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A dark coda to a two-decade war |
 | | The bombings in Kabul hint at a potential new round of violence for a people and a country that have suffered more than 40 years of warfare.Victor J. Blue for The New York Times |
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Yesterday afternoon, ominous, unverified tweets started to appear across The Times's Slack channels: Reports of an explosion and gunfire outside of a gate to Kabul's airport. Reporters, translators, and photo, video and graphics editors immediately shifted their attention, working to confirm the news with our sources on the ground in Afghanistan. In real time, questions were asked and answered: What is the exact distance between the Baron Hotel and the Kabul airport? What does this tweet in Dari say? Has anyone heard from the Pentagon? |
Soon, Slack channels across the company lit up, making it clear this story was big — the Washington, International and Live news teams were all talking about it. On The Daily, we were just about to tape our previously planned show for today — on a subject that had nothing to do with Afghanistan. But there are certain moments, like this one, when our team stops to reassess. When the news is urgent enough to shelve a show and start from scratch. |
"Hey guys, with the situation in Kabul right now, I'm going to make some calls to see if we should do an episode for tomorrow on what's going on," Lisa Chow, editor for The Daily, sent to the team. In the meantime, producers and editors continued to share intel they were hearing from colleagues and seeing online. |
More news started to come in — there was a second blast, multiple American service members were dead and ISIS was claiming the attack. We had sources saying President Biden was in the Situation Room and was planning to address the nation later. Soon, it was clear we should pursue a new show. |
In a matter of minutes, our team managed to connect with Matthieu Aikins, a journalist based in Kabul; monitor and record President Biden's address; and start gathering tape of recently aired newscasts breaking the update. |
In the background, our team quietly wondered: Were our sources and our colleagues, photographers and reporters on the ground, safe? |
In our interview, Matthieu voiced the same concerns about his sources — sharing that he had been refreshing his phone for news from those who had been near the airport. |
Suddenly, the news was proximate, intensifying this dark coda to two decades of war. |
Culture recommendations for your weekend |
Compiled by Desiree Ibekwe |
The Daily has been working on some pretty heavy stories as of late. But in another corner of our team, we have been steeped in something lighter: the sprawling, beautiful and, often, odd world of The Times's culture desk. |
For the past few weeks, some of our colleagues have been hard at work creating special episodes analyzing the nostalgia-filled return of the noughties power couple Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, reassessing Jay-Z's seminal "The Black Album" and looking at how Lil Nas X is an entirely new kind of pop star. |
In this process, they've been digging through a lot of material. So we asked them to share what to watch, read or listen to if you have some extra time. The newsletter will be off next Friday, so let these tide you over heading into Labor Day weekend. |
 | | "There was this pressure put on me, and that I put on myself, to make something new," Mvula said.Rosie Matheson for The New York Times |
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"Laura Mvula, an English singer and songwriter, has an amazing new album out called 'Pink Noise'. Also, the podcast 'Fun City' has been taking up most of my listening time these days — including a wonderfully sound-designed and compelling actual-play show about a group of space scavengers 20 million years in the future." — Hans Buetow, senior producer. |
"I am in a real nostalgic mood this summer so I've been revisiting songs that feel like high school. My high school playlist has Phoenix and Alabama Shakes in heavy rotation, plus The Dodos (I played 'Fools' every morning on the way to school - take from that what you will), Little Dragon, early Adele (listen to 'Take It All' if you want to weep), Beirut, Rubblebucket, Sleigh Bells (I played 'Rill Rill' on the way home), and, of course, Taylor Swift. Listening to these songs makes me feel like I have homework to do, and weirdly, I love that." — Anna Martin, producer. |
"The Twitter account '80s News Screens' is so fun, weird and illuminating. It posts out-of-context vintage screenshots from local news broadcasts, including hilarious descriptions of witnesses and still images of anchors with phrases like 'Pasta Subsidies' and 'New York Garbage.' All together, the images offer an amusing glimpse into what was being broadcast into living rooms 40 years ago — and one by one they are just bizarre nanoseconds from the past." — Dodai Stewart, deputy editor, Special Projects. |
"During the pandemic we've watched more TV together as a family and our son, age 11, asked if we could watch stuff he was finding online. Meme Planet releases a weekly compilation of video memes on YouTube and we look forward to it every Monday." — Phyllis Fletcher, senior editor. |
"'Reservation Dogs' kicks off with a group of teens stealing a delivery truck full of off-brand Flamin' Hot Cheetos in rural Oklahoma. I'm sold. It's a cutting and whip smart show that follows a fledgling teen crime ring; it's also the first television series staffed entirely by Indigenous writers." — Tracy Mumford, producer. |
"I'm a little late to the game on 'Pen15,' but it's essential viewing in the canon of Teenager TV. Seeing Maya and Anna scheme on how to get their first kiss, desperate and hormonal, then turn around and have whiny tantrums at their parents… brings it all back. It's awkward, painful, and so damn funny." — Tally Abecassis, producer. |
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