# news / global notes (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover news / global notes. Page: Feed: --- ## [Play Catalogues: Saturday, August 22, 2026](https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/catalogues/2026/08/22) _2026-08-22 · Adam Wagner · The New Yorker_ Can you sort the items into the correct order? ## [Melissa Auf der Maur’s Chronicle of Nineties Rock](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/melissa-auf-der-maurs-chronicle-of-nineties-rock) _2026-08-22 · Kelefa Sanneh · The New Yorker_ The photographer, who played bass for Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins, captured a moment in which one generation’s subculture became the next generation’s mainstream. ## [A Passage](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/a-passage) _2026-08-22 · Ledio Cakaj · The New Yorker_ Crossing into England, at twenty, with a false story. ## [Play Shuffalo: Saturday, August 22, 2026](https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2026/08/22) _2026-08-22 · The New Yorker_ Can you make a longer word with each new letter? ## [What Natalie Harp Carries](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/what-natalie-harp-carries) _2026-08-22 · Doreen St. Félix · The New Yorker_ Trump’s devoted aide, who is said to follow the President around with a printer, does not seem to be driven by the conventional desires for wealth and power. ## [Why People Want to Believe the Lindsay Clancy Conspiracy Theories](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/why-people-want-to-believe-the-lindsay-clancy-conspiracy-theories) _2026-08-22 · Jessica Winter · The New Yorker_ Mistrust about the case stems from understandable anger and sorrow at the ways women in extremis aren’t believed. ## [General David Petraeus on the New Rules of War](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/general-david-petraeus-on-the-new-rules-of-war) _2026-08-22 · The New Yorker_ How drones and asymmetric warfare are upending the battlefield and what the U.S. military can do to adapt. ## [Squish Toys Won the Summer](https://www.newyorker.com/newsletter/the-daily/squish-toys-won-the-summer) _2026-08-21 · Jessica Winter · The New Yorker_ From the daily newsletter: Parents won’t soon forget the great dumpling infiltration of 2026. ## [Jessica Tarlov, a Lonely Liberal on Fox News’ “The Five”](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/jessica-tarlov-a-lonely-liberal-on-fox-news-the-five) _2026-08-21 · The New Yorker_ Tarlov occupies the hot seat on a panel of diehard conservatives, arguing for liberal values and rousing the ire of the President, who has encouraged Fox to fire her. ## [Jon Lovett Answers Your Questions](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/jon-lovett-answers-your-questions) _2026-08-21 · The New Yorker_ The “Pod Save America” host answers listeners’ questions about the 2026 midterm elections and what they tell us about the 2028 Presidential race. ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/NVyzHNORgJXW) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [The Cartoons of Edward Frascino](https://www.newyorker.com/gallery/the-cartoons-of-edward-frascino) _2026-08-21 · The New Yorker_ A few of the esteemed contributor’s comedic musings. ## [Daily Cartoon: Friday, August 21st](https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/friday-august-21st-food-pyramid) _2026-08-21 · Ellis Rosen · The New Yorker_ A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. ## [Get a Tech Job, Babies!](https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/get-a-tech-job-babies) _2026-08-21 · Elise Broach · The New Yorker_ The puzzling rise in high-level science books for infants and toddlers. ## [The Mini Crossword: Friday, August 21, 2026](https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/mini-crossword/2026/08/21) _2026-08-21 · Andy Kravis · The New Yorker_ Mister, in Mexico City: five letters. ## [Play Catalogues: Friday, August 21, 2026](https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/catalogues/2026/08/21) _2026-08-21 · Adam Wagner · The New Yorker_ Can you sort the items into the correct order? ## [Late Summertime Idylls by the Water](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/goings-on/late-summertime-idylls-by-the-water) _2026-08-21 · Taran Dugal · The New Yorker_ A roundup of bars on boats and at the beach. ## [The Coming (and Not Coming) of the Sex-Recession Movie](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/the-boom-of-the-sex-recession-movie) _2026-08-21 · Alexandra Schwartz · The New Yorker_ In films like “One Night Only” and “I Want Your Sex,” our prudish age becomes the scene of a crime. ## [Should You Believe in Fate?](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/open-questions/should-you-believe-in-fate) _2026-08-21 · Joshua Rothman · The New Yorker_ We’d be happier, perhaps, if we found meaning not through abstractions but through the physical things around us. ## [Europe Isn’t Built for This Heat](https://www.newyorker.com/newsletter/the-daily/europe-isnt-built-for-this-heat) _2026-08-20 · Eric Klinenberg · The New Yorker_ As temperatures on the Continent become too lethal to ignore, cities are scrambling to reinvent urban life. ## [Is the Smithsonian Really Trying to Destroy America?](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/is-the-smithsonian-really-trying-to-destroy-america) _2026-08-20 · Julian Lucas · The New Yorker_ Trump claims that the institution has fallen into the hands of Marxist radicals. A stroll through the exhibitions suggests otherwise. ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GWFZ9DBax1mX) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [Daily Cartoon: Thursday, August 20th](https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/thursday-august-20th-last-two-weeks) _2026-08-20 · David Sipress · The New Yorker_ A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. ## [Critics’ Cult Classics: Emily Nussbaum on “Slings & Arrows”](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/critics-at-large/critics-cult-classics-emily-nussbaum-on-slings-and-arrows) _2026-08-20 · The New Yorker_ The New Yorker writer sings the praises of a little-known Canadian television series set at a Shakespeare festival—which happens to be her favorite show of all time. ## [Play Shuffalo: Thursday, August 20, 2026](https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2026/08/20) _2026-08-20 · The New Yorker_ Can you make a longer word with each new letter? ## [The Mini Crossword: Thursday, August 20, 2026](https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/mini-crossword/2026/08/20) _2026-08-20 · Mollie Cowger · The New Yorker_ Stephen Sondheim musical whose characters include John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald: nine letters. ## [Can Head Start Be Deregulated Out of Existence?](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/progress-report/can-head-start-be-deregulated-out-of-existence) _2026-08-20 · Jessica Winter · The New Yorker_ The early-childhood program faces a renewed assault by the Trump Administration. ## [After Six Months of War, Trump Is Still Losing to Iran](https://www.newyorker.com/news/global-notes/after-six-months-of-war-trump-is-still-losing-to-iran) _2026-08-20 · Ishaan Tharoor · The New Yorker_ The conflict marks a “precipitous collapse of American power and American prestige.” ## [Play Catalogues: Thursday, August 20, 2026](https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/catalogues/2026/08/20) _2026-08-20 · Andy Kravis · The New Yorker_ Can you sort the items into the correct order? ## [“Every Weekday at 4:45 P.M.,” by Libby Flores](https://www.newyorker.com/books/flash-fiction/every-weekday-at-445-pm-libby-flores) _2026-08-20 · Libby Flores · The New Yorker_ In the delicious heat, a summer breeze came and they fought as the woman sucked her ice cream through the bottom of her cone.