June 23, 2014

• A quarter of India's land is turning to desert, threatening food security in the world's second most populous country.
• Related: If there were a World Cup for climate change diversion, Switzerland would win.
• The shared history of soccer, rugby, and football is why Americans differ in terminology from everyone else.
• Sting becomes the next celebrity who plans to donate their fortune rather than pass it to their offspring.
• People talk about having children as if it's complicated. Nothing could be further from the truth.
• When freezing your eggs can seem like it will solve all of your problems.
• Google grants an employee a week off after his daughter sends them a letter written in crayon.
• One in five people in their 20s and early 30s lives with their parents, and 60% receive their financial support.
• Average salaries of 820 jobs in the US, ranked from best- to worst-paying.
• Bill de Blasio has married twice the amount of people six months into his term than Bloomberg did in 12 years.
• The House of One, a combined synagogue, mosque, and church, opens in Berlin.
• On "truthers": The truth is conspiratorial, and like Watergate...conspiracies are sometimes true.
• Simon Winchester on receiving a letter that inspired him to pursue a writing career.
• The New Yorker profiles Ted Cruz.
• Wikipedia changes its terms, forcing paid editors to disclose affiliations.
• Genius app "Timesify" makes an inane story you're reading look like a New York Times article.