The Plants Tell the Story
The Boston Globe
Massachusetts’ coldest days not nearly so cold.
Stanisław Lem’s Prescient Vision of Artificial Life
The MIT Press Reader
As with the best science fiction, Lem’s novel “The Invincible” has as much to teach us about our present situations as any futures we may face.
The American Political Sestina
Rattle
Poet Alexandra Umlas uses the subtle form, a sestina, to convey the tenuous substance of American political poetry.
Tesla Union Pressure Increases in Sweden As Dockworkers Escalate Strike
Reuters
In addition to dockworkers, unionized cleaners are refusing to clean Tesla buildings and postal workers have stopped delivering mail. Electricians stopped service and repair work for Tesla, including at its charging stations across Sweden
‘From the River to the Sea’ – A Palestinian Historian Explains
The Conversation
A Palestinian historian explores the history, meaning and intent of the scrutinized slogan
The Off-Year Election Variants of Mad Poll Disease
Weekend Reading
In the 2022 elections, the mainstream media’s lodestar was polling that made it seem like voters didn’t want to hear any more about Trump and January 6th. Tuesday’s election returns confirmed a different anti-MAGA reality.
A New Class Consciousness
Dissent Magazine
There is unquestionably a new force undergirding the labor market: a new class consciousness. But leaving neoliberalism behind will require sustained collective action among millions of unorganized workers.
Ask a Scientist: How To Avoid Climate Disaster
Union of Concerned Scientists blog
The Inflation Reduction Act's $400B investment in clean energy will make a significant dent in emissions, but not enough to meet US carbon reduction goals. A Union of Concerned Scientists team showed how to lower emission by 50 percent by 2030.
The Night Doctrine: The Truth About Afghanistan’s Zero Unit Night Raids
ProPublica’s first animated documentary traces a young British journalist of Afghan-Pakistani origins, who returns to Afghanistan to find out who killed her family 30 years earlier, only to stumble upon a secretive U.S.-backed program the killed hundreds of civilians
Trump Destroys his Own Case With Bombshell Admission
In a newly released interview, Donald Trump's version of his attempt to join the mob on Jan. 6 incriminates ... himself.
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