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)