Family Drama in the Garden State
Two of New Jersey’s three statewide offices could be held by people living in the same mansion. by Tracey Tully at the NY Times: Bricks of gold bullion. Envelopes filled
The War in Gaza is Creating a Health Crisis That Will Span Decades
Grace Wade in New Scientist: The situation in Gaza is rapidly devolving into the worst humanitarian crisis in modern memory, and international health organizations have no long-term plans for addressing
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Recipe: Persian Lentil Rice With Dates
Sourced from the NYTimes Cooking
Why Governments Offload Risks to Individuals
Under the guise of empowerment and freedom, politicians and business are offloading lifethreatening risk to individuals Suzanne Schneider at Aeon: I have for several years been working on a book
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AI Is Everywhere—Including Countless Applications You’ve Likely Never Heard Of
By Niusha Shafiabady at Singularity Hub: Artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere. Right now, generative AI in particular—tools like Midjourney, ChatGPT, Gemini (previously Bard), and others—is at the peak of hype.
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UFO Belief
Even when it’s not explicitly religious, belief in alien visitors resembles our oldest ways of making sense of the world Francesco Dimitri at Psyche: The Raëlians are not the only
AI’s Potential Effect on the Labor Force
Andrew Ng, Landing AI founder and CEO, discusses the effect AI will have on the labor force and which companies are positioning themselves the best in the AI market. Can
How to Enjoy Your Problems
Accepting your problems is one thing. To enjoy them? Well, that’s pretty much enlightenment. Chelsea Harvey Garner in Psyche: As a therapist, I’ve found that so much of what I
Kharra Masala Fish (Fish With Tomatoes and Onions) Recipe
This utterly delicious recipe by Zainab Shah (published in NY Times) melds tomatoes, onions and a small cloud of spices into a delicious sauce. The ingredient list is long, but
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Shorts: Buying Selling Shares; Happy Living
Happiness is a state of mind…it’s a choice. Someday you will meet the happiest version of you. And it will be worth it.
Inventing Hindu Supremacy
Mihir Dalal in Aeon: To understand Narendra Modi’s India, it is instructive to grasp the ideas of the Hindu Right’s greatest ideologue, the world of British colonial India in which
Power-Lunch is Picking Up. Like It’s 1989!
Dana Brown goes in search of the long-lost media power lunch—and finds it’s alive and well at Michael’s, a Manhattan restaurant that still feels exactly like it did 30 years