Night Desk Listening | Vol. 4 The panic of 1% battery left and no charging cable | The songs that soundtrack the writing, the thinking, the late hours, and everything in between － what I've been listening to this week 🎧

"Unspoken words can cast long shadows, and in their absence the mind starts writing stories of its own. I’m convinced I overthink everything."

For your listening pleasure 🎧 A fresh new Night Desk playlist

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An Iranian Women’s Rights Advocate on Protest, Prison, and Resistance. Take a deep dive on war time Iran with Asli Omur's Q&A with Yalda Roshan from the National Council of Resistance in Iran.

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A republic, if you can keep it. ☕️

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I don't think my day can recover from "I thought it was me as a doctor." Let's call it a wrap.

How Hungary’s Child Sex Abuse Scandal Contributed To Orban’s Downfall Peter Magyar’s Tisza, which scored a landslide win over Viktor Orban's Fidesz, shot to prominence following a controversial presidential pardon in a child sex abuse case.

Peter Magyar’s Tisza, which scored a landslide win over Viktor Orban's Fidesz, shot to prominence following a controversial presidential pardon in a child sex abuse case.

'Most People Don't Enjoy Their Jobs Anyway' — Perplexity AI CEO Says Getting Fired By AI Is Part Of A 'Glorious Future' Most people have had that moment where the alarm goes off and the job feels like the problem. It's a quiet, common thought. Now it's being said out loud by someone building the very tools that could r...

CEO said a thing!

A branch I’d be, if you would be its bloom,
A bloom I’d be, if you, its dew.
I’d be the dew, if sunlight –
You –
Would love me daily.

I Would Be a Branch (A márciusi ifjak) | by Sándor Petöfi, Hungary's national poet (1823-1849)

My heart, if vaults of darkness you would be
I’d be your morning star,
And even if you’d blaze with mouths of hell
I’d clench you tighter, closer, to my breast.

#MostVagySoha

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Aslı Omur (@asliomur) A small dispatch from my Sunday in San Francisco. Red is a great way to get attention. READ THIS 📖 a manifesto for anyone who suspects that distraction is no longer just a nuisance but a governing...

A little sunny 🌞 borrowed calm to share.

Healthy interdependence is good. People need people. Emotions are valid. Intimacy is a gift. Bookshops and libraries save lives. You’ll need it to survive your humanity.

Shelves and spines, good light, and the quiet argument for paying attention.

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I mean, you don't really need a translator

Jack White, Jack Black, and Marcello Hernández

Every man has had these three exact roommates

"Dow 50,000" was truly the beginning of the end for Pam Bondi

Zelenskyy: "We have confirmation from my intelligence that Russia shared and shares intelligence ... Russia helps Iran"

Race on to find US journalist Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Iraq - Committee to Protect Journalists Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, April 1, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Iraqi authorities to take all necessary measures to secure the release of U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapp...

US journalist for Al-Monitor Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Iraq cpj.org?p=577582

Some people really like to test a woman’s patience.

How Ukraine is 'systematically' destroying Russia's air defenses Hundreds of kilometers inside Russia, oil refineries burst into flames, and the sky above airfields and weapons factories is filled with thick black smoke. These scenes, increasingly frequent in vide...

Hundreds of kilometers inside Russia, oil refineries burst into flames, and the sky above airfields and weapons factories is filled with thick black smoke.

i swear this gov is a TV show. the head of intelligence got hacked and used his real name for a porn account. the head of dept of war accidentally texted war plans to a journalist. and now former head of homeland security grappling with husband's secret cross-dressing double life in anti-LGBTQ admin

Democrats Are Still Significantly Less Popular Than Donald Trump

As Americans sour on the Trump administration, recent polls show Democrats with a favorability problem of their own.

oh, so Friday's jobs numbers are gonna be BAD bad

I'm back with a new Night Desk Listening session.

Get in here and get your headphones on

(I can't promise I'll stay awake 😬😴)

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TV Series On Epstein Investigation Starring Laura Dern In Development At Sony, Report Says Dern will reportedly star as Miami Herald journalist Julie K. Brown, who wrote a book on Epstein the series will be based on.

Dern will reportedly star as Miami Herald journalist Julie K. Brown, who wrote a book on Epstein the series will be based on.

Turkish bar associations, press groups condemn arrest of journalists as ‘alarming’ - Turkish Minute Bar associations and press freedom groups in Turkey have condemned the arrest of journalists Alican Uludağ and İsmail Arı, warning that their jailing poses a serious threat to press freedom and freedom...

Turkish bar associations, press groups condemn arrest of journalists as ‘alarming’ www.turkishminute.com/2026/03/25/t...

MS NOW graphic featuring video game-style headshots of Democratic 2028 presidential hopefuls

choose your fighter

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Five Things That Mattered This Week | March 27, 2026 We're in dire straits! A humanoid robot, rejected peace, shadow fleet droned near the Bosphorus. We made a voice cast! There's art, music & more to round out your Friday, thoughtfully informed.

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We jump into the headlines that shaped the week －from broken peace to cryptic tweets. What a week. Plus, a droned vessel near the Bosphorus, China/Taiwan, Anthropic, a robot in the White House, war, Iran is still in a tech blackout.

There's so much more!

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Iranian Man Arrested After Trying to Enter U.K. Naval Base, Police Say The man and a Romanian woman walked up to the gate of the base in Scotland, where nuclear-armed submarines are docked, and asked to be let in, an official said.

An Iranian man and a Romanian woman were arrested on Thursday after trying to enter a naval base in Scotland where nuclear-armed submarines are docked, the police said.

BREAKING: Iraq declared force majeure on all oilfields developed by foreign companies as the region's military operations disrupted navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, preventing most of its crude exports from moving, oil ministry sources said reut.rs/4dxYjGj