Homicide squad.

Despite Russia’s “peace plan,” Kurdish forces say a new Turkish land offensive has forced thousands to flee. Turkey doesn’t deny it. 1/22

Trump’s betrayal of Kurdish allies for Russia and Iran worries (some of) his evangelical supporters. 2/22

Approval of the impeachment inquiry reaches its highest level, with 55% in favor of possibly ousting a president whose lawyers argue should be allowed to get away with murder. 3/22

(He already gets away with believing Colorado borders Mexico.) 4/22

Documents show Ukraine was aware the White House was holding up funds weeks earlier than previously acknowledged. 5/22

BTW: That GOP squad stunt yesterday? FWIW, many more Democrats are unable to attend the inquiry hearings compared to Republicans. 6/22

A study of over 40 million Uber trips finds that 60% of riders never tip, 1% always tip, and those who tip leave an average of $3. 7/22

Novelist Jami Attenberg drives a young, scared asylum seeker to the airport. 8/22

A fast-moving wildfire explodes overnight in Sonoma County. Blackouts start to roll through California once again. 9/22

Officials were unprepared for the evacuations required by Woolsey last year, the most destructive fire in LA County history, a new report finds. 10/22

Brazilians cry too little, too late as the government sends forces to clean up a huge oil spill that Bolsonaro first dismissed. 11/22

Related: The Amazon rainforest may stop producing enough rain to sustain itself by 2021. 12/22

More than 24 billion pairs of shoes were made in 2018. In many cases they’re completely made of plastic, and headed soon for the oceans or a landfill. 13/22

Tracking the states—and countries—where adoptable dogs come from originally before they wind up in your local shelter. 14/22

From 2017, a conversation with an anti-natalist, i.e., someone who believes human beings should stop having kids for reasons of compassion. 15/22

A quick guide for non-African sports commentators who seem to have a thing against West African names. 16/22

See also: Robin Sloan says copyediting for video games looks like this. 17/22

Gary Gulman talks about making comedy out of his treatments for clinical depression. 18/22

An interview with Tel Aviv's Ori Toor about his incredibly dense illustrations. 19/22

Coffee just tastes better in autumn, on a street in Manhattan, in a paper cup. Short of that: this vintage TMN mug. 20/22

Roxane Gay has many opinions about plane travel. Her most passionate are against the indignity that is carry-on luggage. 21/22

Craig Mod's tips for surviving air travel: Arrive extremely early. Wear a face mask. Seal yourself off from everything. 22/22

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