A list of good reads
- News Minute offers a deep dive into the alleged war on drugs in Manipur.
- Know anything about “older sister energy”? Let Bustle introduce you to the trendiest persona on social media.
- Mother Jones offers an eye-opening reported piece on how predators are using dating apps—which take no responsibility for what happens to survivors.
- Washington Post (splainer gift link) has a fun read on the largest search ever for the mythical Loch Ness monster.
- Shoaib Daniyal in Scroll traces the rise of hate in Indian news channels—arguing that hate trickles down from the top.
- Two good reads in The Atlantic: Anne Applebaum on the significance of the seeming assassination of Yevgeny Prigozhin; and David Brooks on looking for meaning and new beginnings in one’s 50s and 60s.
- Bloomberg Businessweek has a disturbing report on how AI could fuel the next level of scams—by using deepfake videos of your boss?
- Dhruv Khullar in New Yorker provides a visceral description of what happens when the human body encounters a deadly heat wave.
- We really enjoyed our subscriber Anita Rao Kashi’s feature on the viral reading club in Cubbon Park in South China Morning Post.
