Sunday Snippets: Banned Books Week

I hope you read all the banned books this past week!

My Two Front Teeth

A human environmentalism

How the war in Sudan is teaching society to govern without the state

United States 2030 Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal

Rachel Hochhauser’s Home Office Makeover Made Our Jaws Drop

She Left After Waiting Hours in the Emergency Room. The ER Billed Her Anyway.

Not your everyday coffee in a Serbia cafe. Enjoy it in the company of alpacas

FBI Warns Women Are Pretending to Be Tradwives to Catfish and Dox ICE

Maryland, Delaware mobile book boutique spreads joy of reading

Tanzania’s first official wildlife corridor links savanna elephants to rainforest

This Maine Family Home Has the Prettiest Paint Colors

Native American tribes wanted to join the Chesapeake Bay partnership. Not anymore.

Why a Baltimore teacher spent the summer catching sharks with scientists

19th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints Creatively Illustrate the Inner Workings of the Human Body

This organ will play one composition until 2640. It's redefining how slowly music can be played

A beautiful merchant’s house in Greece that convinced one New Yorker to leave the city behind

Sunday Snippets: Almost August

August is one of my favorite months. It's a liminal month.

Ukraine approves 80 km/h electric motorcycle that defeats thermal imaging and acoustic detection. It carries two soldiers in full gear

A textile designer’s charming cottage in Portugal, layered with vibrant colour and pattern

The Prairieland Sentences Are a National Emergency

The Architecture of Detention and Deportation: From War-housing to Warehousing

Google’s exponential path to climate-wrecking digital bloat

The Netherlands is sending its worn-out wind turbines to Ukraine instead of the scrapheap

Tending to Paradise

The View from the Tents: Caring at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment

Workers Dredging the Savannah River Stumbled Upon 19 Cannons That Had Been Underwater Since the Revolutionary War

Dingus of the week: Schrödinger’s Mitch McConnell

Air Force Engineer Accused of Cutting Down 13 Police Cameras Says They're Unconstitutional

Detroit artist rescues century-old Flint Faience tiles from abandoned Highland Towers before demolition

Disaster declarations ripple through South Texas amid water crisis

Sharks Have Individual Personalities, and One Naps on His Favorite Toy

I See My Father in the Fathers Killed by ICE

Notes from a burning Paris

Black Books Matter Fest returns to MahoganyBooks with a lineup of award-winning authors

Sunday Snippets: Ceasefire

Ceasefire. Now.

City discovers first grave of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victim

Eric Garner’s ‘I can’t breathe’ continues to echo across NYC and the world 10 years after his death

Climate change is messing with time more than previously thought, scientists find

Fossil of an ancient shark that swam in the age of dinosaurs solves centuries-long mystery

Ukraine's bookstores are thriving, but a top printing plant took a deadly hit

A Scream for Gaza

In upstate New York, Casa Susanna was a safe haven for trans women in 1960s America

In Poverty, Everything is More Expensive, Including Time

Babies don’t come with instructions. But in Oregon, they now come with a nurse

Chair of NYC police watchdog agency resigns after criticizing NYPD in misconduct case

The Greatest Disaster Movies of All Time

Sunday Snippets: Almost my birthday!

I'm at the age where I have to stop and think how old I'll be. Oof.

In Patriarchy No One Can Hear You Scream: Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein and the Silencing Machine

A great white shark jumped in front of a boat near Cape Cod, surprising those on board

First Came Kidney Failure. Then There Was The $540,842 Bill For Dialysis

Don't Have Lunch Money? A Pennsylvania School District Threatens Foster Care

Stepping Into The Sun: A Mission To Bring Solar Energy To Communities Of Color

7 States Step Up Efforts To Fight Violence Against Indigenous Women

'A Small Part Of A Serious Problem': Criminals Hired As Police Officers In Alaska

Sunday Snippets: Summer Swampiness

Every summer I tell myself I'm going to move. I could bathe in the humidity this week. But avoiding the outdoors for the most part meant I got all the things done. So that's the good flipside.

Love old places

Ah, yup

(TW) Heartbreaking

Her aunt, Beatrice Loggins, spoke lovingly of Shancez, citing her uniqueness as a person. "Nobody deserves that. Straight, gay, purple, pink, white, black. Nobody...There will never be another T, you couldn't clone her, couldn't mold her."

*insert gif of Shut up and Take my Money*  Alternatively, why aren't we funding this? Oh, right, oil companies.

Yup, because cats I do this when I see dogs or cats out on the street.

Two Sides of Baltimore-GO read now.

My black friends call it Baldamore, Harm City or Bodymore Murderland. My white friends call it Balti-mo, Charm City or Smalltimore while falling in love with the quaint pubs, trendy cafés and distinctive little shops. I just call it home. 

Well, that's completely adorable

Fucking preach Especially important after this week

LOL

Because kitties & No matter their size, they all love to cuddle Gah. Want to pet.

People wonder why I'm terrified of deep water It's because if I saw this, I would bend over and kiss my own ass goodbye.

Very important. Words do matter.

AWESOME photo & Buh. What?!?

The hell? Not that I'm surprised or anything

Awesome idea. Props to these guys

Hells yes

When was the last time you put yourself out there? I have found the more you do it, the easier it is. Promise. Try it. It's secretly addicting!




Anthony Weiner being correct and relevant? Huh?

All aboard that Nope train to Fuck It Ville


Yup. Ruth Bader Ginsberg for the win