Time after time

Pictures from the recent "day without immigrants" protests, mostly organized on social media. / The Los Angeles Times

China responds to tariffs with export restrictions and surcharges on American coal and gas. / Semafor

India extracts more groundwater than any other country worldwide, more than the US and China combined. / Undark

Indonesia casts doubt on the Paris climate agreement after President Trump announces the US's withdrawal. / The Financial Times [+]

A study suggests gambling tactics may be the best way to encourage people to embrace reusable coffee cups. / Sprudge

Jamieson Webster: Catastrophic time is time without time. Time is now screen time. Breathless time. / Pioneer Works

Rebecca Yarros's "romantasy" Onyx Storm is the fastest-selling adult novel in 20 years. / The New York Times [+]

The very first children's books in English were instruction manuals for good behavior. / The London Review of Books

See also: A meditation on the unlikely pleasures of serving on a jury. / Meditations in an Emergency

An ode to the CVS banger—"hearing music in public is a sure sign you're alive." / Duque's Delight

A few stories about obscure, niche baseball hats. / One Thing

For your weekly wanderlust, notes from a recent visit to the ancient city of Samarkand. / Noema Magazine

Photographs from a bus tour of 1970s England. / Flashbak

Some pictures of 1960s San Francisco may or may not have been taken by Agnès Varda. / The San Francisco Chronicle

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