What’s the argument here that you should stop ordering those menu hacks you’ve seen on TikTok? washingtonpost.com/technology/202… #ch1 #ch4 #food #socialmedia

An argument that the “junkification” of Amazon is actually part of the company’s master plan nymag.com/intelligencer/… #ch1 #ch3 #ch7 #business #ecommerce

A good one for classroom analysis & discussion: what arguments do these teens make about phones and phone usage? And in what sense are they experts or authorities about those things, especially compared to their parents? washingtonpost.com/parenting/2023… #ch1 #ch4 #app3 #teens #tech

Claim: romantic love is literally an addiction discovermagazine.com/mind/in-the-br… #ch1 #ch2 #ch3 #ch4 #love #neuroscience

Some arguments about the Chinese shopping app Temu washingtonpost.com/technology/202… #ch1 #ch3 #ecommerce #tech #china

What point is Brian Cox making here? How does his argument work? x.com/ProfBrianCox/s… #ch6 #reductio #aliens

Some reasons that it makes sense for artists to perform in the Super Bowl halftime show for free axios.com/2023/02/17/rih… #ch1 #ch2 #ch5 #sports #music #marketing

A bunch of arguments about the value (or lack thereof) of homework vox.com/the-highlight/… #ch1 #ch2 #ch4 #ch5 #education

Some arguments about the “battle against the gangs” in El Salvador washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/… #ch1 #ch5 #ch10 #app3 #crime #humanrights #prison

Lots of arguments about a recent political punching bag: corporate stock buybacks theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/… #ch2 #ch5 #ch6 #economy #business #politics #stocks

Some arguments about whether it is unpatriotic for American students to refuse to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at school nytimes.com/2023/03/16/opi… #ch1 #ch2 #ch10 #politics #freespeech #patriotism

What argument does the mayor of NYC give in this article for deploying semi-autonomous robots for police work? arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/0… #ch1 #app1 #LawEnforcement

A fascinating argument by example about the reliability of AI chatbot-driven search results washingtonpost.com/technology/202… #ch2 #ch4 #AI #tech

Some arguments against giving and asking for wedding gifts slate.com/human-interest… #ch1 #app3 #marriage #traditions #weddings

An argument about copyright and AI-generated content washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/… #ch1 #ch2 #ch3 #legalreasoning #AI

Some arguments about whether it’s better to marry for love or money forbes.com/sites/traversm… #ch1 #ch4 #ch5 #relationships #psychology

An argument that college-educated workers are leaving the most expensive metropolitan areas in the US nytimes.com/interactive/20… #ch2 #cities #demographics

Some arguments about whether time travel is possible scientificamerican.com/podcast/episod… #ch1 #app1 #app3 #physics #timetravel #audio

A set of reasons for and against changing one’s name when getting married. Could be a good start-of-course classroom activity to analyze and reconstruct the arguments here buzzfeed.com/alexalisitza/w… #ch1 #marriage #relationships

Claim: Taylor Swift concerts carry a curse for local NBA teams in the playoffs washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/06… #ch2 #ch5 #app1 #music #sports