Thoughts on Navalny’s death
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, has died in a Russian penal colony. We’ll reflect on Navalny’s impact and what it means to push back against the slow creep of political change. Plus, more evidence that plastic recycling is a myth pushed by the plastics industry. And, we’ll weigh in on the romance novel revival and landline phones in a round of Half Full/Half Empty!

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• “‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals”) from The Guardian

• “Tucker Carlson: ‘No decent person would defend’ what happened to Navalny”) from The Hill

• “OpenAI teases ‘Sora,’ its new text-to-video AI model”) from NBC News

• “Best Buy to End DVD, Blu-ray Disc Sales”) from Variety

• “Making beer with the help of AI”) from Axios

• “Steamy, sultry and stigmatized no more: romance novels are having a moment”) from Marketplace

• “The humble landline phone beloved by Gen Z”) from Axios

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