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The New York Times — Sunday, October 20, 2024

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Trump Thinks the Border Got Him Elected in 2016. He’s Convinced It Will Do So Again.

Voters rank the economy and high cost of living as their top issue. Donald J. Trump believes immigration “beats out the economy,” and he’s made it his closing message.

Inside the Secretive $700 Million Ad-Testing Factory for Kamala Harris

Future Forward has ascended to the top of the Democratic political universe, but it has also drawn suspicion and second-guessing.

The Powerful Companies Driving Local Drugstores Out of Business

The biggest pharmacy benefit managers are profiting by systematically underpaying independent drugstores, creating “pharmacy deserts” across the country.

Sinwar’s Final Moments: On the Run, Hurt, Alone, but Still Defiant

Israeli forces had been steadily closing in on Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader, for weeks before he was cornered and killed in a ruined house in the Gaza Strip.

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Arts & Culture: The New Criterion -November 2024

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The New Criterion – The November 2024 issue features…

The profundity of evil by Douglas Murray

Emily Dickinson at the post office by William Logan

Pevsner revised by Simon Heffer

“The Power Broker” in perspective by Myron Magnet

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The New York Times — Saturday, October 19, 2024

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Sinwar’s Death Was a Victory for Israel. But Can the U.S. Persuade It to ‘Take the Win’?

Assassinating Yahya Sinwar was Israel’s Osama bin Laden moment. But getting a cease-fire deal done in the last three months of the Biden presidency is a much bigger reach.

Sinwar’s Death Could Shake but Not Topple Hamas, Experts Say

Analysts call the killing of several Hamas leaders, including Yahya Sinwar, a deep blow to the Palestinian militant group, but expect it to keep fighting.

Microsoft and OpenAI’s Close Partnership Shows Signs of Fraying

The “best bromance in tech” has had a reality check as OpenAI has tried to change its deal with Microsoft and the software maker has tried to hedge its bet on the start-up.

Groups That Run N.Y.C. Shelters Are Riddled With Problems, Report Finds

An extensive review by New York City’s Department of Investigation identified hundreds of issues, including financial mismanagement, nepotism and conflicts of interest.

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The New York Times — Friday, October 18, 2024

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Surprise Battlefield Encounter Led to Hamas Leader’s Death

Although Yahya Sinwar was a major target of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, the soldiers who killed the militant chief had not expected to run across him, Israeli officials said.

Sinwar Is Dead. Will the Fighting Stop?

The killing of Hamas’s leader may allow Israel to claim victory and agree to a cease-fire, and new Hamas leadership could be more open to compromise. But neither side is likely to immediately change course.

Yahya Sinwar, Leader of Hamas, Is Dead

Mr. Sinwar climbed the ranks of the Palestinian militant group to plot the deadliest attack on Israel in its history.

New York Liberty Fans Get Creative With Jerseys, Art and Cross Stitches

As their favorite team in the W.N.B.A. experiences a surge in popularity, fans are expressing their love creatively.

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The Economist Magazine – October 19, 2024 Preview

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The Economist Magazine (October 17, 2024): The latest issue features ‘The Envy of the World’ – America’s Economy Special Report..

The envy of the world

The budget: how bad will it be? Rachel Reeves looks set to please no one for little return
Inside Iran’s sanctions-busting An investigation by The Economist uncovers a multi-billion-dollar, America-defying network
Russia’s spies go feral Vladimir Putin’s “everything, everywhere, all at once” strategy of assassination, arson, sabotage and hacking against the West
Starship and the economics of space The rockets are nifty, but it is satellites that make SpaceX valuable

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Research Preview: Nature Magazine-October 17, 2024

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‘Nature Magazine – October 17, 2024: The latest issue features ‘Rock Family Tree’ – The ancestry and origin of the most common meteorites..

Kids in the classroom flow like water vapour

Young children in the playground behave like molecules in a gas, but kids undergo a phase change in a more structured setting.

Evidence of dead people posed on dead horses found in ancient tomb

A royal burial site linked to the fearsome Scythian equestrian culture contains evidence of ‘spectral riders’ described in Classical account.

Sewage lurks in coastal waters — often unnoticed by widely used test

Global survey finds human faecal contamination in at least one sample from all 18 cities tested.

Two comb jellies fuse their bodies and then act as one

The easy synchronization suggests that an individual jelly does not distinguish its tissue

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The New York Times — Thursday, October 17, 2024

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With Trump Facing Threats, Security and Politics Intersect as Never Before

After two assassination attempts and amid threats from Iran, Donald Trump relies for his safety on the same agencies that he has long assailed as part of a hostile deep state.

Trump Escalates Threats to Political Opponents He Deems the ‘Enemy’

Never before has a presidential nominee openly suggested turning the military on Americans simply because they oppose his candidacy. With voting underway, Donald Trump has turned to dark vows of retribution.

Where a Million Desperate People Are Finding Shelter in Lebanon

Schools, clubs and parks have become places of refuge as the displaced seek safety amid Israeli bombings.

Can Remote Workers Reverse Brain Drain?

Researchers found that when remote workers were paid to move to Tulsa, Okla., everyone came out ahead.

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London Review Of Books – October 24, 2024 Preview

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London Review of Books (LRB) – October 16 , 2024: The latest issue features Bee Wilson – Bad Samaritan; Sheila Fitzpatrick – Learning to Love the Dissidents and Adam Shatz – Israel’s Forever War…

To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement by Benjamin Nathans

By Michael Wood

At the Movies: ‘Megalopolis’

Believe Nothing until It Is Officially Denied: Claud Cockburn and the Invention of Guerrilla Journalism by Patrick Cockburn

After Nasrallah

Short Cuts: Reading J.D. Vance

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Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – Oct. 18, 2024

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Times Literary Supplement (October 16, 2024): The latest issue features ‘A world away from K-pop -The Nobel laureate Han Kang, Sylvia Plath’s final say; Alan Hollinghurst gets Brexit done; The dictotor’s treadmill; Keeping the Warburg weird…

This week’s @TheTLS, featuring @gracewuertz on Han Kang; @Plathbiography on Sylvia Plath’s Collected Prose; @katiestallard on autocrats; @BoydTonkin on the Warburg; @ambermb on the new ‘Godot’; Claire Lowdon on Alan Hollinghurst; @ReeceShearsmith on Robert Aickman – and much more pic.twitter.com/GYYJuCmg4h
— George Berridge (@George_Berridge) October 16, 2024

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The New York Times — Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024

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U.S. Warns Israel of Military Aid Cut if Gazans Don’t Get More Supplies

The demand from Israel’s closest ally came amid reports that the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip has grown still worse in recent weeks.

Lebanon’s Hospitals Buckle Amid Israel’s Offensive Against Hezbollah

The United Nations says “the targeting of health and relief operations is broadening” in Lebanon. Hospitals say they have been forced to close or are struggling to operate.