Readers' Top 100 Romances of the Past Three Years Posted by Sharon on from Goodreads on February 7, 2023 Since the dawn of publishing—of storytelling itself, really—people have been drawn to romance. As a culture, we seem to appreciate the idea of people falling in love with other people (or, occasionally, vampires). Sometimes the love is … Continue reading Readers’ Top 100 romances from the past 3 years on Goodreads
Opinion: This blue-state election compact could create a constitutional crisis
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/11/democratic-electoral-alliance-potential-constitutional-crisis/ Opinion: This blue-state election compact could create a constitutional crisis By Jason WillickColumnist, published June 11, 2023 at 6:30 a.m. EDT Imagine a Jan. 6-style crisis, only this time with serious (as opposed to politically manufactured) disagreements over whether the presidential candidate who won a key state is entitled to its electoral votes. That disturbing scenario just became a … Continue reading Opinion: This blue-state election compact could create a constitutional crisis
Wearable tech — helpful even if not exact
http://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/technology/personaltech/vo2max-smartwatches-fitness-accuracy.html What Good Are Wearable Computers if the Data Is Wrong? An Apple Watch or a Garmin can draw incorrect conclusions about your health, but the broad trends may be more valuable than the numbers. Credit...Derek Abella By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead consumer technology writer and the author of Tech Fix, … Continue reading Wearable tech — helpful even if not exact
12 Books to make you ugly cry
https://bookriot.com/books-to-make-you-ugly-cry/ 12 BOOKS TO MAKE YOU UGLY CRY Susie Dumond Nov 10, 2022 Hello, my name is Susie, and I’m obsessed with books that completely emotionally wreck me. Some people seek out books with uplifting themes and tidy, happy endings. I seek out books about death and grief and loss and heartbreak and tragedy. I don’t … Continue reading 12 Books to make you ugly cry
Links between acceptance of climate catastrophe and the hard right are impossible to ignore
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/15/hard-right-climate-catastrophe-extreme-weather-refugees The hard right and climate catastrophe are intimately linked. This is how George Monbiot As climate policy is weakened, extreme weather intensifies and more refugees are driven from their homes – and the cycle of hatred continuesThu 15 Jun 2023 03.00 EDT Round the cycle turns. As millions are driven from their homes by … Continue reading Links between acceptance of climate catastrophe and the hard right are impossible to ignore
Maybe, perhaps, plastic production may be reduced by treaty
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/13/plastic-production-plastics-treaty-environmental-diplomacy? Whisper it, but the boom in plastic production could be about to come to a juddering halt Geoffrey Lean, Tue 13 Jun 2023 05.00 EDT A plastics treaty is on the cards – and it could join the rescue of the ozone layer as a landmark success in environmental diplomacy Plastic production has soared … Continue reading Maybe, perhaps, plastic production may be reduced by treaty
Subway air globally is filthy
https://apple.news/AcRNZadi1QPeaSG49xvMpHA Published by Wired on APR 24, 2023 7:00 AM The Filthy Truth About Subway Air Levels of particulate matter in the world’s metro systems far exceed recommended limits—and the deeper you go, the worse it gets. THERE ARE PEOPLE in this world who, out of sheer curiosity, carry around scientific instruments so they can measure … Continue reading Subway air globally is filthy
Dr. Wen says health-care needs to own its overuse of plastic and other ways it harms the environment
https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596aab5b9bbc0f0e09eeeab8&s=648b74dc2e7a825a07a15e93&linknum=5&linktot=62 Guidance on navigating the pandemic and other public health challenges By Leana S. WenOpinions columnistAfter my column last week urging the health-care sector to consider the environmental costs of medical care, many readers wrote to ask why I didn’t address the “elephant in the room.” As Bob from Oregon wrote, “Every time I go to the hospital, I … Continue reading Dr. Wen says health-care needs to own its overuse of plastic and other ways it harms the environment
Never forget the utility of “spousal cover”(blaming the person not present for a decision you don’t want to admit you made)
The availability of this technique is almost worth becoming a couple. It's very simple. Have a partner/spouse/important friend who doesn't happen to be with you, then tell someone that your missing partner is the reason you're saying "no." http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/15/rod-stewart-manoeuvre-dump-appalling-friend-donald-trump ‘This is a classic case of what I call spousal cover.’ Photograph: Jack Dredd/Shutterstock Call it the … Continue reading Never forget the utility of “spousal cover”(blaming the person not present for a decision you don’t want to admit you made)
11 Sundance movies worth looking for
http://www.theverge.com/23584385/sundance-film-festival-2023-best-movies-trailers 11 great movies from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival It was a busy festival filled with gruesome horror, inventive sci-fi, and plenty more films that will be coming to theaters and streaming services in the coming months. By ANDREW WEBSTER and CHARLES PULLIAM-MOORE Feb 4, 2023, 11:00 AM EST Priya Kansara in Polite Society. As always, Sundance is a … Continue reading 11 Sundance movies worth looking for
Four fresh new fantasy world to drop into and marvel
http://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/06/08/torzs-candon-parker-chan-bushnell/ You won’t ever want to leave these fascinating science fiction worlds In these four new science fiction and fantasy novels, you’ll find spell books written in human blood and other kaleidoscopic feats of creative weirdness Review by Charlie Jane Anders, published June 8, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT One of the joys of reading science … Continue reading Four fresh new fantasy world to drop into and marvel
How to store fresh blueberries to keep them fresh longer
http://www.allrecipes.com/how-to-store-fresh-blueberries-7228971 How To Store Fresh Blueberries To Keep Them for Longer By Joey Skladany, published on March 13, 2023 Summer not only brings an increase in sunshine (and subsequent complaints about humidity), but also an abundance of our favorite warm-weather produce. Plucked and distributed at their plumpest, sweetest, and juiciest, these fruits flourish when chances … Continue reading How to store fresh blueberries to keep them fresh longer
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