Alexander C. Kaufman

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Watching the Tim Robinson movie Friendship. Anyone seen it?

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When my editor asks for my source:

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Launching a fun new section in my weekly SUNDAY REVUE newsletter tomorrow. Also a reminder that this Sunday's edition is the last one that's going to be available for free. If you want to get the fully weekly roundup, sign up for a premium subscription: https://kaufman.substack.com/subscribe

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Wild story: A mysterious new single-cell organism found on the back of an Ohio boat rudder, known as ShipGoo001, has left scientists puzzled. https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/07/mysterious-life-form-found-on-ship-that-docked-in-cleveland.html

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People forget because he’s mostly remembered for campaigning on banning bomb testing, but Adlai Stevenson wanted the U.S. to embark on a giant public construction program to build a bunch of nuclear reactors. It was billed as a series of atomic TVA-like megaprojects — basically what France eventually did successfully. When Eisenhower failed to get behind it, Stevenson (correctly) predicted Atoms for Peace was doomed. Imagine the America we’d be living in now if a massive carbon-free baseload grid was as indelible a part of our infrastructure as the interstate highway system. Imagine how differently the 1970s oil embargo might have gone.

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Months after arresting Erdogan’s main rival for the presidency, Turkish police just detained three more mayors from the opposition party. https://www.wsj.com/world/turkish-police-detain-three-more-mayors-from-party-opposed-to-erdogan-550af189?st=mJyYjH&reflink=article_copyURL_share

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I look forward to when she can walk and talk but I’ll forever cherish long quiet walks along the Brooklyn shoreline with my daughter snoozing in her stroller and an iced Yemeni chai in hand. Only the sounds of passing strangers’ conversation snipers, the hum of her little fan and the din of passing traffic on the Belt Parkway. Very peaceful.

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A squirrel took out the power for 4,600 people. https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/jun/25/puget-sound-energy-outage-oops-it-was-actually-a-squirrel/

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Farmers market sandwich: chèvre, arugula, sliced red onions, peaches and balsamic glaze

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Me at the bbq yesterday

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Fearing war cutting off supply chains, EU has decided to stockpile critical minerals. https://on.ft.com/3TY1koo

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but really, happy Fawth

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Happy Fawth from Brooklyn

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