To do or not to do.
The White House prepares for Kabul to fall to the Taliban much sooner than feared. "They've got to fight for themselves," Biden said. / The Washington Post, BBC News
Kathy Hochul will become New York's first female governor, following Andrew Cuomo's resignation for sexual harassment. / The Associated Press
Dallas and Austin school districts defy the Texas governor's order that prohibits mask mandates in schools. / NBC News
Scientists debate the potential benefits of intranasal Covid vaccines. / STAT
People explain why they want to buy vaccine cards; in general, it's because mandates are coming. / VICE
Also, why are vaccine cards the wrong size? And why can't anti-vax athletes just tell the truth? / The Atlantic, InsideHook
"We have more pot in this country than we can possibly sell." Signs are emerging that Canada's legal weed market may soon go bust. / The Walrus
An investigation into Chinese goods that are sold in the US, despite being linked to a group sanctioned for human rights abuses. / BuzzFeed News
Emily Atkin: If IPCC report day is the only time we communicate climate science to the public, it's no surprise people don't understand the problem. / Heated
Canadian researchers say polar bears attack prey using rocks and chunks of ice. / Smithsonian Magazine
It appears that an additive released by waste plastics is confusing hermit crabs, who perceive it as food. / BBC News
Related: An index of all the branches of science. / Wikipedia
An Ohio court sentences a Black woman to 18 months in prison for embezzling $40,000. The day before, a white woman merely got probation after stealing $250,000. / The Root
Vauhini Vara instructs an AI to write about a topic she's unable to broach: her sister's death. / The Believer
Making a to-do list relieves so much itchy stress that it can, paradoxically, "reduce the pressure to actually get stuff done." / WIRED
An 82-year-old Seinfeld alum becomes a TikTok sensation—thanks to her 30-year-old friend. / The Los Angeles Times
Serif fonts, knits, beiges galore: welcome to the "Frasurbane" aesthetic, where Frasier Crane's style never died. / VICE
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