New voters in battleground states are facing increased hosility when they try to register to vote—and governments are placing new restrictions (and fines) on people trying to register voters. axios.com/2024/05/02/har…

Say you got 7 hours of sleep last night.
Pretty good, huh?
Pretty bad, compared to most Americans.
washingtonpost.com/wellness/inter…

It's also an artful effort by Remnick to keep it above the fray.

Love the kicker on this Max Tani story on possible David Remick successors at the The New Yorker (Hint: it involves choosing talking-dog cartoons.) semafor.com/article/04/28/…

Didn't see this coming: The Oversight Board, which reviews Meta's policies and recommends action, is readying for layoffs. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

“If I were in charge, for the moment I would forbid the selling of raw milk,” said Thijs Kuiken. trib.al/cpzawJR

Thank you to the The New Yorker for honoring Faith Ringgold & Sonny Rollins with this cover. RIP Faith Ringgold.
#SonnyRollinsBridge

TIL where fast fashion goes to die (the world's largest fog desert). nationalgeographic.com/environment/ar…? National Geographic

Via AP: Since 2000, 141 Mexican journalists and other media workers have been slain, at least 61 of them in apparent retaliation for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists says. All but a handful of the killings and abductions remain unsolved.

It’s a war.

Hello Buffalo, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee!
If a single cargo ship can carry enough goods to replace nearly 3,000 semi-trucks, wouldn't a Great Lakes shipping boom sharply cut America's emissions?
nationalgeographic.com/environment/ar… National Geographic

“What are you doing? … I am a professor.”

They celebrated love.
The may or may not have had manual typewriters.
Meet the OG Tortured Poets Department.
nationalgeographic.com/history/articl… National Geographic

Did you expect Margaret Sullivan — who often had to showcase The New York Times shortcomings as a public editor there — to NOT tell it like it is on student protests now that she is working at Columbia University? margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/some-thought…

More deep reporting here by Helen Branswell 🇨🇦
Massive amounts of H5N1 vaccine would be needed if there’s a bird flu pandemic. Can we make enough? statnews.com/2024/04/24/h5n… via STAT

The authorities are offering a reward of up to $20,000 in exchange for information that can help them find the person who they believe fatally shot a juvenile dolphin at a beach in Louisiana. nytimes.com/2024/04/24/us/…

When the saber-toothed animal doesn't really look like a cat, guess what? It's a salmon. nationalgeographic.com/animals/articl… National Geographic thanks, Claire Helen Cameron