President Biden says the United States will halt some weapon shipments to Israel if it launches a full invasion of Rafah. / CNN
Interviews with people living in Rafah, forced to flee Israel’s attacks. / Al Jazeera
NATO members (excluding the US) increased military spending last year by 19%. / The Ecoomist
Regarding yesterday’s link about Saudi Arabia’s Neom project, a former security officer says he was permitted to kill villagers who protested being evicted. / BBC News
Unrelated: A drone company tells an Arkansas mayor exactly how he should endorse it. / 404 Media
Kevin Roose develops a crew of AI friends. “On balance, they’ve been a positive addition to my life, and I’ll be a little sad to delete them when this experiment is over.” / The New York Times [+]
“When we die, most of our cells are still alive, paradoxically.” Interview with an expert on aging who’s critical of longevity “breakthroughs.” / GQ
Related: Interviews with female OnlyFans performers who are over 65. / Huck
A study finds men are less likely to respond to email if the sender identifies themselves with them/them pronouns. / American Psychological Association
Remembering the “mail runner” who raced to tell the world about Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary summiting Mount Everest, and died a few weeks later. / Outside
Athletes’ elaborate performance rituals are said to be tied to a game’s uncertainty. / Sports Illustrated
Unrelated: A few weeks ago in Dallas, 18,000 men, women, and children “relentlessly booed a man, all because of his timely recovery from a lacerated spleen.” / Why is this interesting?
