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A leak finds Saudi Arabia, Japan, and Australia among countries asking the United Nations to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels. / BBC News
One way to sequester carbon dioxide? Buy a coal mine (only $7.8 million) and shutter it. / Marginal Revolution
West Virginia senator Manchin unsurprisingly objects to President Biden's plan to steadily retire the coal industry which continues to pay his bills. / The Guardian
See also: Some thoughts about friendship—and, frankly, liberal politics—from Ivan Turgenev. / Lapham's Quarterly
The United States is second only to the Cayman Islands in facilitating the secrecy of illicit money flows; we're not a single tax haven, but many. / Africa Is a Country
Labor economist Lawrence Katz says we've met a once-in-a-generation "take this job and shove it" moment. / The Harvard Gazette
Related: People post (purported) screengrabs of employment horror stories and (sometimes) telling their boss they quit. / Reddit
The recent fact that cash has gone up while recorded uses of it have gone down "is an intellectual puzzle." / 1843 Magazine
Ibram X. Kendi discusses the recent distortions of Martin Luther King Jr. / The Atlantic
An antimachismo hotline in Colombia is working. / The New York Times
For your weekly wanderlust, a cycling adventure in Alaska with Bjørn Olson. / The Morning News
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From the close of this year's Tokyo Paralympic Games, a dance for 126 performers designed by French choreographer Sadeck Waff. / The Morning News
New "robotic" textiles are said to be useful for training singers' and athletes' breathing movements. / MIT News
Other uses for a large abandoned swimming pool: how about an amphitheater with terraced seating. / designboom
Tis the season: A herd of elephants squishes enormous pumpkins. / The Kid Should See This
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