🥵 World likely to breach 1.5C climate threshold by 2027, scientists warn — The Guardian

But, I mean, as long as you can bring a snowball to Congress there can be no such thing as global warming, right?

🏀 The Lakers Broke the Nuggets Offense, but They Can’t Count on Doing It Again — The Ringer

If the Lakers go back to Rui on Jokić you can expect a lot of weak-side screens and movement resulting in wide open 3s for Murray and Porter Jr.

🚗 How Tokyo Became an Anti-Car Paradise — Heatmap

People often say that London or New York are too crowded, but they are wrong. They are only too crowded if you think that it is normal for people to need space not just for them but also for the two tons of metal that they use to get around.

🐂 Best of Stacey King and Adam Amin — @chicagobulls

Stacey King is the best color guy in the league. Always a joy to watch on League Pass.

🛸 [COMIC] SANKTA URBO — 3 Worlds / 3 Moons

Truly stunning comic art from André Lima Araújo—between this and Righteous Thirst, he’s quickly becoming one of my favorites. This is unfortunately behind a Substack paywall, but I saved a page to Are.na.

🏀 San Antonio Spurs win NBA draft lottery, right to draft Victor Wembanyama — ESPN

Whelp, no first round pick for the Bulls this year. I guess if someone else has to get Wemby, there’s no better organization than San Antonio.

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🙈 North Carolina Senate Advances Abortion Ban — NY Times

The bill now moves to the House chamber, where the support of every Republican would be required to complete the override and make the bill law.

House votes later today and will need every Republican vote.

🔢 The gentrification font: how a sleek typeface became a neighborhood omen — The Guardian

I’ve never been a fan of neutraface for house numbers, but it definitely works for Shake Shack.

🇺🇦 Should Ukraine try to take back Crimea? — State of Ukraine

Just your regular reminder that Ukraine’s sovereignty is still under threat. Good quick history of Crimea on today’s episode too.

🐂 Here’s who the Bulls could consider taking if they jump up in the 2023 NBA Draft Lottery — Chicago Bulls

Praying to the basketball gods that the Bulls land a top three pick…

🏀 Sixers fire Doc Rivers after third straight exit in conference semifinals — The Athletic

Coaches dropping like flies this year.

👹 Playing Devil’s Advocate: The Satanic Temple’s Lessons for the Left — Brown Political Review

The underlying mission of the Satanic Temple is not solely to fight for its own religious liberty, but rather to display how right-wing “religious freedom” arguments fall apart when applied to unconventional religious groups.

👨‍⚖️ Was the System Too Gentle on Jordan Neely? — Indignity

I’ve avoided reading too much about this situation, but Scocca captures my feelings perfectly by tearing apart David French’s column.

🇺🇸 What America does after a debt-ceiling disaster — The Economist

The whole debt-ceiling thing continues to be a farce, but the potential “loop-holes” are quite entertaining.

💸 Buybacks Continue to Take Big Bites Out of Seattle’s Economy — The Stranger

A company, when confident about its future, will reward shareholders with its free cash. But what do we see actually taking place? Layoffs and buybacks going hand in hand. This happened with Boeing during the previous decade. This is now happening not only with Amazon but also our region’s other corporate behemoth, Microsoft.

🤖 AI: has the 🐎 left the barn? — Ben Tsai

LLMs are not designed to tell us what is true. they don’t lie or truth-tell or hallucinate. they output information that sounds good and coherent. relating to them as agents with reason is dangerous and harmful.

Spot on and a wonderful rabbit hole of links.