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Rather than using concrete to channel away rainwater, it is best to work with nature to absorb, clean and use the water. Jack Marley at The Imagine Newsletter of The Conversation:
Continue readingCities and Homes Weren’t Built For This Climate
Mehdi Hasan at Zeteo: Despite President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s impassioned denials, and the self-censorship of the New York Times, almost four in 10 likely voters
Continue reading‘A Majority of Democratic Voters Believe Israel Is Committing Genocide’
By Peter Savodnik in The Free Press: It was probably January 2023 when Joseph Rose, a 49-year-old YouTuber from Tallahassee, Florida, realized God had sent him to Moscow. “I do
by John Allen Paulos at 3 Quarks Daily: An abstract paradox discussed by Yale economist Martin Shubik has a logical skeleton that can, perhaps surprisingly, be shrouded in human flesh
By Dan Go at The High Performance Journal: I’m removing most processed sugars and ultra-processed foods from my diet. These foods have been correlated with diseases like cancer, heart disease,
Continue readingThings I’m Doing at 44 to Avoid Regret When I’m 74
While Blackstone discloses how it determines the final valuation, some on Wall Street have questioned how much latitude firms should have in appraising their own assets. The NY Times DealBook
Continue readingThe Big Questions Hanging Over Blackstone’s Flagship Real Estate Fund
“Since then, we’ve gotten out of the habit” Benjamin Parker at The Bulwark: Escalation management is a real thing—a lot of ink was spilled in the Cold War thinking about
Continue readingThe Game of Chicken Between the U.S. and the Soviet Union
Chas Newkey-Burden at The Week: The ICC – not to be confused with the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which hears cases brought against nation states – is the “world’s
Samuel Moyn, a law professor at Yale University, prefers voters to judges Damir Marusic and Osita Nwanevu at Wisdom of Crowds: Last December, the highest court in the State of
Continue readingWhat is More Important for a Democracy: Elections or Rights?
Habib Khan from Quetta: Amir Timur (aka Tamerlane) allegedly learned perseverance from an ant. According to legends, and the school curriculum, Timur observed an ant repeatedly trying to climb a
Yan Lianke at Literary Hub: In China we have a saying that reading a banned book on a snowy night is one of the true joys of life. From this,
Continue readingYan Lianke Wants You to Stop Describing Him As China’s Most Censored Author
Jeremy Hsu in New Scientist: Artificial intelligence is enabling India’s politicians to be everywhere at once in the world’s largest election by cloning their voices and digital likenesses. Even dead
Continue readingDeepfake Politicians May Have a Big Influence on India’s Elections