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  "description": "Ukraine and Russia end another round of negotiations with little progress, seeming more and more like political theater (for an audience of Donald Trump). / Politico\n\nA project documents actions, statements, and plans of Trump and his administration “that echo those of authoritarian regimes.” / Trump Action Tracker\n\nDavy Rothbart remembers the day he was 13, working security for Jesse Jackson. / Instagram\n\nThanks to a 2015 “explosion” of cocaine production in Colombia, overdose fatalities are...",
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    "land, code, and culture.”",
    "in neighborhoods.”",
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  "textContent": "**Ukraine and Russia end** another round of negotiations with little progress, seeming more and more like political theater (for an audience of Donald Trump). / Politico\n\n**A project documents** actions, statements, and plans of Trump and his administration “that echo those of authoritarian regimes.” / Trump Action Tracker\n\n**Davy Rothbart remembers** the day he was 13, working security for Jesse Jackson. / Instagram\n\n**Thanks to a 2015 “explosion”** of cocaine production in Colombia, overdose fatalities are on the rise in the United States. / NPR\n\n**Why is the US so hospitable** to cults? “All kinds of immunities and protections you would not get in other countries.” / Minority Report\n\n**Unrelated:** Some quick thoughts on why news reports about extraterrestrials never seem to “stick.” / The Trend Report\n\n**Rimma Boshernitsan says** we already have enough intelligence(s) going around to “finish wiring the nerves of land, code, and culture.” / Noema\n\n**A leaked email shows** Ring’s “search party” feature is meant to “zero out crime in neighborhoods.” / 404 Media\n\nIf you enjoy these headlines, please join us as a Sustaining Member to support what we do and unlock access to paywalled links.\n\nSubscribe\n\n**Paul Ford says if AI** makes software engineers like himself obsolete, that might be a good trade for society, long term. / The New York Times [$]\n\n**Los Angeles plans** a massive new automated subway line to travel under Bel Air. / CityLab\n\n**Anthony Paletta:** “It is tedious to travel in an eternal present… why air travel should always seem semi-recent is often due to colossal failures of imagination.” / dezeen\n\n**For Lunar New Year,** a review of a luncheon thrown by the Chicago Chinese consulate in Muscatine, Iowa, in 1985. / Gourmet\n\n**A round-up of several** dozen Japanese clothing companies. A round-up of drone shots from the Miltan Cortina Olypics. / Nolan Daniel White, YouTube\n\n**A crossing guard in Vermont** finds an audience for a zine of observations from “the intersection and beyond.” / It’s Nice That\n\nIn the members area, an unlocked link from the New York Times ↓\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "The intersection and beyond",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-18T16:13:34.000Z"
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