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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
By Anatoly Liberman at OUP: The Hebrew word “hostages” can be translated into English as “children of surety,” and in many languages the word for “hostage” means both “security, pledge”
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 Ama Ata Aidoo @ Poetry Foundation: Who was it saidthe reason whyyou never seeBlack Folks properlye-v-e-r on film or TVis ’cause White Folks“find them threatening”? Whopei! Abae-o-o-o! We always
Continue readingWednesday Poem: Images of Africa at Century’s End
By Rosemarie Bodenheimer (RB) & Philip Davis (PD) at OUP Blog: RB lives outside Boston in the United States, PD across the Mersey from Liverpool, England. We have never met
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
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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
‘Why do you think they drew these stags here?’ Eduardo Palacio-Pérez, the conservator of the cave, asks me. ‘I really don’t think we’ll ever know for sure,’ I reply. Izzy
Continue readingWhy Did Our Ancestors Make Startling Art in Dark, Firelit Caves?
“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