The Morning News

We designed a technology that enables you and I to speak from different places. And this most intellectual creature to ever walk the planet, nevertheless is destroying its only home.

Jane Goodall says humans may be intellectual, but they’re not intelligent (intelligent creatures don’t destroy their own planet).

↩︎ GQ

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A study finds there were more migratory birds hanging out in urban areas as a result of the pandemic

↩︎ CBC News 23h

“You can just fluff it up, and it’s great as a fire tinder." Survivalists explain why you should always carry tampons in the wild.

↩︎ Outside Magazine 23h

How soon can lab-grown meat actually feed a meaningful number of people? A critical look at the challenging economies.

↩︎ The Counter 1d

"It’s about the volume of meals you eat, not anything else." From February, confessions of a former Michelin restaurant inspector.

↩︎ Luxeat 1d

Do you value TMN or the Tournament of Books? Join the community that supports it to keep it thriving.

↩︎ TMN Memberships 1d

You really have to ask yourself: What are you trying to accomplish with that transient three-to-six-month boost in antibodies?

Epidemiologist Céline Gounder offers plainspoken advice on what Covid boosters can and can’t do.

↩︎ The New Yorker

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“I don’t have any sense of being that important,” says the country's oldest (and most famous) park ranger, Betty Reid Soskin.

↩︎ The New York Times 1d

Negatives altered into images not quite real and not quite unreal, by photographer Julie Hamel.

↩︎ LensCulture 1d

"They see it like one bucket." For today's students, file structures don't exist.

↩︎ The Verge 1d

Rather than cooperating through the pandemic in North Africa, the legacy of colonialism caused many to capitalize on shortages.

↩︎ Africa Is a Country 1d

Roxane Gay: "Politicians love to invoke the idea of borders in service of a scarcity doctrine."

↩︎ The Audacity 1d

Photographic collages of bedding, by Mira Burack.

↩︎ Matterology 1d

"I had to close my laptop and stare at the wall for a few minutes." The surprising benefits of therapy voyeurism.

↩︎ The Atlantic 1d

A short documentary on Aaron Ralph's 2,700-kilometer, meandering bikepacking trip up the United Kingdom.

via The Radavist

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A new website, Find Center, contains 500,000 pages of self-care and burnout-avoidance content recommended by experts.

↩︎ Quartz 1d

Recent photos of international border walls, by Rafał Milach.

↩︎ Hyperallergic 1d

How Spotify and Apple Music use pro-rata accounting to pay artists less.

↩︎ Dada Drummer Almanach 1d

Researchers are using Lidar aerial mapping at Teotihuacán to discover how the ancient city was built.

↩︎ Gizmodo 1d

Brazil's "Levante do Metal Nativo" movement sings heavy metal in the Tupi-Guarani language in hopes of saving their native tongue.

↩︎ Open Culture 1d