Carina Pacheco

Editor’s note: This article includes explicit descriptions of sexual acts and drug use. When the Cornell story broke into the mainstream media, everyone had strong initial reactions. I was no exception: My overwhelming feeling was simply discomfort. This moment certainly feels like a social reckoning, where post-MeToo feminism is testing itself out.

Good morning, Tangle readers. This is an overly caffeinated Associate Editor Carina Pacheco. We have a rather serious edition about “the Cornell 7,” followed by a look at the Gaza peace plan on the third anniversary of Hamas’ October 7 attacks. We’ll finish with an uplifting story of an intense physical endurance challenge. It’s a 13-minute read. Isaac Saul, Ari Weitzman, Will Kaback, Audrey Moorehead, Russell Nystrom, Isaac Wood, and Bailey Saul edited or contributed to today’s newsletter.

Happy Wednesday, Tangle readers. This is Associate Editor Carina Pacheco, and while it’s a picturesque early fall day here on the East Coast — sunny and clear with just a hint of chill in the air — today’s edition is taking us somewhere much chillier: to the Arctic island of Greenland. In addition to the freshly inked deal between the U.S., Denmark and Greenland, we have an under-the-radar story about AI air-traffic control and a heroic ten-year-old. It's a 12-minute read.