Reading archive 2025-06-12

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects [ed. note: devastating]

Trump backers call for Walmart boycott amid furor over ‘No Kings Day’ ad: At issue is a full-page New York Times ad, paid for by Walmart heiress Christy Walton, highlighting upcoming protests.

Russia says it’s winning. The data says otherwise.: Russia has paid an extraordinary price in blood and equipment for marginal gains in Ukraine.

As floods keep coming, this small city can’t afford to let people leave: Floodplain buyouts can reduce the financial toll of future disasters. But some small towns losing property and people are now saying no.

best practices around mosquitoes, with nancy lawson - "But then when I talked to the Xerces Society just recently, they said they just recommend that people instead just do the bucket, just put some straw or some grass in there and some water, and dump it periodically every few days. And don’t use a Bti because we don’t know the effect of Bti on the soil and all the organisms in the soil. And also it does harm crane flies."