{"id":33491,"date":"2024-08-28T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/wednesday-headlines-niche-niche-is-niche1#id33230"},"modified":"2024-08-28T11:54:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T11:54:00","slug":"wednesday-headlines-niche-niche-is-niche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wednesday-headlines-niche-niche-is-niche\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday headlines: Niche niche is niche"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he&#39;s ready to present a &#8220;plan of victory&#8221; to end <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/newsletter\/08\/27\/2024\/semafor-flagship-besties-and-enemies\">the war with Russia.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Semafor<\/span><\/p>\n<p>More than 1.2 million oral polio vaccines have arrived in Gaza. How they&#39;ll be distributed without a ceasefire, or &#8220;polio pause,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/26\/health\/polio-vaccine-gaza\/index.html\">is unknown.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ CNN<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Following Venezuela&#39;s disputed election, journalists are using AI avatars to report news the Maduro&#39;s regime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/aug\/27\/venezuela-journalists-nicolas-maduro-artificial-intelligence-media-election\">&#8220;deems unfit to print.&#8221;<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Since the pandemic, public school enrollment in the United States has declined by a million students, with closures falling disproportionately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/school-closures-students-charter-schools-home-schooling-rochester\">on Black schools.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ ProPublica<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong tells any teenagers with sexual urges to ignore them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/education\/article\/3275787\/badminton-hong-kong-answer-sexual-impulses-schoolchildren-we-ask-experts\">and play badminton.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The South China Morning Post<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Related: Hong Kong teenagers are &#8220;talking about &#39;friends with badminton&#39; instead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/26\/world\/asia\/hong-kong-sex-education-badminton.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GE4.Q2j1.uggvEI3mQpWb&amp;smid=url-share\">&#39;friends with benefits.&#39;&#8221;<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The New York Times [+]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Elif Batuman on the difficulty of writing in August 2024: &#8220;What&#39;s the right word for looking inquisitively <a href=\"https:\/\/eliflife.substack.com\/p\/augusttake-out-the-ink-and-weep\">into an abyss?&#8221;<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The Elif Life<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A visualization of Elon Musk&#39;s tweets evolves from dad jokes and corporate ra-ra <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/elon-musk-politics-trump-social-media-267d34c8?mod=hp_trending_now_article_pos2\">to right-wing politics.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The Wall Street Journal [+]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lauren Bans: Kamala Harris is going to make <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/185303\/kamala-harris-make-america-laugh-trump\">America laugh again.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The New Republic<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Paralympics open in Paris. Meet some of the Ukranian athletes, including war-wounded people and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/1843\/2024\/08\/23\/i-use-anti-tank-mines-for-weightlifting-meet-ukraines-paralympians\">soldiers on leave.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The Economist<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A round-up of transportation strikes to anticipate in Europe <a href=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/news\/travel-disruption-strikes-europe\/\">this autumn.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The Points Guy<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A researcher says &#8220;blue zones&#8221;&mdash;i.e., places where people supposedly live longer&mdash;don&#39;t actually have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cremieux.xyz\/p\/the-blue-zone-distraction\">much relevance.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Cremieux Recueil<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We all have a stake in you finding your place, because we&#39;re all better off when you like your life.&#8221; Making the argument that there&#39;s a niche <a href=\"https:\/\/www.experimental-history.com\/p\/theres-a-place-for-everyone\">in society for everybody.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Experimental History<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The latest shopping-bonanza report from Patricia Marx <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2024\/09\/02\/real-estate-shopping-for-the-apocalypse\">is about bunkers.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The New Yorker<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The artist behind &#8220;Immersion (Piss Christ)&#8221; says he finds a picture of Donald Trump gleefully posing with his book about Trump paraphernalia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/2024\/08\/27\/trump-posing-with-my-book-is-comical-andres-serrano\">&#8220;very comical.&#8221;<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The Art Newspaper<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photographs by Peggy Nolan of her seven <a href=\"https:\/\/flashbak.com\/peggy-nolan-photographs-her-seven-childrens-coming-of-age-469808\/\">children growing up.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Flashbak<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themorningnews.org\/p\/wednesday-headlines-niche-niche-is-niche1\">View Post &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he&#039;s ready to present a &#8220;plan of victory&#8221; to end the war with Russia. \/ SemaforMore than 1.2 million oral polio vaccines have arrived in Gaza. 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