What we are reading June 6, 2024
It is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, and our thoughts turn to war and peace. Here is a sample of what we are reading.
Live updates: Europe marks the 80th anniversary of D-day with veterans gathering at Normandy
WWII veterans from the U.S., Britain and Canada join 25 heads of state and many others on the beaches of Normandy today to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
SYLVIA HUIThe slaughter in Rafah and Israel’s moral nadir
Israel is massacring Palestinians — and undermining its own security in the process.
Zack Beauchamp
Soldiers in Ukraine say US-supplied tanks have made them targets for Russian strikes | CNN
The Ukrainian request for complex and heavy Abrams tanks sparked significant debate in early 2023.
Nick Paton Walsh, Mick Krever, Kosta Gak, Brice Laine
Why the State Department’s intelligence agency may be the best in DC
INR is “almost always right.” How come nobody has heard of it?
Dylan Matthews
Buried Fortune of Old Copper Wire Is Worth Billions to Telcos
As they upgrade to fiber-optic cable, telecommunications companies could recover as much as 800,000 metric tons of copper over the next decade.
Sheryl Tian Tong Lee
The felon frontrunner: How Trump warped our politics
This is the moment Trump’s critics have been dreaming of for years. But something isn’t right here.
Andrew Prokop
Substack rival Ghost confirms it will join the fediverse in 2024 | TechCrunch
Ghost, an open source rival to Substack’s newsletter platform, has confirmed it will this year officially join the fediverse -- or the open social network
Sarah Perez
‘She Is the Icon of All That Is Joyful in the World’
A little green puppet from an old children’s TV show is healing hearts for a new generation of viewers.
J. Clara Chan
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