Spliff from a rose.

Future scenarios based on existing research say the climate crisis may pose a doomsday scenario as soon as 2050. 1/18

Related: How many Americans will die in major cities as a result of the climate crisis and in what fashion. 2/18

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia is the world’s most polluted capital. 3/18

Training a common, large AI model can emit over 626,000 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent. 4/18

China warns its citizens against traveling to the US, citing frequent shootings and harassment. 5/18

The Central American migration boom that swamped US authorities in April grew by 32 percent in May. 6/18

Economists say Trump’s planned tariffs on Mexican products will cost Americans as much as $900 per household. 7/18

Homelessness in Los Angeles grew 16% last year, to nearly 60,000 residents. 7/18

Baltimore enters its fifth week of electronic siege. As previously noted, the city was likely hacked by EternalBlue, a piece of software created by the NSA, housed nearby. 8/18

See also: An explorable database of multigenerational black, white, and mixed families from early Washington, DC. 9/18

A new dataset—admittedly reported by a guy with skin in the game—suggests that adults of any age can master a new language nearly as quickly as children. 10/18

Two nuns in Southern California gambled away half a million dollars from a Catholic school’s coffers. 11/18

When a dancer at a SoCal strip club said she was raped, the club, police, and district attorney didn’t do much. So she painted a billboard. 12/18

"The way I hold onto my sanity is by reminding myself to be angry." What it's like to live in solitary confinement. 13/18

Watch: When a computer creates a face for itself, then slowly forgets what it looks like (as a human). 14/18

More than half of American adults and over 60 percent of young Americans believe in intelligent extraterrestrial life. 15/18

Something we didn't know was possible: How to roll a joint from a rose. 16/18

Join us this summer for Camp ToB, vacationland for Rooster fans. This week we’re discussing the first half of Elizabeth McCracken’s Bowlaway. (There’s also fresh merch.) 18/18

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