Bands down.
In less than a week, the news media is again reporting on a mass shooting. This time, the scene is in Colorado. / The New York Times, The Associated Press
"I've been a reporter in Colorado for 11 years (including four in college) and this is at least the fifth shooting I've covered where more than four people have been shot." / Twitter
Inside the scramble to bring Covid-19 vaccines to homebound Americans. / STAT
Post-immunization cases of infection, sometimes called "breakthroughs," are very rare and very expected. / The Atlantic
"It's like having a fleet of Ferraris... and right now, no one's got the owner's manual." Long-haul Covid meets NBA players. / True Hoop
See also: What we know and don't know about long Covid. / STAT
The EU, UK, US, and Canada have penalized Chinese officials over Beijing's human rights abuses in Xinjiang. / Al Jazeera
When it comes to last summer's Black Lives Matter protests, only Baltimore's police department is credited with handling events relatively well. / The New York Times
Europe's handling of the vaccine rollout reveals signs of national characteristics. / The New York Times
Slowly, slowly, Portugal is beginning to acknowledge its (massive) role in the transatlantic slave trade. / Al Jazeera
Kenyan society often treats women's work as secondary, including breakthroughs achieved by computer scientists. / Vogue
Is it too early to call headline of the week? "An 89-Year-Old Sharpshooter Takes Aim at India's Patriarchy." / The New York Times
Over the course of 12 years, a total of 15 human feet have washed ashore on Vancouver Island. / National Geographic
A new study finds that summers in the Northern Hemisphere may last nearly six months by the year 2100. / NBC News
Related: Why people are locking themselves to pipeline equipment in Minnesota and not letting go. / Heated
The secret cost of Google's data centers: billions of gallons of water to cool servers. / TIME
When a truck ignores alerts that it's too tall to enter the Sydney Harbour Tunnel, an automated system projects a giant stop sign onto a curtain of water. / The Morning News
Maroon 5's Adam Levine takes heat for saying there "aren't any bands anymore." But he's not wrong. / Metafilter
The tale of an aspiring food influencer who's wanted by the FBI for ties to the "Hollywood Con Queen" scam. / The Guardian
McMansion Hell Yearbook takes on 1979. "To be honest, I find it weirdly endearing." / McMansion Hell
Today in the Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes®, this year's Reader Judge weighs in! / The Tournament of Books
And now a brief chat with a new Sustaining Member, Paula B.
Hi, Paula! You're a big Tournament of Books fan, is that right? I have been a ToB fan for a while, maybe since 2011 or 2012. Sometimes almost a completist, sometimes fairly active in the Commentariat, and sometimes mostly lurking, depending on how my March goes (and, honestly, often how my basketball team, Michigan State, does in the other March Madness). I read around 100-125 books a year, and definitely use the ToB long lists and Camp ToB to guide my reading, and use the bracket announcement to escalate my focus.
Wow, that's a lot of books! I wore my Rooster T-shirt to the National Book Festival in Washington, DC, a couple of years back, and got a knowing smile from Roxane Gay while we were waiting for an elevator together. She is my hero and I still get pissed off about what happened with An Untamed State in 2015 at the hands of Stephin Merritt.
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