http://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/magazine/parental-care-ethics.html Am I Obligated to Look After My Insufferable Mother? The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on not helping family members who make it difficult to help. Credit...Illustration by Tomi Um By Kwame Anthony Appiah Oct. 4, 2022 My mother has an undiagnosed mental illness that makes her incapable of accepting reality and that has caused her to … Continue reading The burden of caring for people who make it incredibly difficult
Apple promoting all (RED) version of Metropolitan Apple Watch face
9to5mac.com/2022/11/07/apple-promoting-all-red-version-of-the-metropolitan-apple-watch-face-ahead-of-world-aids-day/ Apple promoting all (RED) version of the Metropolitan Apple Watch face ahead of World AIDS Day Filipe Espósito - Nov. 7th 2022 12:06 pm PT @filipeesposito Apple has a strong partnership with (RED), the organization that raises awareness and funds to fight AIDS. Ahead of World AIDS Day, which takes place on December 1, … Continue reading Apple promoting all (RED) version of Metropolitan Apple Watch face
There’s a better way than toilet paper — and it uses WAY less water
Here's the environmental math. You can wash with a bidet and use only 1/8 gallon of water or you can use a roll of toilet paper which takes 37 gallon of water to make. I've included two articles because I found the second spends a bit more time on the history. http://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/magazine/bidets-muslims.html Toilet paper shortages … Continue reading There’s a better way than toilet paper — and it uses WAY less water
Ocean anomalies in Atlantic to watch
http://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/ocean-anomaly-atlantic-gulf-stream-forecast-winter-united-states-europe-fa/ Strong Ocean Anomalies are developing over the Gulf Stream area in the North Atlantic, forecast to continue as we head closer to Winter 2022/2023 By: Andrej Flis for Severe Weather Published: 18/09/2022 Strong temperature anomalies appeared in the Gulf Stream area in the North Atlantic. Weather in the United States and Europe depends strongly on this … Continue reading Ocean anomalies in Atlantic to watch
Key candidates facing opponents who claim Trump won in 2020
Explainer The midterms candidates opposing those who claim Trump won in 2020 Should these candidates prevail, it’s far less likely that schemes to overturn the 2024 election will succeed. Here’s a look at some of the key candidates Katie Hobbs, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Arizona. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images The fight for democracy is … Continue reading Key candidates facing opponents who claim Trump won in 2020
This is NOT an ordinary election — VOTE for the preservation of democracy
As a woman who grew up at a time before reliable contraception and safe abortions, I concur with the sentiments here but also believe that anyone who is a woman, was born of a woman, loves a woman, or cares about this planet should vote in favor of women's right to govern their own bodies. … Continue reading This is NOT an ordinary election — VOTE for the preservation of democracy
Maybe being kind and listening are what makes love last
http://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/27/well/family/gottman-the-love-prescription-marriage.html How Long Does It Take to Fix a Marriage? Give the Gottmans 7 Days. The renowned love researchers have been happily wed for decades. Would following the advice in their new book improve my own relationship? By Catherine Pearson Sept. 27, 2022 On a recent weekday morning, during the rush to get out the … Continue reading Maybe being kind and listening are what makes love last
How close is the U.S. to civil war?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/06/how-close-is-the-us-to-civil-war-barbara-f-walter-stephen-march-christopher-parker ‘These are conditions ripe for political violence’: how close is the US to civil war? A police flash-bang grenade is detonated during the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters Nearly half of Americans fear their country will erupt within the next decade. Ahead of the midterm elections this week, … Continue reading How close is the U.S. to civil war?
For heaven’s sake (and yours), go out and VOTE
https://www.wsj.com/articles/duty-voting-seriously-buckley-progressives-midterm-biden-messaging-facts-inflation-crime-senate-leadership-election-turnout-11667499600 Your Duty as a Voter Is to Take the Election Seriously If you don’t care, admit it to yourself, try to become a better citizen, and cast a ballot next time. By Peggy Noonan Nov. 3, 2022 6:59 pm ET William F. Buckley once received a postelection letter from an elderly liberal saying that she wished … Continue reading For heaven’s sake (and yours), go out and VOTE
Denmark and Germany now building longest underwater tunnel
http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/fehmarnbelt-longest-immersed-tunnel-cmd/index.html Denmark and Germany now building the world's longest immersed tunnel Jacopo Prisco, CNN • Updated 22nd September 2022 1/11 Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link: When completed, the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link will be the longest combined road and rail tunnel anywhere in the world. Descending up to 40 meters beneath the Baltic Sea, it will link Denmark and Germany. This … Continue reading Denmark and Germany now building longest underwater tunnel
Fun watching with “The White Lotus”
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/oct/29/the-white-lotus-season-two-jennifer-coolidge-sky-atlantic-hbo The White Lotus is back – with awful rich people, unsatisfying sex and Jennifer Coolidge. What’s not to love? The Emmy-winning drama returns for a second season, now relocated to Sicily. It’s packed with the same complex relationship dynamics and let’s face it: you’re going to watch Five star luxury … Jon Gries as … Continue reading Fun watching with “The White Lotus”
California farmers use as much water as two states but man, they’re growing fancy lettuce
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/04/1126240060/meet-the-california-farmers-awash-in-colorado-river-water-even-in-a-drought Meet the California farmers awash in Colorado River water, even in a drought October 4, 2022, 5:00 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition DAN CHARLES Sprinklers deliver vital Colorado River water to a field of celery in California's Imperial Valley. The Imperial Irrigation District draws enough water from the river each year to cover 470,000 … Continue reading California farmers use as much water as two states but man, they’re growing fancy lettuce
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