Constantine Alexander
@alexanderca.bsky.social
Rooted in Greece, Sculpted in California. Don't follow me because I am lost as well.
Time for accountability. A course in the finer points of economic diplomacy would seem to make sense for the U.S. Ambassador to Greece. Free Access Article. www.neglobal.eu/time-for-acc...
Time for accountability | NE Global Media
We are in the midst of a media feeding frenzy generated by the detailed September 25 Wall Street Journal investigative report describing questionable actions of Trump administration Ambassador to Gree...
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October 3, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Time for accountability. A course in the finer points of economic diplomacy would seem to make sense for the U.S. Ambassador to Greece. Free Access Article. www.neglobal.eu/time-for-acc...
Georgia holds emergency meeting on AI exposing voters’ secret ballots. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Georgia holds emergency meeting on AI exposing voters’ secret ballots
A Princeton researcher found that publicly available election records could be combined with AI to link voters to their ballots
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October 3, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Georgia holds emergency meeting on AI exposing voters’ secret ballots. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures
A selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari...
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October 3, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
DNC sues Trump administration over last-minute changes to overseas voting form. DNC accuses Pentagon of pushing through changes to how voters abroad request absentee ballots ahead of midterms. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
DNC sues Trump administration over last-minute changes to overseas voting form
DNC accuses Pentagon of pushing through changes to how voters abroad request absentee ballots ahead of midterms
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October 2, 2026 at 9:08 AM
DNC sues Trump administration over last-minute changes to overseas voting form. DNC accuses Pentagon of pushing through changes to how voters abroad request absentee ballots ahead of midterms. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
President Trump doesn’t rule out declaring state of emergency before midterm elections. President also dismissed low poll ratings as ‘fake numbers’ and deflected responsibility for Iran war in Time interview. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump doesn’t rule out declaring state of emergency before midterm elections
President also dismissed low poll ratings as ‘fake numbers’ and deflected responsibility for Iran war in Time interview
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October 2, 2026 at 8:04 AM
President Trump doesn’t rule out declaring state of emergency before midterm elections. President also dismissed low poll ratings as ‘fake numbers’ and deflected responsibility for Iran war in Time interview. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
That Cup of Coffee May Have a Longer-Term Perk. A new study of over 47,000 women found links between coffee drinking and healthy aging. Here’s what we know. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/w...
That Cup of Coffee May Have a Longer-Term Perk (Gift Article)
A new study of over 47,000 women found links between coffee drinking and healthy aging. Here’s what we know.
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October 2, 2026 at 7:24 AM
That Cup of Coffee May Have a Longer-Term Perk. A new study of over 47,000 women found links between coffee drinking and healthy aging. Here’s what we know. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/w...
The 14 Movies to Look Out for This Fall. The best new films coming this season take a close look at humanity. By Shirley Li. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
The 14 Movies to Look Out for This Fall
The best new films coming this season take a close look at humanity.
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October 2, 2026 at 7:07 AM
The 14 Movies to Look Out for This Fall. The best new films coming this season take a close look at humanity. By Shirley Li. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
Min Jin Lee’s Underdog Morality. The Pachinko author on her latest novel, American Hagwon, and parents’ near-religious belief in elite education. By Hanna Rosin. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Min Jin Lee’s Underdog Morality
The Pachinko author on her latest novel, American Hagwon, and parents’ near-religious belief in elite education
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October 2, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Min Jin Lee’s Underdog Morality. The Pachinko author on her latest novel, American Hagwon, and parents’ near-religious belief in elite education. By Hanna Rosin. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Dogs Will Fight Bears. But Not Because of the Reason You Might Think. Scientists analyzed hundreds of encounters between bears and canines. The results raise the suggestion that dogs may not always protect people in the wild. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/s...
Dogs Will Fight Bears. But Not Because of the Reason You Might Think. (Gift Article)
Scientists analyzed hundreds of encounters between bears and canines. The results raise the suggestion that dogs may not always protect people in the wild.
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October 1, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Dogs Will Fight Bears. But Not Because of the Reason You Might Think. Scientists analyzed hundreds of encounters between bears and canines. The results raise the suggestion that dogs may not always protect people in the wild. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/s...
How a Cornell Student Went From Shame to Seeking Justice. The woman known as “Jane Doe” was initially embarrassed about what happened at a fraternity party in 2024, but soon concluded: “I was assaulted.” Free Access (Gift) Article. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
How a Cornell Student Went From Shame to Seeking Justice (Gift Article)
The woman known as “Jane Doe” was initially embarrassed about what happened at a fraternity party in 2024, but soon concluded: “I was assaulted.”
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October 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
How a Cornell Student Went From Shame to Seeking Justice. The woman known as “Jane Doe” was initially embarrassed about what happened at a fraternity party in 2024, but soon concluded: “I was assaulted.” Free Access (Gift) Article. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
Maine’s Opera Houses Are the Light on Main Street. With a distinctly American vision of communal life and entertainment, these theaters have survived fires and floods because they were always about more than classical music. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/a...
Maine’s Opera Houses Are the Light on Main Street (Gift Article)
With a distinctly American vision of communal life and entertainment, these theaters have survived fires and floods because they were always about more than classical music.
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October 1, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Maine’s Opera Houses Are the Light on Main Street. With a distinctly American vision of communal life and entertainment, these theaters have survived fires and floods because they were always about more than classical music. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/a...
World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use
The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification
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September 30, 2026 at 8:31 AM
World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them. In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models (Gift Article)
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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September 30, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them. In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
Min Jin Lee Was Underestimated for Half Her Life. Then She Started to Write. A torch bearer for the great 19th-century tradition of social realism, she’s become one of the most important novelists of her generation. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/m...
Min Jin Lee Was Underestimated for Half Her Life. Then She Started to Write. (Gift Article)
A torch bearer for the great 19th-century tradition of social realism, she’s become one of the most important novelists of her generation.
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September 30, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Min Jin Lee Was Underestimated for Half Her Life. Then She Started to Write. A torch bearer for the great 19th-century tradition of social realism, she’s become one of the most important novelists of her generation. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/m...
One idea of how to keep wildlife safe from your feline pet: Indoor Cats Are Getting Outside, Thanks to ‘Catios’. The global “catio” industry could grow by roughly $1 billion in the next decade. Free Access (Gift) Article. #cat #cats www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/r...
Indoor Cats Are Getting Outside, Thanks to ‘Catios’ (Gift Article)
The global “catio” industry could grow by roughly $1 billion in the next decade.
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September 29, 2026 at 10:51 AM
One idea of how to keep wildlife safe from your feline pet: Indoor Cats Are Getting Outside, Thanks to ‘Catios’. The global “catio” industry could grow by roughly $1 billion in the next decade. Free Access (Gift) Article. #cat #cats www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/r...
Celebrating 70 years in this beautiful life. Thank you for the laughs, the tears, the lessons learned, and the gifts received. Looking forward to the rest of the voyage with an open heart.
September 29, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Celebrating 70 years in this beautiful life. Thank you for the laughs, the tears, the lessons learned, and the gifts received. Looking forward to the rest of the voyage with an open heart.
Drawing the Birds Back Into the Sky. A poem by Trish Reeves. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...
Drawing the Birds Back Into the Sky
A poem
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September 28, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Drawing the Birds Back Into the Sky. A poem by Trish Reeves. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...
There are few birds with the "wow" factor of a Peregrine Falcon. Watch breathtaking high-speed stoops, acrobatic courtship routines, and get an up-close look at its handsome helmeted feather pattern in this Cornell Lab of Ornithology two minute spotlight video. youtu.be/QK-xuFLg8hE?...
Peregrine Falcon: Bird in the Spotlight
YouTube video by Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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September 27, 2026 at 12:54 PM
There are few birds with the "wow" factor of a Peregrine Falcon. Watch breathtaking high-speed stoops, acrobatic courtship routines, and get an up-close look at its handsome helmeted feather pattern in this Cornell Lab of Ornithology two minute spotlight video. youtu.be/QK-xuFLg8hE?...
Byron Sher, Early Environmental Warrior in California, Dies at 98. A congenial legislator with a professorial air, he won battles through charm, not pugilism, passing laws to protect drinking water, redwood forests and clean air. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/s...
Byron Sher, Early Environmental Warrior in California, Dies at 98 (Gift Article)
A congenial legislator with a professorial air, he won battles through charm, not pugilism, passing laws to protect drinking water, redwood forests and clean air.
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September 27, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Byron Sher, Early Environmental Warrior in California, Dies at 98. A congenial legislator with a professorial air, he won battles through charm, not pugilism, passing laws to protect drinking water, redwood forests and clean air. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/s...
Salmon Are Thriving After Klamath River Dam Removals, Study Finds. The first fall runs of chinook salmon since the project in California and Oregon was completed have surpassed researchers’ expectations. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/c...
Salmon Are Thriving After Klamath River Dam Removals, Study Finds (Gift Article)
The first fall runs of chinook salmon since the project in California and Oregon was completed have surpassed researchers’ expectations.
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September 27, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Salmon Are Thriving After Klamath River Dam Removals, Study Finds. The first fall runs of chinook salmon since the project in California and Oregon was completed have surpassed researchers’ expectations. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/c...
The Great American Novels. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
The Great American Novels
136 books that made America think
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September 27, 2026 at 3:07 AM
The Great American Novels. Free Access (Gift) Article. www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
On This Mexican Island, Raccoons Make and Play With Toys (and Also Sip Margaritas). Free Access (Gift) Article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/s...
On This Mexican Island, Raccoons Make and Play With Toys (and Also Sip Margaritas) (Gift Article)
Scientists observed a family of pygmy raccoons near a Cozumel beach club learning from one another how to craft balls from paper, an indication that the animals have a culture.
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September 26, 2026 at 12:08 PM
On This Mexican Island, Raccoons Make and Play With Toys (and Also Sip Margaritas). Free Access (Gift) Article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/s...