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| On the evening of Saturday, June 21, when the United States followed Israeli attacks against Iran’s nuclear capabilities and military leadership, striking three key nuclear sites—at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan—virtually right away, you could see the event starting to refract very differently across American media. The Washington Post led their site with the headline, “U.S. warplanes strike nuclear sites in Iran.” At The New York Times, it was, “U.S. Enters War With Iran.” The Atlantic, “American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran.” Now, with a cease-fire holding after 12 days of heavy conflict, it’s hard to say any of them are false—but the contrasts in the narrative framing are striking. Our thought for the week: When something happens, and we have to turn to reporting to begin to understand it, let’s look for specificity, doubt storylines, and ask good questions. Stay quick out there.
—John Jamesen Gould |
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| The Signal—your loyal guide to a changing world. … The member’s despatch—your weekly briefing on global events, new books, new music, and more. … This week: |
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| DEVELOPMENTS |
| Israel-Iran—the aftermath. Can artificial intelligence train on copyrighted material? & Democracy and censorship in Germany.
+ NATO invests in itself. The White House vs. U.S. democracy programs. Deadly protests in Bolivia. China, sun, and wind. & Killer-whale technology. |
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| CONNECTIONS |
| Why didn’t China or Russia help Iran? |
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| FEATURES |
| Why are China and Russia dominating nuclear energy? Ashley Finan on its emerging role in shaping global power.
+ Why are millions more Americans turning to talk therapy—and sticking with it? Carlos Blanco on the decline of a stigma, a shift in health coverage, and the individualization of treatment. |
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| BOOKS |
| From Martin Reeves and Bob Goodson, on why Liking things is so addictive; David L. Shrier, on whether virtual worlds are transforming people’s lives; & Georgios Varouxakis, on “the West.” |
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| MUSIC |
| From Four Tet, Mary Halvorson, & Amon Tobin.
+ What’s a pandeiro? |
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| WEATHER REPORT |
| 37.8815° N, 75.4374° W … |
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| MUSIC |
| ‘Dear June’ |
| A native of Rio de Janeiro, Amon Tobin now lives in Montreal, after living, well, literally all around the world. His father is Irish, and at the age of two, he and his family moved to Morocco, the Netherlands, London, Portugal, and Madeira. As a teenager, he then settled in the United Kingdom—where, in Brighton, he started composing his own takes on downtempo, breakbeat, and trip-hop styles of music. It’s all given him an extremely eclectic set of influences. Still, against it, you can hear the lope of samba drums—particularly the pandeiro—ticking behind it on this track.
What’s a pandeiro? |
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