Daniel Swift was the consummate Navy SEAL. Then in 2018, his life suddenly collapsed, and he disappeared. Few knew where he’d gone—until he surfaced in Ukraine last spring, helping beat back the Russian assault on Kyiv. This is his story: wsj.com/articles/navy-…

You know traffic in Jakarta so bad when a motorcyclist is reading an actual book. Great video by Wisnu Prasetyo in Jakarta and Fadza Ishak in KL about traffic in the two cities youtube.com/watch?v=UMP3wK…

China, birthplace of COVID, lays tracks for a new global health crisis reuters.com/investigates/s…

CNA Explains: China’s soft panda power in a time of hardening geopolitical tensions cna.asia/3oHZz2C

"The statistics paint a picture of a society that is reluctant to invest in an uncertain future—one where many Chinese appear to be protesting with their wallets, wombs, and feet," Michael Schuman writes: theatlantic.com/international/…

I don’t think anyone has done it before - I tried my best to break down the entire AHTC case simply for readers. I was thrown in the deep end to cover this when I first started covering court for CNA in 2018.

Long month for the men in white. channelnewsasia.com/commentary/pap…

We in the educated class are always publicly speaking out for the marginalized, but somehow we always end up building systems that serve ourselves. nytimes.com/2023/08/02/opi…

“Anyone governing in the name of data is still making judgments.” Thoughtful and crisply written essay on how invoking science to justify what are (and should be) political decisions undermines both science and the polity. .Harper's Magazine .Jason Blakely harpers.org/archive/2023/0…

1. Were the Mayans right? From the charts 2012 was a clear cultural "tipping point' year, with teenagers being the most sensitive to it. For example, Reading and Math scores peaked in 2012 and have been declining ever since.

The reporting on Elon Musk I've been working on for @newyorker over the past year: newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

Get your tissues ready. Dave Wedge bostonmagazine.com/news/2023/08/1…

The world is in the grips of a hidden epidemic. More than 90% of young people in some Asian countries are myopic, with millions at risk of blindness, and levels rising in the West. But in Taiwan, a doctor has uncovered a surprisingly simple solution wired.com/story/taiwan-e…

Are human beings just brains and meat? Or is there something else that makes life worth living, something that can't be measured by an algorithm monitoring the levels of oxygen in your spleen? time.com/6315607/bryan-…

Worth a read for the YouGov poll results alone, this piece calls attention to an issue widely reported globally - but not so much as it should, in this part of the world. Kudos to Ang Hwee Min for the legwork. channelnewsasia.com/singapore/men-…

.Harris Zainul with the strongest quote in this weekend’s long read on Israel-Hamas mis/disinfo. The platforms - including this one - have far too much power

Grim must-read

Jennifer Gonnerman .@StephenWitt reports on Nvidia, the chip-maker behind the A.I. revolution, and spends time with the company’s leader, Jensen Huang, whose plans for the future are even more ambitious. nyer.cm/Trb6HO2

Journalism is important because reality is important, and reality is something that many generals and politicians have a complicated relationship with. The powerful do not willingly embarrass themselves, so the press must do it for them.nationalreview.com/magazine/2024/…

Tks to CNA & justin for talking abt the latest AI-enhanced disinfo campaign affecting 🇸🇬. Bahagia bercakap dgn CNA tentang gelombang disinformasi baru yg menjejaskan🇸🇬. Kali ini menampilkan AI. 很高興與CNA討論新一輪搏擊🇸🇬的AI假訊息。 channelnewsasia.com/singapore/lawr…