ?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33215,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33214\/revisions\/33215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}