Drone footage of Great White Sharks off the coast of California.
Drone footage of Great White Sharks off the coast of California. via Kottke
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Everything Now, the Skateboard Edition
To celebrate the release of “Everything Now” by TMN co-founder Rosecrans Baldwin, we’re partnering with his publisher to give away a skateboard.
I do not think it means what you think it means.
Biden is now set to sign into law the bill that will make Juneteenth a federal holiday. / Associated Press How will teachers explain to students why they have the day off in states that are banning critical race theory in classrooms? / BuzzFeed News An Alabama lawmaker who wants to ban
Week Three: Detransition, Baby
This week we begin discussing our second book of the summer, Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters.
Invasion of the puriteens.
An emboldened President Biden meets an unbothered Vladimir Putin. Both may find themselves craving some predictability. / The Washington Post Unrelated: A new simulation shows that an advanced civilization can colonize a galaxy in a modest amount of time. / Gizmodo At the height of the pandemic in the US, workers were
A lovely day for a nature hike.
"Viewfinder," the second episode of the very relaxing Rhythmens, a new series of animated shorts by VCRWORKS, involves a photo hike in nature. And for a cozy/exhilarating snow day, try the first episode, "Blue Hour."
Everything. All at once.
President Biden and European Union leaders reach a deal to end a 17-year-old trade dispute. / The Washington Post The uncrewed aerial vehicle business is booming thanks to regulators starting to relax laws that govern drones. / The Economist Reality Winner, a former intelligence contractor jailed for leaking classified information,
So close.
Covid cases are no longer falling in the US, due to a slowing vaccination rate as well as the more contagious and severe Delta variant. / The New York Times Related: US governors are assessing whether to keep emergency orders in place. / Associated Press "They were so close, they weren&
Big league goo.
Between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, four shooting incidents killed at least two people and injured at least 34 in Austin, Dallas, Savannah, and Chicago. / CNN Trump's Dept. of Justice secretly subpoenaed Apple to hand over metadata on some members of the House Intelligence Committee. / The Verge See
The 200-hour rule.
A new outbreak of the coronavirus suggests that lockdown measures could be a part of Chinese life for some time to come. / The New York Times More children and teenagers are experiencing chronic symptoms after Covid even as the pandemic ebbs in the US. / STAT Researchers hope that work on