Why you should take a photo of your stove as you leave on vacation

https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-tips/why-you-should-take-a-photo-of-your-stove-before-vacation Why You Should Always Take a Photo of Your Stove Before You Go on Vacation Snap a picture of all your powered-down appliances for peace of mind. By Stacey Leasca, March 20, 2022 00:23 00:43 You might like × Why You Should Always Take a Photo of Your Stove Before You Go on Vacation 7 … Continue reading Why you should take a photo of your stove as you leave on vacation →

Three top foods to avoid eating

https://www.newsweek.com/top-foods-never-eat-best-healthy-diet-superfoods-1686740 Top 3 Foods to Never Eat, According to Nutritionists BY SOO KIM ON 3/19/22 AT 9:00 AM EDT As the saying goes—you are what you eat. When it comes to maintaining a healthy diet, it's not just about how much you eat but which foods you are consuming. Nutrition is "one of the best tools" we've got to … Continue reading Three top foods to avoid eating →

Recycled plastic leaches even more chemicals into drinks than virgin plastic

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/18/recycled-plastic-bottles-leach-more-chemicals-into-drinks-review-finds Recycled plastic bottles leach more chemicals into drinks, review finds More chemicals being released by reused plastic could indicate need for ‘super clean’ recycling process PET is the third most widely used type of plastic in food packaging. Photograph: imageBROKER/Alamy Damien Gayle @damiengayleFri 18 Mar 2022 11.04 EDT A widely used kind of recycled plastic … Continue reading Recycled plastic leaches even more chemicals into drinks than virgin plastic →

“Turning Red” is a good conversation starter for parents and children

http://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/well/family/turning-red-periods-discussion.html? Turning Red’ Is a Good Conversation Starter — and Not Just for Girls Some parents don’t like its depictions of adolescent rebellion, periods and sexuality, but experts say those topics are appropriate for family discussion. Credit...Disney/Pixar By Melinda Wenner Moyer Published March 16, 2022Updated March 18, 2022 Disney’s newest animated film, “Turning Red,” in which an adolescent … Continue reading “Turning Red” is a good conversation starter for parents and children →

Timing your second booster, particularly if elderly

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/03/vaccine-second-booster-shot-seniors/627069/? How to Time Your Second Booster The effects of the first one may be fading. When will it be time for seniors to re-up?By Rachel Gutman Justin Sullivan / Getty MARCH 15, 2022SHARE Updated at 7:34 p.m. ET on March 15, 2022 Imagine if older Americans had been forced to weather the past three months … Continue reading Timing your second booster, particularly if elderly →

Cloud seeding won’t wipe out droughts

https://theconversation.com/cloud-seeding-might-not-be-as-promising-as-drought-troubled-states-hope-177233? Cloud seeding might not be as promising as drought-troubled states hope Published: March 16, 2022 8.34am EDT Updated: March 17, 2022 11.26am EDT Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued their U.S. spring outlook on March 17, 2022, and their top concern was worsening drought in the West and southern Plains. Several western states have experimented with cloud seeding to … Continue reading Cloud seeding won’t wipe out droughts →

Oil prices are going to keep going up

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/03/russian-oil-sanctions-gas-prices/627074/? The Global Oil Market Is Based on a Fiction What we call petroleum is more like a category of chemicals than a single thing. By Robinson Meyer Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg / Getty MARCH 16, 2022 Crude oil, the world’s most important and ubiquitous commodity, is weird. It is weird both as a physical object … Continue reading Oil prices are going to keep going up →

Pollen seasons getting longer and more intense with climate change — here’s what you can expect

https://theconversation.com/pollen-season-is-getting-longer-and-more-intense-with-climate-change-heres-what-allergy-sufferers-can-expect-in-the-future-179158? Pollen season is getting longer and more intense with climate change – here’s what allergy sufferers can expect in the future Published: March 15, 2022 12.08pm EDT Brace yourselves, allergy sufferers – new research shows pollen season is going to get a lot longer and more intense with climate change. Our latest study finds that … Continue reading Pollen seasons getting longer and more intense with climate change — here’s what you can expect →

A Ukrainian cat with a million followers finds safety in France

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/17/stepan-ukrainian-cat-safety/ How Stepan, Ukraine’s most famous cat, escaped the war to safety For content creators in Ukraine, an online following can be a lifeline By Taylor Lorenz March 17, 2022 at 2:10 p.m. EDT For the past week, fans of Stepan, a 13-year-old black-and-brown-striped rescue cat based in Kharkiv, Ukraine, have been in anguish. They’ve refreshed the … Continue reading A Ukrainian cat with a million followers finds safety in France →

If you read nonfiction, an older book is very timely right now

http://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/03/arendt-origins-of-totalitarianism-ukraine/627081/? Why We Should Read Hannah Arendt Now The Origins of Totalitarianism has much to say about a world of rising authoritarianism.By Anne Applebaum, MARCH 17, 2022, 11:50 AM Getty; The Atlantic This article has been adapted from the introduction to The Folio Society’s new edition of Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism. So much of what we imagine … Continue reading If you read nonfiction, an older book is very timely right now →

Maybe stopping biannual time changes is more important than which time is chosen

Maybe the key is to pick one time and stick to it. If daylight savings time is bad for teenagers and small children crossing the street can't we split the difference on the time and keep it the same all year round? See this lengthier article which ends with the same proposed solution: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/03/19/permanent-daylight-saving-time-house/ This … Continue reading Maybe stopping biannual time changes is more important than which time is chosen →

QAnon conspiracy theory about Ukrainian U.S.-financed bioweapons labs & how it grew

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/18/ukrainian-bioweapons-labs-qanon-fox-news How ‘Ukrainian bioweapons labs’ myth went from QAnon fringe to Fox News A feedback loop involving Russia and Tucker Carlson is promoting claims of US funding for biological weapons in Ukraine The US says it does not fund biological weapons research – a claim backed by international organisations. Photograph: Filip Radwański/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock Justin Ling, Fri … Continue reading QAnon conspiracy theory about Ukrainian U.S.-financed bioweapons labs & how it grew →