{"id":33381,"date":"2024-05-18T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T15:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/saturday-headlines-the-medium-is-the-message#id33160"},"modified":"2024-05-18T15:33:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T15:33:00","slug":"saturday-headlines-the-medium-is-the-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/saturday-headlines-the-medium-is-the-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday headlines: The medium is the message"},"content":{"rendered":"

Views of the aurora borealis should return in a couple of weeks, as the massive solar storm rotates back toward Earth.<\/a> \/ BBC<\/span><\/p>\n

“Some political scientists describe this strategy as 'state crime,' violence tacitly permitted or encouraged by the government.” Why did Greg Abbott pardon a racist murderer?<\/a> \/ Texas Monthly<\/span><\/p>\n

Tariffs don't work, thanks to back channels and loopholes—as well as the industrial lobbyists who shape the policies.<\/a> \/ The New York Times [+]<\/span><\/p>\n

Jia Tolentino: “I decided to try a modest experiment. I wanted to see whether I could hide my pregnancy from my phone.”<\/a> \/ The New Yorker<\/span><\/p>\n

A brief foray into detective work to ascertain the legitimacy of an early Apple employee's badge that went up for auction on eBay.<\/a> \/ Cabel Sasser<\/span><\/p>\n

“When you print images onto a paper carrier medium, you are adding another layer of mediation to an already loopy transmission.” A history—and appreciation—of LSD blotter paper.<\/a> \/ Aeon<\/span><\/p>\n

Link rot is rampant. A quarter of webpages that existed in the past decade are missing, and the fallout affects everything from news sites to Wikipedia references.<\/a> \/ Pew Research Center<\/span><\/p>\n

“Do you remember what it was like to wake up before you had a smartphone? Perhaps I would smile at my wife, say something sweet or ridiculous to her, judge the light through the window.”<\/a> \/ The Point<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1947, a 10-year-old earned today's equivalent of a couple hundred dollars, disappeared from home, and spent a week at movie theaters in San Francisco.<\/a> \/ Gazetteer<\/span><\/p>\n

Even when they talk, generative AI “apps, in their current instantiation, are best thought of, like magic tricks, as a form of entertainment.”<\/a> \/ Read Max<\/span><\/p>\n

In a fascinating history of Magic: The Gathering<\/em>, the phenomenon's creator discusses how rare cards have threatened the point of the game.<\/a> \/ Defector<\/span><\/p>\n

See also: That time we learned how to play Magic<\/em> from Jon Finley, one of the game's greatest-ever players.<\/a> \/ The Morning News<\/span><\/p>\n

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Views of the aurora borealis should return in a couple of weeks, as the massive solar storm rotates back toward Earth. \/ BBC<\/p>\n

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