The Far Right Rises In Germany & Americans vs. Data Centers

“Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

• Social Media in China Is Getting Really Dark (NYT, $)

• Tech explores Argentina's Patagonia for mega data centers (Reuters)

• Hijacking pirates exploit regional chaos to return to seas off Somalia (Guardian)

• Canada’s retaliatory US tariffs set to take effect as trade dispute grows (Guardian)

• 25 years after 9/11, the US still doesn't know 'why they hate us' (Responsible Statecraft)

• UK government expected to announce restrictions on trade with West Bank settlements (BBC)

• Germany's AfD won a state election in a landslide, sounding an alarm for centrist politics (CBS)

• Avoiding the Next Famine (Foreign Affairs)

• Data centers are bringing Americans together (Vox)

• Three Ways the 2026 Midterms Could Reshape Washington (NYMag)

• US universities get millions to do military research for Israel (Responsible Statecraft)

• 'Her body temperature was 106': How heat is killing Americans in their homes (NPR)

• The poorest in the U.S. can’t find housing even as low-income units sit empty (NBC)

• Federal investigators probe Amazon cargo jet's fiery runway crash that killed 5 in Miami (AP)

• How to future-proof your wrists (BBC)

• DIY plug-in solar gains momentum in the US (Verge)

• The ‘Switzerland’ of AI: Saudi Arabia’s big AI bet (Semafor)

• Why you should try living without free will for two weeks (Psyche)

• This Tiny E-Reader Is the Single Best Piece of Technology in Years (Atlantic, $)

• Genetically modified pig kidney keeps man alive for record nine months (Guardian)

• Alzheimer’s treatment is advancing rapidly — and there’s one thing all of us can do to help (Vox) 

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