Here are the final weeks of Brexit.

The closer we get to Brexit Day without a deal, the scarier things become. In January or February, the markets are bound to take fright. Things will start getting seriously sketchy.

A good explainer, casually done, goes over the final weeks of Brexit and why the UK is seriously “double-stuffed.”

↩︎ Politics.co.uk

Oct 12, 2018

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Candidates for the ninth European Tree of the Year contest.

↩︎ Tree of the Year 1h

A map of Mexico's mass graves. From 2006-2016, state prosecutors admitted that at least 2,884 bodies were found in 24 states.

↩︎ A dónde van los desaparecidos. 2h

"I learned that you don’t need a lot of space to have a great quality of life." A report from Canada's off-the-grid communities.

↩︎ Huck 2h

Iceberg Vodka, a Canadian vodka distiller, suffers a heist of 30,000 liters of melted iceberg.

↩︎ BBC News 2h

The first privately funded spacecraft to journey to the moon is set for launch on Thursday, propelled by a rocket from SpaceX.

↩︎ The Telegraph 2h

In case you've got the winter blues: illustrations of summery southern France by Cépé.

↩︎ It's Nice That 2h

Intimacy. Speed. Casualness (real). Casualness (false). A sort-of-comprehensive list of reasons to type in lowercase.

↩︎ The Cut 3h

Of 22 prominent, politically active individuals suspended by Twitter since 2005, 21 supported Trump.

↩︎ Quillette 3h

“It creates an overall sense of the neighborhood being run-down. It’s a recipe for locking in poverty rather than alleviating it.”

Dollar stores can be a vital source of cheap staples. They also deter other businesses, like options for healthful food.

↩︎ The Washington Post

There's been an exponential rise in emoji references in US court opinions, with over 30 percent of all cases appearing in 2018.

↩︎ The Verge 3h

Australia's Bramble Cay melomys is the first known mammal species to go extinct due to human-caused climate change.

↩︎ The Sydney Morning Herald 3h

The reason women now receive equal prize money in surfing contests is because one group insisted on riding giant waves.

↩︎ The New York Times Magazine 3h

The English, whose opinions have been formed by the shallow charmers and their enablers, seem fundamentally unable to conceive of a relationship with Europe that is not one of either subjection or domination.

Hari Kunzru on Brexit, or, “Fool Britannia.”

↩︎ The New York Review of Books

18h

Interviews with 30 attendees of a flat-Earth gathering finds that 29 hadn't thought the Earth was flat until they watched YouTube.

↩︎ The Guardian 23h

A massive shout-out and thank you to all of our Sustaining Members, new and ongoing! They keep the lights on!

↩︎ TMN Memberships 23h

China's vast investments in Africa produces an unintended consequence: Chinese workers returning home with newfound relligion.

↩︎ UnHerd 23h

I’m addicted to the joy the music itself brings. The context changes but the passion remains.

A 40-year-old musician, previously professional, realizes he’s no longer the next big thing.

↩︎ The Creative Independent

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How Geraldine Norman's Times-Sotheby Index in 1967 galvanized the idea of art as an investment vehicle, for better or worse.

↩︎ Hyperallergic 23h

“A third are gay, a third are straight, and a third don’t know what the hell they are.” The misery of being a gay Catholic priest.

↩︎ The New York Times 1d

Researchers have identified over 100 genes that, in some forms, raise breast cancer risk—and yet many families "are unsolved."

↩︎ Knowable Magazine 1d

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