Thursday, August 5, 2021

Reading archive 2021-08-05

Northwest D.C. ‘NIMBYs’ fight proposal over new schools

A critical ocean system may be heading for collapse due to climate change, study finds: ‘The consequences of a collapse would likely be far-reaching’ - "Studies suggest that toward the end of the last ice age, a massive glacial lake burst through a declining North American ice sheet. The flood of freshwater spilled into the Atlantic, halting the AMOC and plunging much of the Northern Hemisphere — especially Europe — into deep cold. Gas bubbles trapped in polar ice indicate the cold spell lasted 1,000 years. Analyses of plant fossils and ancient artifacts suggest that the climate shift transformed ecosystems and threw human societies into upheaval."

How Provincetown, Mass., stress-tested the coronavirus vaccine with summer partying and delta

Nearly 200 doctors clash with school district that refuses to mandate masks

Buoyed by rising nationalism, China’s keyboard warriors take aim at Olympic athletes

Peter Doocy and Jen Psaki’s daily clashes have become a White House briefing room ritual

A Texas GOP leader railed against vaccines and masks. Then he died of covid.

GamerGaters inundated her with death threats. Now some are apologizing — and she forgives them.

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