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The Tragedy of Saudi Arabia’s Yemen War (Gut wrenching article on Yemen’s starving children, The New York Times)
Saudis’ Image Makers: A Troll Army and a Twitter Insider (Very good article. Saudi government trolls are rampant on Twitter, The New York Times)
Some Researchers Think Putting Lithium in Our Water Could Save Lives (Doesn’t get much creepier than this, Vox, of course)
How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android’ (The New York Times)
Tech Talent Balks at Government Work (The Hill)
European Court Upholds Prosecution Of Woman For Comparing Muhammad’s Marriage To A Six-Year-Old Girl To Pedophilia (Total insanity, Jonathan Turley)
CIA Director Briefs President on Audio Purportedly Capturing the Killing of Jamal Khashoggi (The Washington Post)
Britain Has Sold Its Soul to the House of Saud. Shame on Us (Good links and stats in here, The Guardian)
The Thucydides Trap: Are the U.S. and China Headed for War? (Must read piece from 2015, The Atlantic)
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