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May 31, 2019 in 2,532 words
to set a mood • • • These are the things I read while eating breakfast • • • ‘It’s not about Trump’: mixed emotions in Portsmouth over president’s D-day visit Police gearing up for protests as fears...
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June 1, 2019 in 2,755 words
to set a mood • • • These are the things I read while eating breakfast • • • Burning tires: the murky oil business polluting parts of Asia Steel wire recovered after the pyrolysis process of used...
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June 2, 2019 in 2,683 words
to set a mood • • • These are the things I read while eating breakfast • • • IN SOLIDARITY from when I came out • • • Recorded live at the Secret Policeman’s Ball benefit concert for Amnesty...
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June 4, 2019 in 2,728 words
to set a mood • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • The internet is broken. But we can’t just repair it—we need to rebuild it. THIN SHELL Trying to reassemble Mr. Dumpty was...
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June 6, 2019 in 2,987 words
to set a mood • • • Observed this critter riding my bike on the St. Vrain Greenway near Sandstone Ranch in Longmont, Colorado pic.twitter.com/as41h253Xh — Jef Norton (@BirdJanitor) June 6, 2019 some...
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June 7, 2019 in 2,723 words
to set a mood • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • Why tariffs could be Trump’s undoing Even otherwise spineless Republican senators are alarmed at Trump’s trade wars – because...
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June 8, 2019 in 2,682 words
to set a mood • • • ‘Socialism for the rich’: the evils of bad economics The economic arguments adopted by Britain and the US in the 1980s led to vastly increased inequality – and gave the false...
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June 9, 2019 in 2,522 words
to set a mood • • • I Was There When Fabio Got Hit By A Goose On A Roller Coaster And I Did Nothing https://t.co/bsxV6OPq0h pic.twitter.com/dvxltpDQxl — ClickHole (@ClickHole) June 8, 2019 some of the...
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June 10, 2019 in 1,952 words
to set a mood • • • John Oliver Wants To Know: Which State Will Be The One To Ratify The ERA? THANKS to HBO and Last Week Tonight for making this program available on YouTube. John Oliver used the...
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June 12, 2019 in 2,198 words
to set a mood • • • Welcome to the Age of Surveillance Capitalism All that information we’ve handed over can be used in insidious ways in the absence of government oversight. It’s not just a look. In...
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June 13, 2019 in 178 words
one of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • Denver Zoo Shares Love Story Of Same-Sex Pair of Flamingos Named Lance Bass And Freddie Mercury With just a few days before Denver’s PrideFest...
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June 14, 2019 in 3,098 words
to set a mood • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • The mindfulness conspiracy It is sold as a force that can help us cope with the ravages of capitalism, but with its inward...
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June 15, 2019 in 528 words
The Illiberal Right Throws a Tantrum A faction of the religious right has concluded that if liberal democracy does not guarantee victory, then it must be abandoned. BY THE TAIL END OF the Obama...
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June 16, 2019 in 2,088 words
to set a mood • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • 50 million people lose electricity in South American blackout CHECK THE FUSE BOX Heavy rains in Buenos Aires may be to blame...
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June 17, 2019 in 3,107 words
to set a mood • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • New York Times cartoon ban leads to a world where we say nothing at all In a world where political cartoonists are routinely...
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June 19, 2019 in 2,633 words
to set a mood • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • How a small Turkish city successfully absorbed half a million migrants Gaziantep has grown by 30% due to newcomers fleeing...
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June 21, 2019 in 1,965 words
to set a mood • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • In Praise of Identity Politics and the Long History of Desire Fifty years after Stonewall, the much maligned politics of...
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June 22, 2019 in 2,358 words
to set a mood • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • The Norwegian island that abolished time: ‘You can cut the lawn at 4am’ Residents of Sommarøy, bright 24/7 in summer, say...
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June 23, 2019 in 2,684 words
expressing my mood • • • Strange, strange morning at work. And my check engine light is on. Again. Two centuries ago, Greek helmswomen were known for smoking gunpowder-laced cigars to symbolize their...
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June 24, 2019 in 2,489 words
to set a mood • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • There is a town named “Be Silent Or I Shall Halt This Vehicle Forever” in Alaska. It has 66 residents—all of whom,...
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