No Time to Dive.
The FDA approves a Pfizer booster for people who are 65 or older or at high risk of severe Covid-19, including from their jobs. / The Wall Street Journal
Over the last 30 days, the world has vaccinated one billion people. / Marginal Revolution
A memorial in DC honors the number of Americans who died from Covid with more than 660,000 white flags planted on the National Mall. / Today
Meanwhile, young Scandinavians are sticking pouches of nicotine up their trombones. / VICE
Ross Douthat says Covid blew up the Left and Right's ideological scaffoldings and returned us to a "Puritans-vs-Jacksonians dynamic." / The New York Times
See also: Adam Gurri's "Response to Anne Applebaum's 'The New Puritans.'" / LiberalCurrents
From August, Agnes Callard argues that the real college scandal is how we've forgotten the joys of intellectual engagement. / The Point
The Missouri couple who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters may have their law licenses suspended. / NPR
Insurers in California send in private firefighting crews as another layer of defense against the state's megafires. / The San Francisco Chronicle
Watch: A man relates what it's like to climb Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the lower 48, three years after suffering a spinal cord injury in a jujitsu class that left him paralyzed from the neck down. / The Morning News
New global air quality guidelines reflect "an overwhelming scientific consensus" that countries need to more aggressively limit air pollution. / The Conversation
Dan Riley hears the secrets of perhaps the world's most daring freediver. / GQ
Recent paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Michelle Blade depict scenes from daily life "in a dreamy, ethereal light." / Booooooom
Stanley Donwood's apocalyptic paintings, created for Radiohead's 2000 album Kid-A, are going up for sale. / Dazed
Netflix acquires the works of Roald Dahl for adaptation, with a total production budget around $1 billion. / Variety
Cary Fukunaga, director of the latest James Bond film, says the early Bond character was "basically" a rapist. / The Guardian
RIP, Melvin Van Peebles, the "Godfather of Black film," a maverick director, writer, and financial trader. / The Root
From earlier this month but still relevant? "Uniqlo is Sally Rooneycore." / Dirt
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