Rather than keep stockpiles of expensive and obsolete technology in storage, museums have to find clever ways around software updates, from video game emulators to server farms to niche businesses like CTL. But they, too, have a life span as short as, or shorter than, those of light bulbs. - The New York Times
Do we surrender to this terrible violence and let our striving for peace die – or do we insist that there must and can be peace? I am convinced that we have to move on and keep the larger context of the conflict in mind. - The Guardian
We’re in a spiritual revolution. Access to astrology and other spiritual practices has proliferated across witchy corners of the internet, with many tools fully embracing artificial intelligence as part of the supernatural process. - Wired
Many of the orchestra’s musicians scattered. Some stayed, volunteering in field kitchens, doing what they could to help the effort to push back the Russians from the capital. And it wasn’t long before the orchestra started performing again – reuniting first at La Fenice, Venice’s opera house, in April 2022. - The Guardian
"For hundreds of years, writers enjoyed the punchy power of a well-placed !, wielding its mighty sword of 'here be feelings!' with aplomb and persuasiveness. Here are five ways that literature can recuperate the abused exclamation point." - The Millions
For those without college degrees, life expectancy reached its peak around 2010 and has been falling since, an unfolding disaster that has attracted little attention in the media or among elected officials. - The New York Times
New York Times editor and culture writer Sarah Bahr tags along with the paper's chief critic to a preview of Gutenberg! The Musical and talks to him about how (and why) he works as he does. - The New York Times
Half the staff at Bandcamp, the online music platform known for championing independent artists and labels, have been laid off following the recent purchase of the company by music licensing startup Songtradr. - The Guardian
Kara Skrubis recounts how she was diagnosed with bone cancer while in college. It was a long road to recovery, but when she got her prosthesis, she put a ballet shoe on it and went to dance class. Three years later, she danced a solo with her university program. - Insider
Legal experts told me that copyright challenges pose a near-existential threat to existing A.I. models if the way they’re being trained isn’t aboveboard. If they can’t ingest mountains of data—which until now they’ve largely done without paying for that data—they won’t work. - Slate
The Grand Palais Éphémère, at the south end of the Champ de Mars in Paris, opened in 2021 as a short-term replacement for the Grand Palais. It's hosting concerts and art exhibitions and will be used for several events at the 2024 Olympics. - The New York Times
The internet is worth fighting for because despite all the misery, there’s still so much good to be found there. And yet, fixing online discourse is the definition of a hard problem. But look. Don’t worry. I have an idea. - MIT Technology Review
"'That really pushed us to the edge,' says Maggie Quick, a guest attendant. 'It was just the constant understaffing and the emotional exhaustion.'" Union recognition has gone smoothly enough at some indie cinemas; Alamo Drafthouse, however, is another matter. - AP
The author of The God of Small Things gave a speech about Kashmir and the Indian government's counterinsurgency campaign there at a conference in Delhi in 2010. She's now "accused of making statements promoting social enmity, prejudicing national integration and inciting offences against the state and public tranquillity." - The Conversation
Dariush Mehrjui, 83, one of the founders of Iran's "new wave," and his wife/co-screenwriter/costume designer, Vahideh Mohammadifar, were discovered by their daughter with knife wounds in their necks. - AP
