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Opinion | Wellness Should be Just a Hobby

Wellness should be just a hobby.

2024-11-10T03:00:08-0800 The New York Times Ashwin Rodrigues ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-11-10T14:21:21-0800 - sethherr

A Radical Approach to Flooding in the UK: Give Land Back to the Sea

When a huge tract of land on the Somerset coast was deliberately flooded, the project was slammed as “ridiculous” by a local lawmaker. But the results have been transformative. #Agriculture #Birds #Britain #Climate Change #England #Environment #Global Warming

2024-10-21T21:01:25-0700 The New York Times Rory Smith, Andrew Testa ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-22T07:50:25-0700 - sethherr

Aaron Sorkin Thinks Life Still Imitates ‘The West Wing’

The political drama debuted 25 years ago. But the creator believes the politics were mostly beside the point. #TV

2024-09-19T02:04:49-0700 The New York Times Marc Tracy ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2024-09-19T14:11:44-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | Are Smartphones and Social Media Driving a Teen Mental Heath Crisis?

The New York Times

Rated 2024-07-29T15:38:53-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | What Have We Liberals Done to the West Coast?

Infected with ideological purity, the West Coast is focused more on intentions than on oversight and outcomes. #California #Homelessness #Mental Health #Oregon #Politics

2024-06-15T04:00:48-0700 The New York Times Nicholas Kristof ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-06-21T09:07:10-0700 - sethherr

Colorado’s Bold New Approach to Highways — Not Building Them

The state has made it harder to widen highways, and transportation officials are turning their eyes to transit. #Climate Change #Colorado #Global Warming #Transportation

2024-05-31T02:00:29-0700 The New York Times Megan Kimble 3,000 words

Rated 2024-06-01T17:50:32-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | What Medical Stories Do We Trust?

How vaccine injuries and long Covid test our partisan beliefs.

2024-05-04T04:00:16-0700 The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-05-05T19:21:07-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez You Don’t Know

Three terms in, she’s exiting her political adolescence and coming into her own as a veteran operator. #Congress #Joe Biden #US Politics

2024-05-04T04:00:07-0700 The New York Times Gaby Del Valle ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2024-05-05T19:17:49-0700 - sethherr

At Penn, Tensions May Only Be Growing After Magill’s Resignation

Professors at the University of Pennsylvania have begun to organize, fearing what they view as a plan by the billionaire Marc Rowan to upend academic freedom. #College

2024-01-29T09:20:18-0800 The New York Times Stephanie Saul ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-01-29T19:12:22-0800 - sethherr

‘America Is Under Attack’: Inside the Anti-D.E.I. Crusade

The backlash against “wokeism” has led a growing number of states to ban D.E.I. programs at public universities. Thousands of emails and other documents reveal the playbook — and grievances — behind one strand of the anti-D.E.I. campaign. #College #Texas

2024-01-20T13:35:53-0800 The New York Times Nicholas Confessore ($) 7,000 words

Rated 2024-01-22T18:03:33-0800 - sethherr

Opinion | Look What We Made Taylor Swift Do

Whether she is conscious of it or not, Ms. Swift signals to queer people — in our language — that she has some affinity for queer identity. #Celebrity #Country Music

2024-01-04T02:01:26-0800 The New York Times Anna Marks ($) 5,000 words

Rated 2024-01-09T22:03:34-0800 - sethherr

What’s on the Menu When Your Cat Goes Out? Probably More Than You Think.

Free-ranging cats hunt or scavenge more than 2,000 species, some of them imperiled, according to a new study. #Birds #Endangered Species

2023-12-12T08:03:28-0800 The New York Times Catrin Einhorn ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-12-12T20:52:14-0800 - sethherr

Why Are So Many American Pedestrians Dying at Night?

Nothing resembling this pattern has occurred in other comparably wealthy countries. #Cars #Poverty

2023-12-11T00:00:01-0800 The New York Times Emily Badger, Ben Blatt, Josh Katz ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-12-12T08:09:34-0800 - sethherr

Opinion | What the University Presidents Got Right and Wrong About Antisemitic Speech

The proper response to censorship is not more censorship. #Censorship #College #Harvard

2023-12-10T06:00:05-0800 The New York Times David French ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-12-10T15:08:15-0800 - sethherr

The ‘Georgists’ Are Out There, and They Want to Tax Your Land

Amid a crisis in affordable housing, the century-old ideas of Henry George have gained a new currency. #Detroit #Housing #Real Estate #Urban Planning

2023-11-12T00:00:52-0800 The New York Times Conor Dougherty ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-14T07:52:48-0800 - sethherr

Opinion | Israel Has Never Needed to Be Smarter Than in This Moment

It would be a mistake to give Hamas what it wants: an overreaction like an invasion of Gaza. #Israel #Joe Biden #Middle East #Military #Politics #Terrorism

2023-10-10T14:58:28-0700 The New York Times Thomas L. Friedman ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-10-12T10:25:12-0700 - sethherr

The Wager That Betting Can Change the World

A coterie of tech insiders believe that “prediction markets” can fix social ills. Are they right? #Gambling

2023-10-08T02:01:11-0700 The New York Times Kevin Roose ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-10-08T19:32:38-0700 - sethherr

America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow

Unchecked overuse is draining and damaging aquifers nationwide, a data investigation by the New York Times revealed, threatening millions of people and America’s status as a food superpower. #Agriculture #Climate Change #Global Warming #Water

2023-08-28T14:19:48-0700 The New York Times Mira Rojanasakul, Christopher Flavelle, Blacki Migliozzi, ... ($) 5,000 words

Rated 2023-09-26T07:16:33-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-09-25T11:15:51-0700 - cindy

The Insidious Habit That Can Hurt Your Relationship

Ignoring a partner in favor of your phone, or “phubbing,” can lead to feelings of distrust and ostracism. Here’s how to stop. #Dating #Marriage

2023-07-27T02:00:22-0700 The New York Times Catherine Pearson ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-28T10:00:56-0700 - alexandradancing

The Fight for the Right to Trespass

A group of English activists want to legally enshrine the “right to roam” — and spread the idea that nature is a common good. #England

2023-07-26T02:01:02-0700 The New York Times Brooke Jarvis ($) 7,000 words

Rated 2023-07-27T18:34:05-0700 - sethherr

Lessons From a Renters’ Utopia

Worldwide, housing has become a nightmare of expense and speculation. What did Vienna do right? #Housing #Real Estate

2023-05-23T01:20:41-0700 The New York Times Francesca Mari, Luca Locatelli ($) 7,000 words

Rated 2023-06-13T11:07:14-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-06-12T16:01:56-0700 - elll

What Does ‘Buying American’ Even Mean?

In a globalized economy, the definition of “buying American” is becoming quite cloudy—and so are the consequences of policies designed to encourage it. #Buy American

2019-07-03T00:00:00-0700 The New York Times Tim Heffernan 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-11T10:03:39-0700 - Jaog

They Fled San Francisco. The A.I. Boom Pulled Them Back.

Tech entrepreneurs who left the Bay Area during the pandemic say they can’t afford to miss out on the funding, hackathons and networking of the artificial intelligence frenzy. #Artificial Intelligence #San Francisco

2023-06-07T02:01:22-0700 The New York Times Erin Griffith ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-07T16:37:36-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | The Climate Solution That’s Horrible for the Climate

Corn ethanol and soy biodiesel accelerate food inflation and global hunger, but they’re also a disaster for the climate and the environment. #Agriculture #Climate Change #Global Warming #Iowa

2023-06-06T02:01:07-0700 The New York Times Michael Grunwald ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-06T20:26:41-0700 - elll

Can the ‘California Effect’ Survive in a Hyperpartisan America?

For decades the state has been setting policy for the whole nation. Now red states are pushing back. #California #Cars #Florida

2023-05-30T01:50:08-0700 The New York Times Conor Dougherty ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-05-30T14:37:29-0700 - cindy

Why Did the Obamas Fail to Take On Corporate Agriculture?

Activists hoped President Obama would fight for stronger regulation. Eight years later, they’re still waiting. #Agriculture #Barack Obama #Fast Food #Food & drink

2016-10-05T01:55:45-0700 The New York Times Michael Pollan ($) 6,000 words

Rated 2023-05-15T22:27:38-0700 - sethherr

9 Ways to Imagine Jeff Bezos’ Wealth (Published 2022)

A fortune of $172 billion is almost impossible to fathom. For the magazine’s Money Issue, the artist Mona Chalabi came up with some extremely original comparisons.

2022-04-07T06:21:21-0700 The New York Times Mona Chalabi ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-08T17:17:07-0700 - jim

The Painter Who Inspired a New Ballet

For Christopher Wheeldon’s return to New York City Ballet, he asked the artist Kylie Manning not just for backdrops and costumes but to, as he says, “form a dance within her world.”

2023-05-03T11:31:35-0700 The New York Times Ella Riley-Adams ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-05T18:42:33-0700 - cindy

When They Warn of Rare Disorders, These Prenatal Tests Are Usually Wrong (Published 2022)

The false positives aren’t mentioned in the brochures for these blood screenings, which are sold by some of the biggest labs in the country.

2022-01-01T10:14:05-0800 The New York Times Sarah Kliff, Aatish Bhatia ($) 4,000 words

Rated 2023-05-04T05:52:56-0700 - cindy Rated 2023-05-02T21:38:38-0700 - alexandradancing

Opinion | I Didn’t Want It to Be True, but the Medium Really Is the Message

The New York Times

Rated 2023-04-28T05:35:52-0700 - cindy

Sacklers Gave Millions to Institution That Advises on Opioid Policy

The New York Times

Rated 2023-04-23T05:52:47-0700 - cindy

Opinion | Plutocratic Power and Its Perils

The New York Times

Rated 2023-04-19T04:20:34-0700 - cindy

Forget Utopia. Ignore Dystopia. Embrace Protopia!

The New York Times

Rated 2023-03-23T20:13:53-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | How Big of a Climate Betrayal Is the Willow Oil Project?

The New York Times

Rated 2023-03-16T21:57:25-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | Working From Home Is Less Healthy Than You Think

The New York Times

Rated 2023-03-14T12:21:48-0700 - cindy