Today's Selections

What Happened to Jon Stewart? (link)

The Power of Shit (link)— “Our excrement is a natural, renewable and sustainable resource – if only we can overcome our visceral disgust of it.”

Nebraska’s Surprising Pandemic Success (link)

A Plastic Bag’s 2,000-Mile Journey Shows the Messy Truth About Recycling (link) –– Hat tip to The Browser.

The Nuclear Missile Next Door (link)

Putting Tech Before Teaching (link)

STUFF I'VE BEEN WRITING

My most recent articles… (link)

Noteworthy...

Above are the usual selections, focused on feature stories. This section will feature other noteworthy stuff: undercovered news stories about civil liberties and other subjects dear to my heart; worthwhile video content; and other treats intended to increase your pleasure.

“An ethnographic account of Shenzhen’s response to the Omicron outbreak” (link)
Why TV cameras are still huge and expensive (link)
The culture that is Japan (link)
On grieving trees (link)
Rigorous policy analysis is underrated (link)
6 Covid mysteries (link)
Bird migrations near you right now (link)
The messy politics of teaching gender (link)
Speech lessons (link)
Israel has a high-powered laser weapon (link)
Injured Parties, an Alan Jacobs essay (link)
The case for American seriousness (link)
DeSantis aims at Disney, hits First Amendment (link)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz interviewed on Ukraine (link)
One-hit wonders explained (link)
“The new homophobia” (link)
An account of living in the woods (link)
Targeting Disney (link)
After School Satan Club rejected (link)