Crypto through the tulips.

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A new UN report finds the world further off course than ever from averting climate catastrophe. 1/22

Mass protests in Iran leave 731 banks and 140 government sites torched. Protesters in Iraq block roads with burning tires. 2/22

Heavy snows, hurricane-force winds, and a “bomb cyclone” disrupt Thanksgiving travel around the US. 3/22

The paradox of the American labor market: unemployment is the lowest it’s been in 50 years, but most of the jobs are lousy. 4/22

From old Hollywood to the gig economy, the "multi-hyphenate" represents the labor market’s latest iteration. 5/22

See also: Hollywood’s hyphenation boom has been roaring since around 2015. 6/22

Cryptocurrency is back, perhaps stronger than ever. TMN’s Rosecrans Baldwin tumbles down the rabbit hole to see what it all means. 7/22

In place of holiday pay, Wal-Mart offers employees a small discount to shop in their own stores. 8/22

Most rich countries are strikingly pro-dog, but Americans—white Americans, mainly—are obsessed. 9/22

A profile of William Monroe Trotter, the radical black newspaperman who lived for a fight. 10/22

Reading Lauren Duca’s memoir in the context of today’s media ecosystem, Haley Mlotek finds no revolution, only self-promotion. 11/22

As Donald Trump rallies his way toward reelection, some musicians find melody in the crazy. 12/22

White nationalists start to heckle other Trump supporters for their insufficient cruelty to nonwhites and coziness with Jewish people. 13/22

Departments of Motor Vehicles around the US are selling drivers' personal information. California made $52 million from it in 2017/18. 14/22

New apartments for homeless people in Los Angeles have an average cost of $531,000. The current median price for a condo? $546,000. 15/22

Houses are not homes, and homes are not necessarily houses—facts that the American dream of ownership is starting to accommodate. 16/22

A brief history of "streamlining" in the design of modern production cars. 17/22

"Trivial but attractive." Scenes painted from journeys in Google Street View. 18/22

A perfect microcosm of Earth started with a single seed planted in a pile of compost. 19/22

A profile of the woman who knitted all of Tom Hanks's cardigans for the Mr. Rogers movie. 20/22

Finally, Bon Appétit test-kitchen cooks answer last-minute Thanksgiving questions. How to cook Thanksgiving in two days or less. Why Addams Family Values is the perfect Thanksgiving film. 21/22

The internet should have killed the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line years ago. It’s still going strong. 22/22

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