Daddy slapping

New York passes a $4 billion environmental bond act with a plan to disburse benefits to communities most impacted by the climate crisis. / The Guardian

France plans to require all large parking lots to be covered by solar panels. Japan seeks to turn down private air conditioners remotely. / Electrek, Japan Today

During the midterms, every ballot question pertaining to abortion went in favor of reproductive rights, even in red states. / Quartz

Rupert Murdoch's media empire unloads on Donald Trump. / Reliable Sources

Crypto's Sam Bankman-Fried experiences the biggest one-day wealth collapse among billionaires ever recorded. / Business Insider

See also: "Boomers will believe everything they see on Facebook, but people born in my generation will believe anything they see on TikTok." / The Washington Post

A study finds mindfulness meditation to work as well as Lexapro at treating anxiety. / The Associated Press

Researchers translate the first sentence written in the ancient language of Canaanites. It's about head lice. / Sky News

A poem for your Thursday about aging: "A Cottony Fate" by Jane Hirshfield. / The Paris Review

The "dad-sneaker" trend continues despite having a "'did you get those at Payless?' look." / The Wall Street Journal

Some podcasts we've liked recently: Obsessions: Wild Chocolate and Good Cult. / Air Mail, Boing Boing

McDonald's creates a grease-proof gaming chair. A screw factory produces 400,000 screws a day. / Gizmodo, TKSST

Jim Henson made some pretty violent coffee commercials with puppets in the late 1950s. / TMN

---

Support this newsletter 🐸 🐷 ☕ by becoming a Sustainer or bolstering via PayPal, crypto, or Venmo (open in app).

✔️  Got a correction or a link we should consider? Email us or just reply to this newsletter.

Your headlines are sourced and written by Andrew Womack and Rosecrans Baldwin, Monday through Saturday. View this edition and the latest headlines at TMN.