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The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.

The real reason people are so passionate about Heated Rivalry

Heated Rivalry, the Canadian series streaming on HBO Max based on the bestselling romance novels by Rachel Reid, has taken over group chats, algorithms, and brains. For those who have not watched, it follows queer, closeted professional ice hockey players as they navigate falling in love and all the angst that comes with it. There’s […]

Americans don’t trust crowdfunding sites like GoFundMe. So, why do they keep giving?

Today, no American tragedy is complete without a GoFundMe.  It took less than a week to raise over $1.5 million for the family of Renee Nicole Good, the woman fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis earlier this month. At the same time, a parallel fundraiser for her killer raised hundreds […]

We just took a major step forward in protecting the oceans

In the spring of 2010, I was one of a few journalists invited to travel down to the coast of Ecuador to join an ocean-going TED conference. With me aboard a National Geographic science vessel were ocean and climate scientists, underwater photographers, marine activists, environmental group CEOs, a lot of green-minded rich people, and famous […]

7 predictions for how MAHA will change how Americans eat

Uncle Sam thinks you’re probably eating wrong, and he’s got some advice.  Out: processed carbohydrates and added sugar.  In: fat and protein, especially the animal-flesh kind. Those are some of the biggest takeaways from the new — and newly inverted — food pyramid announced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this month.  While […]

Can Congress stop Trump from trying to take Greenland?

Since the United States announced it would “run” Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration has openly floated similar interventions elsewhere in Latin America. But the country Donald Trump has fixated on most isn’t an adversary — it’s an ally. Greenland, a NATO member and longtime partner of the United States has repeatedly […]