Sunday Snippets: 40

Turned 40 yesterday. I'm so excited to see what this new decade holds (she says with an asterisk since she said the same thing in December 2019.....)

Mail Between Heaven and Earth: On Japan’s Post Office For Letters to the Dead

Entire police department relieved of duty in West Virginia town

Maryland teen killed at Battle of Camden identified 246 years later through DNA

Apartments Are the Climate Solution Hiding in Plain Sight

Why don't men read books written by women?

Solar energy from railways shows first positive results in Switzerland

How about Free? Is that affordable enough for you?

Climate groups concerned by proposed Maryland building code

The Woman in the Photo Wanted to Be Alone. Instead, She Went Viral.

When the Heat Steals Your Smile

Meet the People Protecting the Night Sky

Welcome to 1953

Enshittification Isn’t Limited to the Digital World

Nara Smith, Lindsay Clancy, Max Miller—and Our National Reckoning on Motherhood

ICE will release body camera video only when seen in the agency’s ‘best interests,’ policy says

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the agency’s policy gives it broad control over what footage will be made public by specifying any releases must be in its “best interests.”

Sunday Snippets: Stephen Colbert

The fact that Trump, among his many fucking crimes, could just decide get someone fired for free speech, still boggles.

Precrime is no longer science fiction

A passage from Homer’s Iliad has been discovered inside the abdomen of a Roman-era Egyptian mummy

Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth

Inside a hidden summer camp where trans youth in the South thrive

For The First Time In More Than A Century, Baby Eaglets Hatch In Chicago

When the habitat of an endangered bat went up in smoke, this ecologist dedicated herself to ending wildfires

START HERE > The Houses That Knew How to Breathe

Recreating the smells of history

NASA Rolls Out Artemis III Moon Rocket Core Stage

Mothers are the most underestimated force for change

‘We laced Nicole into her corset and her rib broke again’: Moulin Rouge at 25 – an oral history by cast and crew

On Parenting and Consent: When Sharing Isn’t Caring

Let's TALK climate

‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds

Condoms in Romance: Tracking Down Claims About Firsts

Does crying actually make you feel better? New psychology research shows it depends on a key factor

Sunday Snippets: Keep Pushing Back

I will not sit on my hands to watch shit go down in flames. Keep speaking out, keep calling your reps, keep donating (if you can!), keep making fucking noise.

Dad brains: How fatherhood rewires the male mind

For The People Newsletter Vol. XXXVIII

Running Toward ICE

New Orleans program does free house calls for new mothers. It’s saving many from going over a postpartum ‘cliff’

What really happened during the Black Death

ICE Is Planning New Fast-Track Construction Contracts

Pizza Hut's 'BOOK IT!' Summer Reading Program Returns to Provide Voracious Young Readers with Pizza Parties and More

"Men Are Scary."

My Daughter Has Autism. Here’s What I Want You To Know.

How to Take Better Photos of Moms (Listen Up, Dads)

Palestinian students are fighting for their right to education

The Warehouse, in Plain Sight

To Battle Climate Change, a Baltimore Church Turns to Nature

The Banal Horror of Jimmy Fallon

NYC Intercoms

When will men carry the weight of their own violence?

Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass

But his longer-term concerns are about deeper matters than job losses. In a roughly 20,000-word essay about A.I. risks posted to his personal blog in January, he warned that A.I. may create “an unemployed or very-low-wage ‘underclass’” for people with “lower intellectual ability.” That group would grow to encompass more of the population as A.I.’s capabilities allow it to outpace more humans. In that world, what’s at risk is not only wages but democracy itself. “The balance of power of democracy is premised on the average person having leverage through creating economic value. If that’s not present, I think things become kind of scary,” Mr. Amodei said last year to Axios.

Sunday Snippets: No Kings in the US

I was delighted to attend a #NoKings protest in my small town and we only got two middle fingers and one thumbs down!

In Mexico, New Mothers Are Seeking Out Old Rituals

Firm's robot boats used in 'hurricane alley'

ICE Warden Put Transgender Detainees into Forced Labor Program: Complaint

Kash Patel fires FBI agent trainee for displaying gay pride flag

How Kenyan Villagers Saved Their Sacred Caves From a Mining Company

Does Channing Tatum Know How Good He Is?

Judge denies government’s request to delay Abrego Gargia’s legal proceedings

The 25 Most Influential Magazine Covers of All Time

They Got to Live a Life of Luxury. Then Came the Fine Print.

The GOP’s Problem With ‘No Kings’? It Still Wants Subjects | Opinion

No One Will Trust the United States Again After Rubio Betrayed Informers Who Trusted Us

Sunday Snippets: Keep Calling

Apparently, some Dems are sad and annoyed about the incessant calls. *tiny violin* FUCKING DO YOUR JOB THEN

What a Bunch of Monkeys Taught Us About Motherhood—and Why It’s All Wrong

A Ceasefire Is Not Enough

How to organize under authoritarian creep in a closing civil society

Wild Clocks

the lai see project

The Apoplexy of Apocalyptic Adam

Nice Time: MacKenzie Scott Pissing Off Elon Musk With The Billions For The DEIs And Abortions

Nerds are an oppressed class

NASA instructs employees to remove pronouns from all work communications

Historic Black church given 'Proud Boys' trademark calls for stand against hate

Libraries are already contending with crappy, AI-generated books.

Migrant Sex Workers’ Resistance Offers a Blueprint for Fighting Authoritarianism

Her job is to remove homeless people from SF’s parks. Her methods are extraordinary

How to defend your neighbors (or yourself) from ICE enforcement in D.C.

Why are Abortion and Pregnancy Standards Defined by How Men Typically Experience Reproduction?

Thousands of people protest in Washington, D.C., and across the U.S. on Presidents Day

Sunday Snippets: Bracing

Bracing for the start of the new year, but trying to enjoy the holidays.

Hospitals gave patients meds during childbirth, then reported them for illicit drug use

‘I Don’t Want to Forget Who I Am’

Biden commutes sentences for 1,500 people, the largest act of clemency in a day

Through 'The Loss Mother's Stone,' mothers share their grief from losing a child to stillbirth

People in colder countries understand the magic of winter. What's their secret?

The woman who invents cheeses in her mountain hideaway

I hope Assad pays the price, says mother whose son's death inflamed 2011 Syrian revolution

About 3 dozen high-rise buildings in South Florida are sinking, a study finds

This weightlifting gym helps older people build more than just strength

Some people need abortions later in pregnancy – many come to Maryland

'I knew they were something special': New York homeowner discovers mastodon jaw fossils in backyard

Gisèle Pelicot has rewritten her story – and electrified women all over the world. But what about men?

Sunday Snippets: Ceasefire

Ceasefire is direly needed. Far too many people have died.

A friend's overdose death turns high school students to activists

Philadelphia workers have to show up in the office today, flying birds or not

A stegosaurus fossil fetched a record $44.6M at Sotheby's. Should they be auctioned?

Paid or unpaid, child care is vital to the economy. This program recognizes that

Need a new outfit? Try the library.

CRAFT & SUSTAINABILITY

Is summer peak weaponization of the notion of "The Village"?

Where There’s Smoke… How Wildfires Across North America Are Making Children Sick

How Sexist Men See Themselves As the ‘Good Guys’ — & Why So Many Boys Are Listening

Evangelical Christians Are Throwing Their Support Behind Israel. They’re Partly Driven By Antisemitism.

Judge dismisses Trump documents case over special counsel appointment

The Hunt: The Search for Sappho’s Lost Poetry Awaits a New Chapter

Nobody Puts Motherhood in the Corner

Sunday Snippets: Ceasefire

Ceasefire is needed. Absolutely needed.

 ‘Will I ever retire?’: millennials wonder what’s on the other side of middle age

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants had housing.

Beethoven was a classical and romantic composer, but his body was full of heavy metal

Dispatch #38: The Mommy Experiment

ChatGPT is biased against resumes with credentials that imply a disability — but it can improve

She was the target of an Iranian assassination plot. She now lives in its shadow

How these Ukrainian artists are using their talents to support the war effort

After a tragedy, a mother wants to soften the rooms where police interview victims

Hot Menopausal Woman Summer

Juneau man’s 70-year-old photos could help preserve cultural knowledge for King Island Inupiat community

Scientists discover plastic-eating marine fungus on debris floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: 'Once the plastic has been carried there, it gets trapped there'

Sunday Snippets: Mother's Day

Love to those for whom this day is hard. Especially when some folks are seeking to make it mandatory for everyone in the US.

What Monet’s Water Lilies Taught Me About Beauty’s Proximity to Violence

Meet the painter behind the iconic covers for ‘The Baby-Sitters Club’

She ripped up her manicured lawn and challenged the norms of gardening stories

A Win for Birds in Maryland

Doctors Warned Her Pregnancy Could Kill Her. Then Tennessee Outlawed Abortion.

Quitting is a wildly underrated life strategy. Here’s why.

‘Mommunes’: Mothers Are Living Single Together

Flowers and Cards Are Nice. I'd Rather Have Bodily Autonomy

Sunday Snippets: Writing

So much great reading in this blog post; the first few links are essays on motherhood that I really enjoyed.

Motherhood is Time Travel

On Not Pretending

Grace, Eleven Ways

This is Love

Indoor air is full of flu and COVID viruses. Will countries clean it up?

‘We’re book nerds’: the female friends opening bookshops together

ACLU, protestor sue D.C. National Guard over helicopter use in 2020 protests

Making Space for Doing Nothing Helps My Artistic Practice

Denver donates 35 bison to Native American tribes

How to organize your books, according to people with thousands of them

Sunday Snippets: Snow?

Seven years ago this month, we had over 20 inches of snow in our area. My kiddo is sad about the lack of snow so far this winter.

What the love of cats taught me about myself

How one photographer is using his camera as a weapon against poverty and racism

No more Fridays

The Life-Changing Magic of “Knolling”

A New Jersey woman bought a rustic private island in Maine not fit for 'man or beast' in winter, and Stephen King says it's worthy of a novel

In some states, an unpaid foster care bill could mean parents lose their kids forever

Peru is on edge as protesters converge on the capital

NPR uncovered secret execution tapes from Virginia. More remain hidden

My Father’s Changing Hands

Alabama man secretly helped pay strangers' prescriptions for years

A firefighter's 1943 photos of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising have been found

A Professional Lady Correspondent Stares Down Motherhood

Lawmakers seek to prohibit insurrectionists from holding public office One would think this didn't need to be said and yet...

Sunday Snippets: Holidays

Looking forward to the end of the year slowdown!

The time has come for France to own up to the massacre of its own troops in Senegal

What Is It This Time?

Trans woman forced to cut hair and ‘remove breast tissue’ by Qatari officials

Discovery of human remains at Winnipeg landfill reignites decade-long trauma for family of missing woman

Of No Small Account: A Lilliputian-sized Diary from World War I, Part 2

‘Our mission is crucial’: meet the warrior librarians of Ukraine

We're not lion: The 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are a good laugh

Tehran Doctor Tortured And Killed For Treating Wounded Protesters

U.S. Postal Service honors the late civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis with a stamp

Room With a View: The Best Hotel Views Around the World

Gov. Kate Brown commutes sentences of all 17 people on Oregon’s death row

Sunday Snippets: Almost Halloween!

It's spooky time, y'all.

Slavery descendants fight to memorialize a cemetery in Maryland

A public payphone in China began ringing and ringing. Who was calling?

Around the world, protesters take to the streets in solidarity with Iranian women

Ohio legislators pledge anti-abortion measures at March for Life

‘I believe in second chances’: Youngest sniper survivor, 20 years after Lee Boyd Malvo shot him

In a Sign of Worsening Conditions, Understaffed King County Jail Has Lacked Water for a Week

The entire Uvalde school district police department has been suspended

‘THERE IS NO SCENT!’ WHAT YANKEE CANDLE REVIEWS CAN TELL US ABOUT COVID-19 TRENDS

Terrible Memories

Ohio 'incel' pleads guilty to plotting mass shooting against women at university: DOJ

How this Brazilian doc got nearly every person in her city to take a COVID vaccine

Sunday Snippets: Halloween

Kiddo wanted to be a firefighter for the second year in a row and he delighted in his costume. One of my favs from a kid was Harriet the Spy. I loved that book.

Dads spend time in Louisiana high school after 23 students were arrested in string of violence

The Angry Mama

Sikh men created a lifeline using turbans and jackets to rescue hikers at a park

The Afterlife of Rachel Held Evans

The parenting problem the government can't fix

We need to stop buying stuff – and I know just the people to persuade us

Sunday Snippets: Almost 2022

Four months left in the year. Not sure how that happened....

HOW THE PANDEMIC NOW ENDS

Walking While Black

What Women's Advocacy Groups Worldwide Are Doing For Women In Afghanistan

If you can't take in anymore, there's a reason

Virginia, Maryland Say They'll Be A Safe Harbor For Afghan Refugees

Never going back again

The Black Architects Who Built New Orleans

The Taliban Swore To Kill An Afghan Doctor For Giving Birth Control To A Child Bride

A Catskills Home Full of Storybook Charm

What We Want You to Know About Mothering Small Children in a Pandemic

Sunday Snippets: Palestine

I'm unlearning more and more about how I was taught about the Israel domination of the region.

Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, Who Helped Develop COVID-19 Vaccine, Joins Harvard’s Faculty

How tax prep companies conspired to make filing your taxes so damn hard

Police and State Violence Have Secondary Impacts: Complex and Lasting Trauma

It's Time For A Summer Slowdown

The Israel-Palestine Narrative Has Evolved

PW special report: After conservative criticism, UNC backs down from offering acclaimed journalist tenured position

Twice Militant: Lorraine Hansberry

PHOTOS: Across The U.S., People Protest The Violence In Gaza And Israel

The Hurt Every Working Mother is Expert at Hiding

How Your Hot Showers And Toilet Flushes Can Help the Climate

The ‘Blurred Existence’ of Motherhood

The Chicks vs. The Iraq War

Sunday Snippets: Stand with Palestine

I don't pretend to know every nuance of the Israel-Palestine fight, but Palestinians deserve the right to life and their houses and clean water.

40 Years Ago, Poet Lucille Clifton Lost Her House. This Year, Her Children Bought It Back.

The pandemic shaped my family for generations. Not COVID — the 1918 flu

The Party Whose Success Is a Problem

Maryland Governor Grants Posthumous Pardons To 34 Black Lynching Victims

Black Americans And The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership

Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight

‘I regret having children’

Mobile Health Clinics Could Revolutionize Reproductive Care in the South

Why Are Boomer Parents Always Withholding Important Family News?

The latest Israel-Palestine crisis isn't a 'real estate dispute.' It's ethnic cleansing.

Wyoming stands up for coal with threat to sue states that refuse to buy it

‘It’s like the embers in a barbecue pit.’ Nuclear reactions are smoldering again at Chernobyl

Windows on the world: pandemic poems by Simon Armitage, Hollie McNish, Kae Tempest and more

The minimalist awakening: how it became ‘in’ to buy less

Illinois parents arrested and jailed for kids missing school How the fuck does this help anyone?

Sunday Snippets: Texas

There are lots of ways to help folks. Especially since their fucking senator couldn't give a shit. Check out the work Beto and AOC are doing too.

Stories of Slavery, From Those Who Survived It

Tennessee Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Allow Fathers To Veto Abortions I think the fuck not

Fear Is a Virus

Gorgeous house

Less Is More: Why 4 Women Decided to Downsize Their Homes and Declutter Their Lives

'I get better sleep': the people who quit social media

Black troopers accuse Maryland State Police of racism and discrimination, state senator says

Searching for Gwendolyn Brooks

Roxane Gay on How to Write About Trauma

Trump Hotel Employees Reveal What It Was Really Like Catering to the Right Wing Elite

Almost A Year Into The Pandemic, Working Moms Feel 'Forgotten,' Journalist Says

There can be no more waiting

Allegations of shackled students and gang rape inside China's detention camps

GOP state lawmakers and election officials launch commission to examine voting laws

Sunday Snippets: Borders

There were many, MANY, horrific things done during the T*ump years. But what has happened at the border, with ICE and the enablers of cruelty still renders me speechless. How dare we. How fucking dare we.

The Dead Son in My Womb Had More Rights Than I Did (TW)

THREE AMERICAN MOTHERS, ON THE BRINK

Explosion rocks warehouse in Prince George's County, blows side off structure (VIDEO)

Working Moms Are Struggling. Here’s What Would Help.

Prince George’s County pledges ‘unprecedented’ police reforms

A 6-Step Financial Checklist For 2021 (+DOWNLOAD)

Revealed: US Citizen Newborns Sent to Mexico Under Trump-Era Border Ban Flames. Flames on the side of my face. The FUCKING DISGRACE AND CRUELTY. I literally loose words whenever I read a story about the damage done to aslyum seekers at the border.

Hygiene Theater Is Still a Huge Waste of Time

Trove Of Antique Portraits, Including 1 Of Susan B. Anthony, Found In Attic

Sunday Snippets: February

January was a long month. Each month forward, however, means more vaccinated so that's hopeful.

A reporter shares her minute-by-minute recollection of being trapped in the Senate on Jan. 6

AUSTIN MAY USE MONEY CUT FROM POLICE BUDGET TO ESTABLISH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING

The State of COVID-19 Race and Ethnicity Data

Momfluencer Content Enrages Me. Why Can't I Look Away?

Traffic stop leads to deportation of El Paso Walmart shooting victim

SNOWED UNDER IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY.

The Numbers Don’t Tell the Whole Story Unemployment statistics can’t capture the full extent of what women have lost.

7 Questions to Help You Let Go of Sentimental Things