Nuclear Deterrence and Russia’s War in Ukraine

Plus: the hazard-filled ruling on the transportation mask mandate; beauty and uprising in the suburbs of Paris; and new fiction by Elif Batuman. View in browser | Update your preferences Saturday, April 23, 2022 Daily Comment The New Nuclear Reality Russia’s war in Ukraine has reawakened fears about the bomb—and endangered the principle of deterrence. By Robin Wright From the News Desk Daily Comment The Hazard-Filled Ruling on the Transportation Mask Mandate The judicial order, which inspired social-media videos of people gleefully unmasking on airplanes, was sudden and startlingly broad. By Amy Davidson Sorkin The New Yorker Radio Hour Ronan Farrow on the Threat of Spyware, and Viola Davis on Her Upcoming Memoir The reporter takes us inside NSO Group and its notorious spyware, Pegasus; Davis discusses “Finding Me” and playing Michelle Obama. With David Remnick Editor’s Pick Photo Booth Beauty and Uprising in the Working-Class Suburbs of Paris The gritty surroundings of the banlieues provide a stage for Mohamed Bourouissa’s artful dramatizations of everyday life. By Tausif Noor Photography by Mohamed Bourouissa Culture Dept. Fiction “The Repugnant Conclusion” “Love wasn’t a slumber party with your best friend. Love was dangerous, violent, with an element of something repulsive.” By Elif Batuman This Week in Fiction Elif Batuman on Choosing an Aesthetic Life The author discusses “The Repugnant Conclusion,” her story from the latest issue of the magazine. By Deborah Treisman The Front Row “Saturday Fiction,” Reviewed: A Hectic Masterwork of Political Paranoia Lou Ye’s film, set in Shanghai on the eve of the Pearl Harbor attack, is a grandly ambitious and stylish thriller. By Richard Brody Fun & Games Dept. Name Drop Play the Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Liz Maynes-Aminzade Daily Shouts Dear Pepper: Scheduling Slackers and Overachievers What you need is to be a little more selfish and a little less aware. By Liana Finck Daily Shouts Things I Expected People to Say to Me After They Found Out I Had a Baby Compliments for a cool mom and her cute child from cooing strangers. By Sophie Lucido Johnson Shouts & Murmurs Mario, Not So Super at Forty Decades of running, jumping, and smashing bricks take a toll. Sorry, Princess, it’s spinal-fusion time. By Simon Rich \ Thanks for reading. Let us know your thoughts about today’s edition. Plus, browse more newsletters and invite a friend to sign up for The Daily. You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily from The New Yorker. Manage your preferences | View our Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.