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  "description": "A summary of where things stand after three weeks of war in Iran. / Wake Up to Politics\n\nEurope rejects Donald Trump’s pleas for help in securing the Strait of Hormuz. / Politico\n\nIn the United States, the White House quietly encourages farmers to hire immigrants to fill staffing shortages. / The New York Times [$]\n\nIn 2024, cigarette smoking among US adults fell below 10% for the first time in recorded history. / STAT\n\nA journalist receives death threats from Polymarket gamblers attempting t...",
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    "of war in Iran.",
    "the Strait of Hormuz.",
    "to fill staffing shortages.",
    "in recorded history.",
    "change a story.",
    "we’re training ourselves.”",
    "AI-assisted strike.",
    "auto-parts factory.",
    "in unfamiliar environments.”",
    "of water quality.",
    "Dorothea in _Middlemarch_.",
    "that mention numbers.",
    "from Cape Town.”",
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  "textContent": "**A summary of where** things stand after three weeks of war in Iran. / Wake Up to Politics\n\n**Europe rejects** Donald Trump’s pleas for help in securing the Strait of Hormuz. / Politico\n\n**In the United States,** the White House quietly encourages farmers to hire immigrants to fill staffing shortages. / The New York Times [$]\n\n**In 2024, cigarette smoking** among US adults fell below 10% for the first time in recorded history. / STAT\n\n**A journalist receives** death threats from Polymarket gamblers attempting to persuade him to change a story. / The Times of Israel\n\n**Max Read:** “We’re not training LLMs when we take quizzes on the _Times_ website. But I suspect we’re training ourselves.” / Read Max\n\n**A 20-year-old student** in Iraq is believed to be the first civilian killed by the United States in an AI-assisted strike. / Airwars\n\n**Video footage of** humanoid robots working in a South Carolina auto-parts factory. / The Wall Street Journal [$]\n\n**Related:** Expect videos of robots doing backflips to be replaced by videos showing “humanoids working fluidly in unfamiliar environments.” / Intelligence Age\n\nIf you enjoy these headlines, please join us as a Sustaining Member to support what we do and unlock access to paywalled links.\n\nSubscribe\n\n**The historical beauty** of Turkish coffee is thought to be a matter of water quality. / Sprudge Special Projects Desk\n\n**“Perhaps the greatest** repository of moral beauty in English literature” might be Dorothea in _Middlemarch_. / Plough\n\n**A video supercut** of the entire Beatles discography, but only the parts that mention numbers. / YouTube\n\n**Gary Shteyngart flies** to South Africa to praise JM Coetzee. “Nobody could make you feel as cultured and literary in the space of some 200-odd pages as the stoic and writerly looking man from Cape Town.” / The Atlantic [$]\n\n_A big thank you to yesterday’s pair of anonymous new supporters!_\n\nIn the members area, unlocked links from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Atlantic ↓\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
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  "updatedAt": "2026-03-17T15:06:55.459Z"
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