Working on our anger management problems.
Boris Johnson’s Conservative party wins a big majority, its largest since Margaret Thatcher’s 1987 landslide. 1/19
The Scottish National Party wins 48 out of 59 seats north of the border, strengthening the possibility of another independence referendum. 2/19
A popular tradition in Britain: taking pets to the polls. 3/19
Johnson now may pursue any Brexit he likes, assuming he wins agreements in Brussels. 4/19
In the US, Trump tells Time’s person of the year Greta Thunberg to work on her anger management problem. Thunberg quickly claps back. 5/19
And in case you missed it: the Arctic may have crossed a major, very scary tipping point in carbon emissions. 6/19
The Sunrise Movement and John Kerry's "World War Zero" offer contrasting models on combatting the climate crisis. 7/19
EU member states agree on a plan for climate neutrality by 2050, albeit without Poland. 8/19
Russia wants to undermine American democracy, influence, and power—hence the country’s popularity with Trump-adoring sects of Republicans. 9/19
Photographs from the first Chechen war that humiliated post-Soviet Russia and gave rise to Putin. 10/19
Baby Yoda is driving nearly twice as many social media interactions on news stories as any 2020 Democratic candidate. 11/19
Why aren't whales bigger? Scientists find their size is limited by the largest whales’ very efficient feeding strategies. 12/19
See also: Pictures of birds looking directly at you. 13/19
Salesforce Park, the Bay Area's new floating utopia, feels like a prayer "for a certain vision of its future." 14/19
A map of the best spots to cry in public in San Francisco. 15/19
A federal judge blocks a Los Angeles law requiring businesses that want city contracts to disclose if they have ties to the NRA. 16/19
Jia Tolentino visits the plastic surgeons of Beverly Hills to understand the age of Instagram face. 17/19
Only two Shakers are still alive, the last members of the celibate sect whose population has been in decline since the Civil War. 18/19
After 42 years, Lowrider magazine ceases publication.
And now a brief interview with Sustaining Member Eileen S.
What brought you to TMN in the first place?
I started the Tournament of Books in March of 2011. I know this because I typed "TOB" into an email search, and that is when one of my dearest friends, who at the time was the English teacher on the other side of the door in my two-room public school bungalow, recommended it to me. In the intervening years I have brought several readers to the ToB, but he is still my go-to when it comes to sussing out the winners and the stinkers (most of 2018, ugh).
What keeps you coming back? I read it these days for the diversity of voices. Because [the ToB] isn't a traditional 'BEST!' list from the NYT, it has some real hidden gems. I am a fairly voracious consumer of fiction, and while I wallow in my familiar favorites, I am also always looking for something new and fabulous.
Thanks, Eileen!
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