Reading archive 2022-10-24

Opinon  What we found when analyzing 1,000 viral TikToks on #Abortion - "We found two things, chiefly: pro-abortion-rights posts get more views than antiabortion videos — and the platform is almost perfectly designed to further divide us."

Opinion  The world continues to ignore the radicalization of India

Opinion  Give my disregards to Broadway’s over-the-top theater ‘trigger warnings’

Florida needs workers to rebuild after Ian. Undocumented migrants are stepping in.: Hundreds have arrived in the Sunshine State despite Gov. Ron DeSantis’s warning that those without papers are not wanted in Florida. - "'We’d like them back,' Nancy Randall, a real estate agent who declined to give her age or political affiliation, said of the immigrants DeSantis had flown to Martha’s Vineyard, after Ian drove four feet of water into her green-shuttered home in Naples, soaking her grandmother’s rocking chair and everything else. 'We need all the helpers we can get.'"

The anxieties of growing old when you’re LGBTQ: Who would you call to bring you chicken soup? For many LGBTQ seniors who are alone, that’s no easy question.

Ask a Doctor: What happens if I drink too much water?: Normal kidneys can release up to a quart of fluid every hour. Drinking more than that can be hazardous to your health.

Right-wing roadshow promotes Christian nationalism before midterms - "The traveling carnival of misinformation merges entertainment, politics and theology and makes the existential argument to those attending: The debate is no longer about Republican vs. Democrat, they say, it’s about good vs. evil. And it’s time to pick a side."

D.C.'s troubled sports-betting app could soon have some competition