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This battle is epic and undecided. If we miss the two-degree target, we will fight to prevent a rise of three degrees, and then four. It’s a long escalator down to Hell.

Thirty years after his early climate change reporting, Bill McKibben assesses our extraordinary hubris in the face of extinction.

↩︎ The New Yorker

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Mauerbauertraurigkeit: The inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends who you really like. Chrysalism: The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm.

A list of emotions people feel but can’t explain. From the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.

↩︎ Niclas Berggren / Twitter

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The FBI now classifies the far-right Proud Boys as an “extremist group with ties to white nationalism.”

↩︎ The Guardian 6h

Trump's latest interview with Fox News confirms he's an absentee president, and mostly clueless on all matters.

↩︎ Vox 6h

Photographs of k-pop, k-beauty, and k-fashion at Seoul Fashion Week.

↩︎ i-D 9h

Consumers want to spend less time with screens, but listening to the news through smart speakers isn't the solution, yet.

↩︎ NiemanLab 9h

“I’ve known this was an identity before I had a language for it,” says Ahomari Turner, 27. “Once I heard it, I was like, ‘Yes, that’s me.’”

One upside to social media: it helps nonbinary people in “deepening their understanding of their identities.”

↩︎ The New York Times Magazine

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Botox appointments spike around Thanksgiving and Christmas, with bookings rates 35-45% higher than normal.

↩︎ Priceonomics 10h

One way to measure San Francisco's recent air quality problems: Uber drivers are selling respirator masks.

↩︎ Recode 10h

Some handy rebuttals for when your relatives want to talk economic policy at the dinner table this week.

↩︎ Bloomberg 10h

One way to understand Friendsgiving’s recent popularity is as the expansion of the Thanksgiving holiday into something more like a Thanksgiving season.

“Home for Thanksgiving” has become “friends for Thanksgiving,” especially among childless or unmarried adults.

↩︎ The Atlantic

10h

It took time for mainstream journalists to feel comfortable calling the president a liar. Now can we start using the 'P' word?

↩︎ The Los Angeles Times 10h

In "influencer marketing," companies routinely pay $60,000 for a video review—or $85,000 to publicly diss a competitor’s product.

↩︎ WIRED 11h

Finns respond to Trump's assertion that their “forest nation” avoids deadly fires by spending time cleaning the woods.

↩︎ Huffington Post 11h

Dozens were injured and one killed when French demonstrators protested rising gas prices by shutting down roads.

↩︎ Quartz 11h

“I’m embarrassed by the limitations of my ability to talk about it.” Stephen Colbert uses a story about broccoli, Star Trek, and a frozen Bible to explain why he went back to Catholocism.

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Many regions are trying to lure non-office-bound employees. Tulsa offers free rent, a co-working office, and $10,000.

↩︎ CityLab 11h

Mechanical Swiss watches use springs made from an alloy called Nivarox, whose dominance is facing a high-tech new challenger.

↩︎ The Economist 11h

Surreal animations invade the real world.

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In an annual event, sorters from libraries around the US compete to see who can process the most items in one hour.

↩︎ Atlas Obscura 3d