On Margaret Wise Brown’s birthday, revisit Anna Holmes on the author’s avant garde picture books, including “Goodnight Moon,” which delighted, surprised, and sometimes disturbed. nyer.cm/J3JfMAW

“Israeli public opinion is hardly a monolith,” David Remnick writes. The Hebrew-language newspaper Haaretz remains persistently left wing in a country that has moved decidedly to the right. nyer.cm/mCwUbMN

The act of prediction has always been central to our survival; we spend so much time speculating about what will happen next, Kathryn Schulz writes. As the philosopher Daniel Dennett once put it, we are built to be “anticipation machines.” nyer.cm/tjqTtRu

In a new interview, the poet Diane Seuss talks to Hanif Abdurraqib about writing her most recent collection, “Modern Poetry,” and reckoning with what poetry can do. Read here: nyer.cm/KWSMasK

A new short film explores the various meanings of the f-word: how it can express pain or triumph, indicate sex or threat, or be sprinkled into otherwise vanilla sentences for simple emphasis. Watch here. nyer.cm/mMfwT3P

At the Minneapolis Central Library, as long as they follow the rules, patrons can stay all day, every day. The city’s ambitious experiment is changing the way librarians work with their homeless patrons and challenging how we share public space. nyer.cm/Cddb96p

We may be months away from the greatest crisis the liberal state has known since the Civil War. How come it’s so hard to say what we’re defending? nyer.cm/fJibsgW

.Isaac Chotiner speaks with a longtime Democratic Party strategist about Joe Biden’s reëlection optimism—and whether it is concerning that the White House is not more concerned. nyer.cm/WpiWSQw

Benjamen Walker’s new nine-episode podcast about the Cold War, called “Not All Propaganda Is Art,” reveals the dark, sometimes comic ironies of trying to control the world through culture. nyer.cm/GsBtB2r

New Interview: I talked to the Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg about why he thinks Biden isn’t currently losing to Trump, whether he and the White House are too optimistic about the state of the campaign, and why he doesn’t like poll averages. newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/i…

When the waters around Nova Scotia became the most productive lobster breeding grounds on Earth, tensions between inshore fishermen and Indigenous fishermen turned violent. Abe Streep reports on how the Mi’kmaq are fighting to defend their fishing rights. nyer.cm/1sVEjpc

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Ellie Black. #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/J4a6oPm

In today’s Mini Crossword: Miss Piggy’s nickname for her on-again, off-again beau (six letters). nyer.cm/O1P9CqO

From The New Yorker Humor, the piranha plants in Super Mario, Chia Pets, and other house plant inspiration. nyer.cm/oYKOgFJ

As the Department of Justice calls for the breakup of Live Nation Entertainment, the entity that owns Ticketmaster, revisit John Seabrook’s look at the dysfunctional business of live music, from 2009. nyer.cm/WkYnVlt

At the Genesee County Jail, which has replaced in-person visits with video calls, dozens of incarcerated people compete for a limited number of kiosks, on which they hope to see their children’s faces. nyer.cm/iwB3sfc

Our culture has long grappled with what it means to enter middle age. On this episode of Critics at Large, Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz examine depictions of that tipping point—and of the crises that often come with it. nyer.cm/Wa33RJW

When a pro-Palestine encampment went up in Harvard Yard last month near freshman dorms, the dean of students said it was disrupting studies. But freshmen pointed to a different source of disturbance: a rodent infestation. nyer.cm/ZbrPyjT