Time - February 26, 2024

In this issue

Battle-Tested
How Palantir and its peers are turning Ukraine into both proving ground and showcase for a new generation of weaponry.
By Vera Bergengruen

Changing Times
Menopause reliably seizes half the population’s attention—and is finally getting its due from the medical and business establishments.
By Jamie Ducharme

NOT A QUIET LITTLE TOWN

The incessant din of a bitcoin mine in overlooked rural America

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Unhappy farmers unsettle Europe

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FARMERS have taken to the streets across Europe in recent weeks to protest the combined effect of poor economic conditions created by falling incomes, high costs, ongoing disruption from the war in Ukraine, and competition from cheap imports. Their discontent is further fueled by the European Union's recent announcement of more-stringent environmental policies affecting agriculture, which they say will make things worse.

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Where do Americans stand on consensual nonmonogamy?

NEARLY ONE-THIRD OF SINGLES IN AMERICA HAVE HAD a consensually nonmonogamous relationship, but many singles are still committed to the concept of traditional sexual monogamy.

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Toby Keith

Toby Keith, who died of stomach cancer on Feb. 5 at 62, signed his first record deal in 1993.

1 min

King Charles III

A monarch ails

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Rooftop solar might be on the verge of collapse

A DECADE AGO, SOMEONE KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR TO sell you solar panels would have been selling you solar panels. These days, they are probably selling you a financial product likely a lease or a loan.

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5 ways to deal with climate despair

FORGET CLIMATE ANXIETY: many people are in flat-out climate distress. About two-thirds of Americans (65%) report being worried about global warming, according to a January report from the Yale Program for Climate Communication. One in 10 say they've recently felt depressed over their concerns for the planet, and a similar percentage describe feeling on edge or like they're unable to stop worrying about global warming.

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THE WAR NOBODY WANTS

The U.S. is creeping toward war in the Middle East. A drone attack on a U.S. base in Jordan on Jan. 29 killed three American troops and injured 34 others. A militia supported by Iran claimed responsibility. In retaliation, President Joe Biden ordered 85 strikes in Iraq and Syria and promised more to come, a dangerous escalation that could spiral out of control. Are Americans ready for war? Not at all.

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Keep a wary eye on North Korea

OVER THE DECADES, NORTH KOrea's leaders have periodically made bombastic threats of military force against South Korea and its foreign backers, particularly the U.S. and Japan.

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Rest actually takes hard work

AMERICANS HAVE LONG BEEN KNOWN FOR OUR INDUSTRY and ambition, but until recently, we also recognized the value of rest. The Puritans had a famously strict work ethic, but they also took their Sundays very seriously.

5 mins

THE WAR LAB

HOW TECH COMPANIES JOINED FORCES WITH ZELENSKY'S GOVERNMENT TO TURN UKRAINE'S BATTLEFIELDS INTO A TESTING GROUND FOR MILITARY AI

10+ mins

SEARCHING FOR COMMON GROUND

EPA CHIEF MICHAEL REGAN WANTS TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WITH THE ENERGY INDUSTRY'S HELP

10 mins

Menopause Gets Its Moment

WITH NEW ATTENTION FROM BUSINESS AND MEDICINE, A LIFE STAGE COMES OUT OF THE WINGS

5 mins

WHAT MR BEAST WANTS

Jimmy Donaldson, the world's most successful YouTuber, is playing the long game

10+ mins

Intimacy and Magnitude

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan on why Oppenheimer's impact goes far beyond its 13 Oscar nominations

10 mins

The multiverse of Sarah J. Maas

IT'S 9:30 ON A FREEZING MONDAY NIGHT IN JANUARY and there's a line stretching down the block outside of Manhattan's Book Club Bar. The occasion: a midnight release party for fantasy author Sarah J. Maas' House of Flame and Shadow, the third entry in her Crescent City series. The twist there's always a twist where Maas is concerned-is that Maas is on her way to surprise the throng of almost exclusively female fans willing to wait in the cold to get their hands on her book the minute it becomes available.

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The uncancelable Larry David

IN THE 12TH AND FINAL SEASON OF CURB YOUR Enthusiasm, Larry David-a character based on and played by creator Larry David-pressures a busy hotel housekeeper to fish his glasses out of the toilet. He whines about having to pay a big \"condolence tip\" to a waiter whose mom just died. He muses to his buddy Leon Black (J.B. Smoove), who is Black, \"I wonder if a Black man going to Africa is like a Jew going to Israel.\" He calls Apple's Siri the C word. And that's all in the first episode.

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Lulu Wang The director of The Farewell on her new streaming series Expats, the power of empathy, and the lesson in a search for a salad with cranberries

Your breakout film, The Farewell, about a dying matriarch, asked questions about the difference between American and Chinese values when it comes to things like family and community. What were you trying to explore?

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