What we are reading May 28, 2024
This week, there is more news about artificial intelligence and the increasing popularity of women's sports. I also look at the traditions of the Memorial day weekend.
Inside India’s secret campaign to threaten and harass Americans
Narendra Modi’s government is trying to silence US critics of its authoritarian turn — and it’s succeeding.
Zack Beauchamp
Memorial Day 2024: Facts, Meaning & Traditions | HISTORY
Originally known as Decoration Day, Memorial Day started in the years following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971 to honor those who served and died in wars.
Amanda Onion
Morgan Spurlock, ‘Super Size Me’ Director, Dies at 53
Morgan Spurlock, a documentary filmmaker whose McDonald’s takedown “Super Size Me” captured the zeitgeist and an Oscar nomination, has died of cancer.
Addie Morfoot
Why it would be great if more people laugh from this nerdy meme
It took me about a minute and a half, but I got it, and it led to a very interesting feeling of finding gold where I was only looking for…
Oliver López Corona
The Most Disrespected Document in Higher Education
The college syllabus is dead.
Ian Bogost
I Hate Summer—and You Should Too
From wildfires to skin damage to increased war, summer is a parade of horribles.
Recall is Microsoft’s key to unlocking the future of PCs
Would you like a timeline of everything you do on your PC?
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The WNBA’s meteoric rise in popularity, in one chart
The WNBA is booming. It’s part of a larger trend in women’s sports.
Li Zhou
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