The Atlantic Magazine – November 2024 Preview

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The Atlantic Magazine – October 9, 2024: The latest issue features Tom Nichols on How Donald Trump Is the Tyrant George Washington Feared

The Moment of Truth

The reelection of Donald Trump would mark the end of George Washington’s vision for the presidency—and the United States.By Tom Nichols

The Trump Believability Gap

Voters detest the things that Trump wants to do. But they just don’t believe he’ll follow through.By David A. Graham

Why Politicians Lie

And how to get them to stopBy Bill Adair

Israel and Hamas Are Kidding Themselves

Research Preview: Nature Magazine – Oct. 10, 2024

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Nature Magazine – October 9, 2024: The latest issue features ‘Cold Comfort’ – Permafrost helps protect rivers from errosian and migration..

Hundreds of methane super-sources pinpointed in satellite data

Algorithm homes in on wetlands and industrial sites linked to high emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas.

Baby sea turtles ‘swim’ up from buried nests to the open air

Turtle hatchlings, which can begin life up to a metre deep in sand, point their heads towards the surface and make their way out onto the beach.

How a potent immune therapy loses its punch against a blood cancer

Therapeutic T cells used to treat acute myeloid leukaemia secrete proteins that impair the cells’ own ability to attack cancer.

A ‘Swiss army knife’ microscope that doesn’t break the bank

The parts of a 3D-printed device can be changed out, allowing for versatility as well as ultrahigh resolution.

Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – Oct. 11, 2024

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Times Literary Supplement (October 9, 2024): The latest issue features ‘This English House’ – W.H. Auden’s changing view of home by Seamus Perry…

News: Political Effects Of Hurricane Milton On 2024 Election, ASEAN Summit

Monocle Radio Podcast (October 9, 2024): We discuss the politicising of disaster response and how devastating back-to-back hurricanes could affect voting in the US election. Plus: what can the ASEAN Summit accomplish?

And: a special interview with the former foreign secretary of India, ambassador Shyam Saran, on increasing cybersecurity threats and the need for global cooperation.

The New York Times — Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024

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Trump and Republicans Bet Big on Anti-Trans Ads Across the Country

Republicans have spent tens of millions of dollars on the ads, part of an attempt to help them win over suburban female voters.

Poll Finds Harris Rising as She Challenges Trump on Change

A national Times/Siena poll found Kamala Harris with a slim lead over Donald J. Trump. Voters were more likely to see her, not Mr. Trump, as a break from the status quo.

Washington Worries the Israelis Will Bomb Iran’s Nuclear Sites. But Can They?

For 22 years, Israeli forces have planned for this moment. But it seems unlikely that they will strike Iran’s nuclear facilities in the next round of retaliation, or that they would be successful without American help.

A U.N. Official’s Payments: Zero Interest Loans, a Mercedes and a Tennis Sponsorship

The official secretly took $3 million in gifts from a businessman to whom he steered the organization’s funds, a court ruled. The U.N. got a song about the ocean.