A list of good reads
- Scroll profiles RG Singh and his crusade to preserve Mysore paintings at the Ramsingh Museum.
- Axios explains why “one-size-fits-all” treatments for complex conditions like depression or bipolar disorder are not working.
- New York Times (splainer gift link) reports on how tech companies sidestepped the law to access digital data needed to train their machines.
- Speaking of AI, Washington Post (splainer gift link) looks at the rising threat of deepfakes and the tools being developed to tackle them. An excellent related read: Our latest edition of ‘24 Questions looks at the problem of deepfakes in the Lok Sabha elections.
- Also in Washington Post: Herb Scribner writes on the new animated series ‘X-Men 97’—a thrilling homage to fans of the iconic Marvel superheroes.
- Anandi Mishra in Psyche lays out the idea that our identity is directly connected to the spaces we call home.
- Elizabeth Bernstein in Wall Street Journal (splainer gift link) argues that modern relationships can benefit from ‘friendship snacks’—bite-size communications that nurture an emotional connection.
- The Atlantic (splainer gift link) offers a fascinating look at the history of the existence of cats and humans.
- Vox offers a thought-provoking analysis of the great alarm over the looming ‘extinction’ of bees.
- Wired has an important read on sexual assault and harassment faced by women scientists in Antarctic. This isn’t new.
