Monitoring that emotion.
Even in the context of recent years, the size and scope of Northern California’s fires are historically unprecedented. / Weather West
See also: Useful fire and smoke maps for people living in the Western US: one and two. / AirNow, The Los Angeles Times
To study disease-carrying mosquitoes, scientists let them feed on their own blood. / The Washington Post
Helen Branswell: Four scenarios on how we might develop immunity to Covid-19. / STAT
A museum in Japan displays everyday items from the past six months to tell the pandemic's story. / The Associated Press
A Taiwanese medtech startup develops an autonomous (and frightening!) nasal swab robot. / The Morning News
"The unexpected joy of the worst summer of our lives," a comic by Christine Mi. / Vox
A study finds when hospitals provide equal care to all patients, "the longer odds faced by patients of color can be overcome." / The Los Angeles Times
Wisconsin calls in the National Guard to handle unrest after Jacob Blake was shot in the back by police in front his three children. / Reuters
Tamika Palmer, Breonna Taylor’s mother, in conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates. / Vanity Fair
A prison interview with rapper 03 Greedo, poised to become the next Kendrick Lamar before getting arrested in Texas. / The Washington Post
Carina del Valle Schorske pays tribute to the only known duet recorded by Aretha Franklin and Smokey Robinson. / The Morning News
Fact-checking the first night of the Republicans’ National Convention. / The New York Times
“If you wondered how the McCloskeys ended up on your screen, the message wasn’t aimed at you.” / The Washington Post
The American focus on the nuclear family entrenches inequality, ignoring the benefits of multiple generations living together. / Quartz
The miseducation of an urban planner who grew up as a gay Chicano in East Los Angeles. / Common \ Edge
Paying homage to a bygone Atlanta gay bar. “It was just like walking into a little town. It was a little world unto itself." / The Oxford American
See also: A search engine for finding comparative or relative measurements of physical quantities. / Measure of Things
Tibetan refugees rethink their dependence on WeChat, knowing it engages in censorship and surveillance for China. / Rest of World
Nearly 400 of the 3,900 companies listed on stock exchanges in mainland China paid homage to Xi Jinping in their annual reports. / The Economist
“In the land of the American dream, I learned that success comes through good luck, the right slogans, and monitoring your own—and others’—emotions.” / American Affairs
An email digest of the most-edited Wikipedia articles and discussions from the last week. / The Weeklypedia
And now a brief chat with a recent Sustaining Member, Chris F.!
Chris, how long have you been reading TMN? I've been reading TMN for at least 12 years now, probably more like 13 or 14. I was turned onto your site by someone I was seeing at the time who was something of an early adopter of cool internet stuff such as Metafilter—which, unlike TMN, is no longer part of my routine. Metafilter was quite cool though. I should probably have a look and see how it's doing.
It looks like they're doing well! How often do you read TMN these days? I stop by pretty much daily and read several of the stories you post every week; it's my favorite source of news and interesting stuff to read. I really appreciate you guys and it's cool that you respond to emails. Also, over the last several years I've been reading a lot of contemporary fiction (as opposed to catching up on classics or whatever) and the Tournament of Books has been a great source of recommendations for that. So thanks!
You're welcome! Thanks for chatting with us. Thinking about those 12 or 13 or 14 years just now and that woman I was seeing—man, there was a lot of life crammed in those years.
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