A comparison of average tree heights, from a keshitsubo to a sequoia.

Wear your covers on your sleeve! The merch table is open for the 2023 Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes.

↩︎ The TMN Store 1d

A Singapore teenager is shamed then supported for enjoying her first “luxury handbag,” which her dad bought for $60.

↩︎ BBC News 18h

Apocalypse television loves to dress people in flannel shirts, which is a bad idea for survival in bad weather.

↩︎ GQ UK 18h

An amusing bunch of dunks on a “weaponized” SUV designed for wealthy people to ride out scary times.

↩︎ MetaFilter 18h

The British Isles acquire new additions: islets the width of two tennis courts made of wet wipes and mud.

↩︎ The Economist 18h

“How can we not be moving faster on this?” It is really mystifying. And so demystifying it was something that was important to me personally. But it also lent the book a very realistic vantage point.

The author of a new novel about the climate crisis talks about traps to avoid when turning the news into art.

↩︎ Grist

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Review of a new book about how secretive investors can make—and unmake—lifesaving drugs. "This is how capitalism works."

↩︎ Undark 1d

Utilities around the country repeatedly cut off power and gas to millions of struggling customers while setting record profits.

↩︎ The Guardian 1d

We can conclusively prove that the conflict between tennis and pickleball is capable of shaping the evolution of mankind, and certainly influence the results of sports.

A theory finds athletes who’ve associated themselves with pickleball are not doing very well. Is it ”the dinker’s curse?”

↩︎ Club Leftist Tennis

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An interactive guide to "all you need to know" regarding the Year of the Rabbit.

↩︎ The South China Morning Post 1w

Lan Samantha Chang: Celebrating Lunar New Year has meant learning to share my rituals with people for whom the traditions are new.

↩︎ Vogue 1w

“It is no use trying to explain why we say, on the one hand, that pair of shoes is getting old, but on the other hand, the pair were perfectly happy after their honeymoon.”

Praise for an update to perhaps the best book on modern English usage. “For anyone interested in language, it’s catnip.”

↩︎ The Millions

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A website designer creates a website to showcase all of the people who’ve copied his website designs.

↩︎ Copy Dennis 1w

To the extent that there’s been a national spike in shoplifting, it correlates to the growth of online retail.

↩︎ Curbed 1w

The Orient Express claims to be building the world's largest sailing ship, intending to launch it in 2026.

↩︎ Orient Express 2w

“I have a suggestion for you that comes from your own world. It is that I am only a symptom. I am not the disease. By treating me as you would like to, you will not remove the root causes of your anger, which I suspect are insecurity and borrowed shame.”

A reading of John Le Carré’s (mostly business) correspondence finds him struggling against deceit.

↩︎ The New Yorker

2w

The remains of more than 110,000 Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Alaska Natives are held by museums and universities.

↩︎ Pro Publica 2w

How to restore water storage by making bricks in a factory powered by methane emissions.

↩︎ The Cleanest Line 2w

Talking to my two better-paid colleagues through my experiment gave me valuable context. Before, the numbers were just numbers; now, they tell entire stories.

A millennial decides to tell everyone how much money she makes.

↩︎ Business Insider

2w

Texas has three times more wind, solar and battery storage under construction than California—just don’t call it green.

↩︎ The Economist 2w