The Climate Math Meets Methane One of the biggest questions facing American energy policy is the role of natural gas. The Clean Power Plan swaps gas in for coal, but that has led to higher methane emissions than previously projected. Natural gas can be cheaply had through domestic fracking, and
A Trump supporter once said, “If you don’t do something about [Latinos], you’re going to have taco trucks on every corner.” So his Houston opponents are setting up voter registration booths at area taco trucks. / chron.com When their coach kneeled, so did the entire team. Woodrow Wilson
“In the wake of the worst crash since the Great Depression, as [Goldman Sachs] fended off investigations and criticism from Republicans and Democrats alike, the Clintons drew Goldman only closer.” The Clintons picked an interesting time to align themselves even closer with Goldman Sachs: Directly after the 2008 crash. / The
The Depression—a bleak time in many American kitchens—forged modern American cuisine. / Bloomberg A Dutch bike manufacturer reduces shipping damages by 80% by putting an image of a television on their boxes. / cyclingweekly.co.uk Deferring to public pressure, Charlotte police release footage of Keith Scott’s death. / The
For Vin Scully's final game at the microphone, the Dodgers came back from a 3-2 deficit in the bottom of the ninth to win the National League West—so naturally Scully played tape of the time he serenaded his wife with "Wind Beneath My Wings,"
On an average day in America, seven children and teenagers are shot dead. The Guardian profiles 9-year-old Jaiden Dixon, who was shot by his mother’s ex-boyfriend on his doorstep in suburban Ohio.
Nearly 93 percent of respondents to a poll about abuse suffered on Twitter said that the company either didn’t respond to reports of abuse or said, essentially, that the offending tweet(s) was not abusive enough. / BuzzFeed Related: Twitter’s 10-year failure to prevent abuse created a “honeypot
If you can imagine Brian Eno singing for OMD with Vini Reilly on guitar, then we should start a band someday. In the meantime, listen to this, from Furfour, the truly excellent new album by Grumbling Fur.
An app can now solve handwritten math problems, inciting dad jokes all over America. / TechCrunch “The romantic-comedy bitch has been a staple and a shorthand for the roles women are allowed to occupy in society, and also how we punish their transgressions when they veer from the path.” A
Competing for attention on busy bookstore shelves, publishers are out-designing each other within the lucrative classics market. See also: Turning pulp novels into provocative dioramas.
