After CIA head''s visit to Moscow, Poland''s PM warns Russia is preparing to escalate war. He puts critical window at seven or eight months (news.google.com)
Delta Air Lines (DAL) vs. Grupo Aeroméxico (AERO): Which Airline Stock is Better Positioned after the Cross-Border Partnership Win? (finance.yahoo.com)
AI vaginas, customisable personalities and fake bruises: the sex doll market is booming. Does it matter how the dolls are treated? (www.theguardian.com)
As the start of the school year approaches, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is locked in an unlikely showdown with a powerful classroom ally: the New York City teachers union (on.wsj.com)
Scientists monitoring data from satellites and ocean buoys declared the onset of El Niño in June. It is shaping up to be among the strongest in living memory. (on.wsj.com)
The Silicon Valley playbook is failing AI. And the messier things become, the more out of touch many tech leaders appear, writes the WSJ columnist @timkhiggins (on.wsj.com)
The U.S. has rushed so many munitions to the Middle East to fight Iran that planners are concerned the loss of firepower is diminishing the military’s ability to defend against potential threats from China and Russia, U.S. officials said (on.wsj.com)
More Americans now support school phone bans than ever before. Do they work? Locking up student phones leads to improved well-being but so far has minimal effect on test scores, writes @juliejargon. (on.wsj.com)
President Trump is on a mission to burnish his legacy, according to his advisers. But Republicans privately worry that his focus on himself is backfiring with voters. (on.wsj.com)
After his payments to Jeffrey Epstein surfaced, Leon Black accused his longtime Apollo co-founder Josh Harris of hatching a Shakespearean conspiracy to seize power. (on.wsj.com)
The White House teleprompter operator under investigation for placing bets using proprietary information reached a settlement with the prediction market Kalshi and federal regulators (on.wsj.com)
Dolly Parton was fiercely protective of her songwriting catalog when even the Beatles and the Rolling Stones failed to maintain control. That conviction became the powering force as she expanded beyond music. (on.wsj.com)
I loved attending an HBCU, but now I''m still struggling with student loan debt 20 years later. I don''t want the same for my kids. (www.businessinsider.com)
A Ukrainian air-defense sergeant says missiles aren''t his most challenging shortage. It''s the gear that finds enemy targets. (www.businessinsider.com)
"We have surprises for our neighbors": Ukraine''s aviation commander says new aircraft developments are essentially finished and already in testing (news.google.com)
Weekend reads: Institute defends Nobel Prize winner; Stanford ex-president tries to refute fraud allegations; cardiologist’s ‘monstrous’ conflict of interest (news.google.com)
Cinema Lessons from a Trash-Movie Auteur - Why do we love trash and hate slop? Neil Breen’s so-bad-they’re-great movies elucidate the difference. (www.newyorker.com)
Where to Get Fire Outfits for Burning Man - Heading to the playa like Paris Hilton and Mark Zuckerberg once did? Need a faux-fur coat or a secret stash pouch? The Burning Man Bazaar has you covered. (www.newyorker.com)
The Floods Nepal Didn’t Cause - Flash floods, triggered by a glacial collapse in the Himalayas, have killed at least five hundred people in a nation that has contributed little to climate change but is disproportionately affected by it. (www.newyorker.com)
Going Through the Motions with Khloé Kardashian’s “The Girls” - Yes, there are Botox parties and rollerblading dates, but the women in the family’s latest spinoff give the sense that they are just clocking in at the reality-show office. (www.newyorker.com)
New Maps Show How Israel Has Thwarted Hopes for a Palestinian State - The breakneck expansion of settlements in the West Bank has rendered American talk of a two-state solution increasingly irrelevant. (www.newyorker.com)
How Alex Eala Became a Symbol of the Philippines - At only twenty-one, the tennis phenom is likely already the best-ever player from Southeast Asia. Now she is seeking her first Grand Slam title at this summer’s U.S. Open. (www.newyorker.com)
How the Meta Settlement Could Change the Internet - Even while refusing to admit legal fault, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram has accepted, for the first time, that much of its business model is unacceptable for children. (www.newyorker.com)
Kai Bird on Roy Cohn, a Founding Father of Donald Trump’s America - The biographer’s new book, “American Scoundrel,” details Cohn’s infamous tactics during the McCarthy purges, a sex-trafficking allegation, and his profound influence on Trump. (www.newyorker.com)
Ian Frazier and Samy Burch on “Coyote vs. Acme” - Frazier, the author of the New Yorker humor essay that inspired the new, buzzy film, talks with Burch, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter who reimagined it as a satire of legal thrillers. (www.newyorker.com)
Could Data Centers Swing an Election in Wisconsin? - As A.I. becomes increasingly unpopular among voters, the politics of data centers are scrambling political lines across the country—including in a tight race for the Wisconsin governor’s mansion. (www.newyorker.com)
Kacey Musgraves, Crossover Queen - Also: John David Washington plays a tech bro in “Disruption,” Samara Joy and Christian McBride perform at Central Park, Jacob Elordi’s stars in Ridley Scott’s latest movie, and more. (www.newyorker.com)
There’s No Place Like Group Chats - My old friends and I have ended up scattered across different states, in different time zones, but we’ve made our own neighborhood inside the black and blue bubbles of our phones. (www.newyorker.com)
In “Adults,” Gen Z Gets the Hangout Sitcom It Deserves - The FX series, which is returning for a second season, won’t restore the genre to its normcore roots—but, happily, it has no interest in doing so. (www.newyorker.com)
Google Chrome’s Latest Updates - We understand that downloading and re-starting your browser disrupts your workflow, but you weren’t working anyway. (www.newyorker.com)
The Great Floating Homes of Los Angeles - In the city’s burnt neighborhoods, rebuilding is brutally expensive. Now residents have turned to a lost art: moving entire houses to their vacant lots. (www.newyorker.com)
What If Canada Joined the E.U.? - The Trump Administration’s trade war with Canada has pushed a fringe idea into mainstream conversation, on both sides of the Atlantic. (www.newyorker.com)
What is Gen Z Afraid Of? - With “It Ends,” Alex Ullom takes his place in a cohort of young horror directors who are translating the anxieties of their generation to the big screen—and upending the film landscape while they’re at it. (www.newyorker.com)
Can We Learn Anything from the Lindsay Clancy Trial? - Both sides agree that Clancy killed her children. But neither can offer a satisfactory explanation for why—and that vacuum has fuelled sympathy, vilification, and conspiracy theories. (www.newyorker.com)
Dolly Parton, Honky-Tonk Angel - Dolly Parton belonged to a beloved category: the outlaw Christian, who loved Jesus and refused to hate anyone else. (www.newyorker.com)
Mark Wunderlich Reads Spencer Reece - The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “My Great-Grandmother''s bible,” by Spencer Reece, and his own poem “The Bats.” (www.newyorker.com)