Wednesday assorted links

1. State-level arts funding is to some extent substituting for federal arts funding.

2. Norwegian sovereign wealth fund deploys AI.  And more thinking is not always good for the AI.

3. Some Amish settlements have TFR above 10.  And Colombia is now at 1.2.  And coupling rate vs. fertility rate.

4. “Deep in the Berkshires, just off the Mohawk Trail, in an abandoned strip mall anchored by an erstwhile Price Chopper, awaits a sleek, smart production of Samuel Barber’s “Vanessa” that’s worth well more than the tank of gas it may require to get there.”

5. BBC list of America’s best barbecue.

6. “Coca-Cola has said it will launch a new version of its signature soft drink sweetened with cane sugar later this year, days after US President Donald Trump announced that the company had agreed to the move.” (FT)

7. Will LLMs make interviewing a much more powerful method?

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