‘EVERY WEEK YOU’RE GUESSING HOW MUCH MONEY YOU’RE GOING TO GET.’ That’s a McDonald’s worker in NewYork City, complaining to Reuters about a lack of advance notice on scheduling—a problem that a new law there aims to address and that a proposed Chicago ordinance could also tackle. ■Washington Post: As big companies like McDonald’s relocate to big cities, suburbs like Oak Brook are scrambling. ■ The Reader: What happens when you recycle wrong in Chicago.
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‘A FUNDAMENTAL RISK TO … CIVILIZATION.’ Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, who’s called artificial intelligence one of humanity’s most pressing threats, is calling on the nation’s governors to take proactive steps to regulate AI before “it’s too late.” ■ George Romero, whose movie Night of the Living Dead birthed the modern zombie genre, is dead—for now. ■ And so is Oscar-winning Mission: Impossible star Martin Landau—a former newspaper cartoonist who turned down the role of Mr. Spock on Star Trek. ■ That the next star of Doctor Who will be a woman isn’t really that controversial.
PERSONAL FLASHBACK.A Marvel Comics book with a fan letter from me hit the stands 50 years ago today. It was the first of many Marvel (and its competitor, DC) would publish—including this one—but it was one of the biggest thrills of my childhood, and it fueled a passion for words that continues to this day. Thanks for reading. And thanks for taking the time to write to Square.