Sunday Snippets: August and the wheel toward the end of the year

I love that quote about August being the top of the Ferris Wheel and we descend toward the end of the year.

Israel’s New Lynching Law Was Inspired by America’s Death Penalty

ICE shot and killed a Colombian man in Maine. This is the 2nd time in a week the agency used deadly force

Rereading Mark Twain While Everything Else Burns

Emily Atkin Is Not an Optimist

The case for optimism

Nicaragua's President Ortega says no more elections, extending his 20-year rule

Amazon deforestation alerts fall to lowest 12-month level since 2014, show Brazilian data

The Extremist in the Family

Mr. Trash Wheel keeps cleaning up Baltimore’s messes

GLP-1s are shrinking bodies. Cadaver fat is plugging the gap

Every dog has its day, and Jonah makes the most of his with Marlins

The Forgotten Bombing of LaGuardia Airport

EU ban on destroying unsold clothes takes effect

'Don't dig up the dead' | Stafford County woman fights to protect historic cemetery from proposed data center development

We know how to mourn other humans – but what about ecological grief?

I Am Launching an Analog Newsletter!