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In the Midwest, government weather forecasters have logged reports of more than 500 tornadoes in 30 days. 1/18

Weeks of heavy rain result in historic flooding that’s swamping Oklahoma and Arkansas. 2/18

Meanwhile: An overview of the White House's new plans to undermine the National Climate Assessment. 3/18

Your obsolete but timely word for the week: "dungeonable." Malicious, damnable; roguish, "devilish." 4/18

Britain has gone for more than eight days without using coal to generate electricity. 5/18

Unless our economy fundamentally changes, American cities will never be “finished” with preventing and alleviating homelessness. 6/18

From December, but ever pertinent: A letter from a homeless woman to NIMBY types who want people like her sent to concentration camps. 7/18

A Chinese cafe chain sells a coffee that arrives with a cloud that "rains" sugar. 8/18

Inspired by his dad's diabetes, a Mexican scientist devised a way to turn wasted corn cobs into a sugar alternative. 9/18

RIP, the truly lovely Tony Horwitz, who suffered a cardiac arrest this week at age 60 while on tour for his latest book. 10/18

In 2018, the TSA collected $960,105 in loose change at airports. The money gets spent on security improvements. 11/18

Officials don’t believe that New York City is ready for electric scooters. 12/18

In an oldie but a goodie, Nick Paumgarten explores the lives of elevators. 13/18

Some related satire: Things also done by the sort of people who press elevator buttons that are already lit. 14/18

Women playing pro basketball have practiced against men for decades—partly to maintain their own league’s parity. 15/18

Interviews with incels getting cosmetic surgery and the Indiana doctor who’s doing the work. 16/18

The success of David McCullough's new book about pioneers shows the gap between critical thinking and “popular history.” 17/18

"Like so many middle-aged curmudgeons, he is primarily preoccupied with what inconveniences him." Good stuff on Brett Easton Ellis. 18/18

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