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  "description": "Donald Trump’s war with Iran expands beyond “the geography that has long defined Iranian power projection.” / The Diplomat\n\nAccording to military reporters, the lack of information from the White House makes the war “something of a black box.” / Reliable Sources\n\nSources say the CIA started supporting Iranian Kurdish groups several months ago. / CNN\n\nAt the same time, Kurdish forces remember when Washington’s support vanished in Syria. / The National\n\nJavier Blas: In Iran, drinking water is m...",
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    "“anonymous” online accounts.",
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  "textContent": "**Donald Trump’s war** with Iran expands beyond “the geography that has long defined Iranian power projection.” / The Diplomat\n\n**According to military** reporters, the lack of information from the White House makes the war “something of a black box.” / Reliable Sources\n\n**Sources say the CIA** started supporting Iranian Kurdish groups several months ago. / CNN\n\n**At the same time,** Kurdish forces remember when Washington’s support vanished in Syria. / The National\n\n**Javier Blas:** In Iran, drinking water is more valuable than oil and may possibly decide the war. / Bloomberg [$]\n\n**A federal judge orders** the Trump administration to start refunding the more than $130 billion it collected from global tariffs. / NBC News\n\n**New to Hollywood:** “niche-casting,” or making talk shows for trades or slices of industry. / The Hollywood Reporter\n\nIf you enjoy these headlines, please join us as a Sustaining Member to support what we do and unlock access to paywalled links.\n\nSubscribe\n\n**A study says rising seas** may threaten tens of millions more people than previously thought due to a mismatch between the way sea and land altitudes are measured. / The Associated Press\n\n**Another study says** AI bots make it easier to unmask finstas or other “anonymous” online accounts. / The Verge [$]\n\n**A complaint filed** yesterday appears to be the first time Google’s Gemini bot is cited in a wrongful-death suit. / The Wall Street Journal [$]\n\n**Unrelated:** MrBeast becomes a banker with a new financial services app for young people. / The New York Times [$]\n\n**From January,** some deep research and analysis into the vital question: how many shower controls are there? / Gwern Branwen\n\n**Some psychoanalytic** writings and drawings by Louise Bourgeois. / Granta\n\n**And in case** you’re a _Granta_ subscriber, don’t miss “Transference in the Afternoon,” Jesse Barron’s eye-opening dive into an extraordinary case of alleged therapeutic malpractice. / Granta\n\n* * *\n\n _And now a brief chat with new sustaining member Barb C.!_\n\n**Hi, Barb! Thank you so much supporting.** Thank you for your thank you.\n\n**When did you start reading TMN and/or the Tournament of Books?** When I started my subscription. Had not heard of you before.\n\n**Wow! Well, welcome. If we may ask, why did you decide to support today?** The email from Field Notes featuring that rooster got me. I knew I had to order some of those memos to send to my friends. Then I went down the rabbit hole (rooster hole? doesn’t quite work does it!) and found your site. Lest you think I am rollin’ in dough, due to a series of events I am living with my niece and her husband (TMI, I know) and Social Security goes a lot further when you don’t have everyday expenses. Right now I can indulge myself in cause—Unite Against Book Bans and support reading. Plus, your site sounds like fun. I plan to hang around and see what happens.\n\n* * *\n\nIn the members area, unlocked links from Bloomberg, the Verge, the Wall Street Journal, and 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": "Transference in the afternoon",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-05T17:46:50.094Z"
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