Weekly Reading (4/26/24)

A note - you'll start seeing "gift link" in some places, which means it's a link you should be able to access even if you don't have a subscription to the publication..

This may be a bit hard to read, but it's really important: The Rape Denialists: Why has it proved so hard for so many on the left to acknowledge what happened on October 7? (The Atlantic - gift link)

Miscalculation Led to Escalation in Clash Between Israel and Iran (NYT - gift link)

As Florida restricts treatment for trans adults, one clinic presses on (WaPo - gift link)

‘The machine did it coldly’: Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas targets (The Guardian)

Trump has set up a perfect avenue for potential corruption (Vox)

On the Problem of Rooting for the Women to Fix This (Slate)

Report: TikTok’s efforts to silo US data are ‘largely cosmetic’ (The Verge)

A unionized Volkswagen plant in Tennessee could mean big things for workers nationwide (Vox)

Prominent MLB team physician sounds alarm on pitching injuries (The Athletic)

A teacher promised his 1978 class an eclipse party. He just hosted it. (WaPo - gift link)

This is very sad because I, um, do: MLB Doesn’t Have Much Appetite for Innings Eaters Anymore (The Ringer)

How Jewish Soldiers Celebrated Passover in the Midst of the Civil War (Smithsonian)

Weekly Reading (4/19/24)

If you only read one of my links this week, please make it this one: The Antisemitism Post (tm) (Life Is a Sacred Text)

Related: The Jews Aren’t Taking Away TikTok (The Atlantic)

Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S. (WaPo)

This is bad! The Supreme Court effectively abolishes the right to mass protest in three US states (Vox)

The Giant Threat Lurking Behind Florida’s November Abortion Vote (Slate)

This is what you're falling for when you talk about voting third party/independent: Trump Allies Have a Plan to Hurt Biden’s Chances: Elevate Outsider Candidates (NYT)

With AI, anyone can be a victim of nonconsensual porn. Can laws keep up? (The 19th*)

!!! Legendary Yankees radio voice John Sterling retires: 'I leave very, very happy' (MLB)

We must find a new way to fund investigative sports reporting (CJR)

As MLB’s uniform issues persist, Nike searches for solutions to sweat stains and mismatched greys (The Athletic)

Pompeii: Breathtaking new paintings found at ancient city (BBC)

In Praise of Reading Le Carré’s Entire Oeuvre In Order (CrimeReads)

Conductors Had One Job. Now They Have Three or Four (The New Yorker)

Weekly Reading (4/12/24)

Inside the ruins of Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital (WaPo)

This story is wild: Top Israeli spy chief exposes his true identity in online security lapse (The Guardian)

Arizona upholds an 1864 ban on abortion — making it illegal in the state (The 19th)

‘Catastrophic,’ ‘a shock’: Arizona’s abortion ruling threatens to upend 2024 races (WaPo)

I Spent a Weird, Unsettling Night With RFK Jr.’s Die-Hard Supporters (TNR)

U.K. Lawmaker Admits Giving Out Colleagues’ Numbers in ‘Honey Trap’ Scandal (NYT)

Good news: Democracy won in Senegal. Here’s why it matters. (Vox)

Pitchers are buckling and breaking across baseball. What is to blame? (WaPo)

Oakland Ballers sign Kelsie Whitmore, who would be first woman to play in Pioneer League (The Athletic)

How Soccer Learned to Embrace Ramadan: From Faked Injuries to Bespoke Diets (NYT)

Bound for Sacramento, Will the A’s Find an Appropriate Ballpark There? (FanGraphs)

Taking the Long Count (Baseball Prospectus)

Weekly Reading (4/5/24)

Biden’s Increasingly Contradictory Israel Policy (New Yorker)

This isn't the first time the U.S. and Israel have disagreed over Gaza (NPR)

Ugandan Court Upholds Draconian Anti-Gay Law (NYT)

The astonishing radicalism of Florida’s new ban on abortion (Vox)

How the imagery of White women victims is being used to stoke anti-immigrant fear (The 19th*)

But this is great! US immigration adds third gender option to paperwork (LGBTQ Nation)

The Church of Trump: How He’s Infusing Christianity Into His Movement (NYT)

New Hampshire towns are lagging on providing accessible voting machines. This bill could help. (NH Bulletin)

Mosques in NYC struggle to house and feed an influx of Muslim migrants this Ramadan (PBS)

Patrick Bailey Is a Unicorn Pitch Framer (FanGraphs)

Stone age wall found at bottom of Baltic Sea ‘may be Europe’s oldest megastructure’ (The Guardian)

The Gig Pitcher (Baseball Prospectus)