Where Did That Cockatoo Come From?

Plus: Seattle under the heat dome; the people we’re leaving behind in Afghanistan; and Tyler, the Creator’s victory lap. View in browser | Update your preferences Wednesday, June 30, 2021 Onward and Upward with the Arts Where Did That Cockatoo Come From? Birds native to Australasia are being found in Renaissance paintings—and in medieval manuscripts. Their presence exposes the depth of ancient trade routes. By Rebecca Mead Daily Comment Seattle Under the Heat Dome As climate change comes for the Pacific Northwest, its status as a refuge is in doubt. By James Ross Gardner Daily Comment The People We’re Leaving Behind in Afghanistan Young Afghans defied the Taliban and signed on to reconstruction efforts, only to learn that U.S. and NATO forces would be abruptly withdrawn. By Steve Coll Video Dept. The New Yorker Documentary The Controversial Floodlights Illuminating New York City’s Public-Housing Developments The documentary short “Omnipresence” looks at the complicated ways that a set of bright lights, installed to help reduce nighttime crime, is affecting residents’ lives. Film by Nadia Hallgren Text by David Kortava Culture and More Listening Booth Tyler, the Creator’s Victory Lap The rapper teams up with the mixtape legend Drama for his triumphant new album, “CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST.” By Sheldon Pearce The Front Row A Twitter Thread Takes an Ingenious and Audacious Cinematic Form Teeming with unhinged action and rarefied style, Janicza Bravo’s film “Zola” brilliantly reflects its social-media origin without mimicking it. By Richard Brody On This Day Books Czeslaw Milosz’s Battle for Truth On Czeslaw Milosz’s birthday, revisit Adam Kirsch on Poland’s great exile poet, a figure of rare literary and moral authority: “As we enter what looks like our own time of troubles, his poetry and his life offer a reminder of what it meant, and what it took, to survive the twentieth century.” By Adam Kirsch Humor and Puzzles Crossword Today’s Puzzle Step-by-step guide?: fifteen letters. By Elizabeth C. Gorski Daily Shouts Proverbs for Your Thirties You made your bed; now you have to lie in it. But it’s from IKEA and you built it wrong, so now you’re lying on the floor. By Eli Grober Daily Cartoon Wednesday, June 30th By Trevor Spaulding You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily from The New Yorker. Was this e-mail forwarded to you? Sign up. Unsubscribe | Manage your e-mail preferences | Send newsletter feedback | View our Privacy Policy Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.