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Lessons from Auckland, Houston, and Japan on how to make housing more affordable by tearing down barriers to building new supply.
Human Progress | Jeremy Horpedahl
On the history of gas station signs, America's most direct price signal to consumers.
The Atlantic | Ian Bogost
How protectionism for American automakers and other policies crushed the market for entry-level cars, and a proposal for allowing affordable Chinese models into the American market.
The New York Times | Clifford Winston
But will those cars come with a built-in toilet seat under the seat? Probably not.
BBC | Osmond Chia
And a writer from LA visits Paris and comes home envious of the city's self-cleaning public toilets.
Torched | Alissa Walker
The Artemis II mission is "a living, breathing glimpse of how the whole world could be if we commit ourselves to it. Pilot Victor Glover became the first person of colour to go to the moon, engineer Christina Koch the first woman, and Hansen the first non-American, cheered on from the ground by technical teams that included a more representative swathe of humanity than ever before."
Liberal Currents | Katherine Alejandra Cross
Insiders say the New York arena has become a grim biometric panopticon, perhaps a preview of what's coming to other venues.
Wired | Noah Shachtman and Robert Silverman
AI tools are rapidly lowering barriers to coding—as well as making it easier than ever for bad actors to find exploitable vulnerabilities.
The New York Times | Raffi Krikorian
A pro-nuclear environmentalist concludes that progress in renewable energy is making the case for nuclear energy obsolete.
Irish Examiner | John Gibbons
A day with the Guerreros Buscadores, the “Searching Warriors," volunteers doing the perilous work of searching for missing bodies in parts of Mexico torn by cartel violence.
Associated Press | Eduardo Verdugo and María Verza
Perspective from Taiwan, long under threat of invasion from China, following Russia's war against Ukraine and policy uncertainty from America under Trump.
The Dial | Michelle Kuo
An originalist case for challenging the constitutionality of the military draft and overturning existing precedent.
Slate | Steve Kennedy
On the potentially high stakes for federal power of a case striking down a ban on home distilling, which may be headed to the Supreme Court.
Vox | Ian Milhiser
An owner of a bookshop in England explores the persistence of hardback books despite consumer preference for paperbacks.
My Bookshop Backstory | Tom Rowley
Warming winters and creeping costs are making it harder to get into mushing. A new race aims to make the sport more approachable.
The Walrus | Trina Moyles
With a World Cup spanning Canada to Mexico, ensuring every pitch has the perfect grass is a major undertaking.
The Globe and Mail | Andrea Woo
A look back at Boston's "Great Molasses Flood" of 1919.
Tasting Table | Matthew Spina
In Portland coverage, three suggestions for local deregulation.
Mortlandia | Brendan Mortimer
Finally, in seabird news... where to enjoy seabird tourism should you find yourself in Scotland.
The Times | Keith Broomfield
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