Recommended Reading (12/20/24)

In Lebanon, residents fear Hezbollah could be hiding among people displaced by war (NPR)

This is bad! Under pressure from some conservative activists, Sununu pulls state librarian nominee (NHPR)

It's something, I guess: 13 states will have women governors next year, a new record (NPR)

For Xi Jinping, Religion Is Power (The Atlantic)

50 jobs, 30 years: The unseen labour of an Indian female worker (BBC)

Musket balls from first major battle of revolutionary war found near Boston (The Guardian)

Nick Harkaway on Growing Up with Smiley and Carrying on His Father’s Legacy with a new le Carré Novel (CrimeReads)

What the Heck Is Seaweed Mining? (Hakai)

Are We Living Through a Bagel Renaissance? (The New Yorker)

These Tiny Worms Account for at Least 4 Nobel Prizes (NYT)

Bringing Back Batting Average (Baseball Prospectus)

Japanese Green Tea Once Fueled the Midwest (Atlas Obscura)

Recommended Reading (11/13/24)

Phew: Ruben Gallego defeats Kari Lake in Arizona Senate race (NPR)

What Life Looks Like for Israelis Living Near Lebanon’s Border (NYT)

Justin Welby to quit as archbishop of Canterbury over handling of abuse scandal (The Guardian)

Haiti swears in a new leader as gangs shoot at a flight landing in the main airport (NPR)

Missing Henry VIII portrait found after random X post (BBC)

NASA's 'Hidden Figures' awarded Congressional Gold Medals for pioneering space work (NPR)

Nelson’s HMS Victory gives scientists vital DNA for battle against deathwatch beetle (The Guardian)

Strawberry Farmworkers Fight for a Living Wage (Civil Eats)

The Great Honeybee Fallacy (The Atlantic)

How ECMO Is Redefining Death (The New Yorker)

The Exploits and Exploitation of Indian Street Magic, Jadoo (CrimeReads)

Release Angles and the Illusion of Waste (Fangraphs)

Recommended Reading (11/12/24)

One piece of good news from Election Day, in case you missed it: Sarah McBride becomes the first out transgender person elected to Congress (NBC News)

Hamas’s Guerrilla Tactics in North Gaza Make It Hard to Defeat (NYT)

Sun, sea and sirens: A summer in Odesa (NPR)

The New Propaganda War (The Atlantic)

More NH communities consider community power (NHPR)

A new copyright rule lets McDonald's fix its own broken ice cream machines (NPR)

Yellowstone’s Wolves: A Debate Over Their Role in the Park’s Ecosystem (NYT)

Aw: Squeezed out: last accordion maker in France to close shop after 105 years (The Guardian)

! A boy snatched from a California park in 1951 is found living on the East Coast (NPR)

Truly the wholesome news I needed today: Art Garfunkel “Cried At Reunion Lunch With Former Musical Partner Paul Simon After 20 Years’ Silence” (Deadline)

What Makes a Wonder? On the Human Need to Map Out Monumental Greatness (LitHub)

What a bioluminescent petunia had to teach me (Knowable)

Recommended Reading (11/8/24)

What Happens to Hamas and Hezbollah Now That Their Leaders Have Been Killed? (The New Yorker)

Why Antisemitism Is Spreading on the Left (Elad Nehorai)

California sues ExxonMobil for misleading public on plastic recycling (NPR)

For LGBTQ+ people facing food insecurity, stigma and other barriers can make it hard to get help (NHPR)

The Cause That Turned Idealists Into Authoritarian Zealots (The Atlantic)

This preventive drug could be a 'game changer' in ending the HIV epidemic (NPR)

Why Is It So Hard to Find Local Fish (Even by the Water)? (NYT)

France’s 31-year treasure hunt for a buried owl statue finally ends (The Guardian)

On Murder Memoirs (Slate)

Is bullet hole proof of Bonnie Prince Charlie assassination attempt? (BBC)

The Unexpected Poetry of PhD Acknowledgements (ANU College of Science)

Jared Jones and the Plight of the Max-Effort Starter (Baseball Prospectus)

Recommended Reading (11/7/24)

Well, here we are. Most of this is going to be...other stuff, because I'm not up to reading a ton of election analysis yet and I figure people need distractions. But I will say that the most helpful post-election message I have seen is (unsurprisingly), this video by Elizabeth Warren.

This was also helpful: the day after (Life Is a Sacred Text)

In the occupied West Bank, Palestinians struggle to access water (NPR)

The Biggest Mystery Of January 6 Remains Unsolved (TPM)

NYT tech workers are making their own games while on strike (The Verge)

Not great! Melting glaciers force Switzerland and Italy to redraw part of Alpine border (The Guardian)

A 27-year-old just became queen of New Zealand's Maori (NPR)

As Museums’ Missions Expand, So Too Does Their Physical Space (NYT)

Is a Plastic Rock a Rock? (Slate)

I gave up meat and gained so much more (Vox)

West Windsor gets rid of a cannon that it never really owned (NHPR)

I'm reading this book now and it's good: The Rare Entertainments of E.C.R. Lorac’s Death of an Author (CrimeReads)

Recommended Reading (10/21/24)

Moldova votes to stick with E.U. despite reports of Russian interference (WaPo)

Award-winning Ukrainian journalist dies in Russian captivity, Kyiv says (NPR)

White House aims to eliminate out-of-pocket spending on birth control for most Americans (The 19th*)

India and China agree to de-escalate border tensions (BBC)

Vietnam Revives Power-Sharing Arrangement With New President (NYT)

Oh come on: Two Republican candidates sue Goffstown library over election questionnaire (NHPR)

! No needles required: The FDA approves an at-home flu vaccine (NPR)

A Monday pick-me-up: All calls of Juan Soto's go-ahead home run in Game 5 (MLB)

The testing of AI in medicine is a mess. Here’s how it should be done (Nature)

Dorset ‘Stonehenge’ under Thomas Hardy’s home given protected status (The Guardian)

Why You Can't Get a Restaurant Reservation (The New Yorker)

“With alarm, Your Scholar,” and other excellent sign-offs from Emily Dickinson’s letters. (LitHub)

Recommended Reading (10/16/24)

Captured documents reveal Hamas’s broader ambition to wreak havoc on Israel (WaPo)

Good: Georgia judge counters GOP-led state election board on certification and hand counts (NPR)

Lilly Ledbetter, Whose Fight for Equal Pay Changed U.S. Law, Dies at 86 (NYT)

North Korea blows up parts of inter-Korean roads as tensions with South Korea soar (NPR)

Race to combat mpox misinformation as vaccine rollout in DRC begins (The Guardian)

First significant snowfall arrives atop Mount Washington (NHPR)

Exclusive: Remains of Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine believed to have been found on Everest (National Geographic)

How Originalism Ate the Law (Slate)

One N.H. town is trying to decarbonize their buildings — and build a workforce in the process (WBUR)

Hypochondria Never Dies (The Atlantic)

How an Ex-N.B.A. Player Is Diversifying Wine One Sip at a Time (NYT)

A Secret Letter to the KGB Turned A Lost Family History Into a Novel (Electric Lit)

Recommended Reading (10/11/24)

These maps and images show what's left of Gaza, 1 year into the Israel-Hamas war (NPR)

As Telegram's Popularity Soars, Is It 'A Spy In Every Ukrainian's Pocket'? (RFE)

A firehose of antisemitic disinformation from China is pointing at two Republican legislators (WaPo)

Good: NH Sec. of State orders use of affidavit ballots on Election Day, despite law’s conflicting dates (NHPR)

NPR Exclusive: U.S. overdose deaths plummet, saving thousands of lives (NPR)

Raffi's Guide to Fighting Fascism (Mother Jones)

Google Is Playing a Dangerous Game With AI Search (The Atlantic)

Lost GK Chesterton essay about detective stories published for first time (The Guardian)

Inside the beauty pageant in one of the world’s worst places to be a woman (BBC)

Mastering the Art of Making a Cookbook (The New Yorker)

How do you build without over polluting? That's the challenge of new Catan board game (NPR)

460 Years Ago, Shakespeare Was Born Here. Or Somewhere. (NYT)

Recommended Reading (10/9/24)

1 year after Hamas attacked Israel, the conflict grows more dangerous than ever (NPR)

Officials face antisemitic attacks over Hurricane Helene response (WaPo)

Tricked into conversion therapy in Russia for being trans (BBC)

I see: Trump secretly sent Putin COVID-19 tests during pandemic shortage, a new book reports (NPR)

Victor Ambros, Upper Valley native, wins Nobel Prize (NHPR)

What Is Wagner Doing in Africa? (The Atlantic)

Norway: electric cars outnumber petrol for first time in ‘historic milestone’ (The Guardian)

(Yes this has been sitting in my bookmarks since Passover and it's now almost Yom Kippur, but it's still interesting!) With a Fresh Look and Recipes, Manischewitz Courts a New Generation (NYT)

Startups want to cool Earth by reflecting sunlight. There are few rules and big risks (NPR)

This is extremely wholesome: I’ll Sign Your Baseball if You Sign Mine (NYT)

The Physics of Cold Water May Have Jump-Started Complex Life (Quanta)

From Austen to Larkin: Why Writers Could Be More Prone to Hypochondria (LitHub)

Recommended Reading (10/7/24)

The Israeli village grieving the biggest loss from Oct. 7, one year later (NPR)

The Israel–Hamas conflict one year on: researcher resilience in the face of war (Nature)

Rabbi Danya on the anniversary today: "...a being whose anguish may reach the heart of God." (Life Is a Sacred Text)

UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius (BBC)

The scale of Helene’s devastating impacts are eye-popping, even from space (NPR)

Previously unknown Mozart music discovered in German library (The Guardian)

The First AI Gadgets Are a Cautionary Tale (Intelligencer)

California heat has immigration activists bracing for a humanitarian crisis (NPR)

Quick! Someone Get This Book a Doctor. (NYT)

Batting Average Is Dead (BP)

Tracing the Long, Winding Path of an Ancient Roman Aqueduct (NYT)

Mountain Lions in NH? Some locals believe the big cats still roam the Granite State (NHPR)