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Greenland’s Deepening Ecological Grief
“We no longer understand it here. We don’t trust it.”
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On a Wild Patch of Mississippi Soil
Camping a wooded island along the lower Mississippi River introduces one writer to a land of legend and wildness.
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Scamming Their Way to the Top of Hollow Mountan
How Southern California’s rich and famous tried to cheat to get their kids into college.
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On Beauty and Disability
Examining the body, disability, and the damaging idea of objective beauty.
Posted inCulture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
Here’s What Put Thousands of Californians in the Path of a Blaze
Forest mismanagement, political corruption, and PG&E’s corporate culture created a highly combustible situation.
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The Symbiotics of Harvesting Eider Down
“There is an irresistible simplicity to the relationship between the harvesters and the eiders.”
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Companion Fair?
“That’s what Dad’s AAirpass and ultra-elite flying status yielded for him: lifelong bonds.”
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‘Something’s Got to Give’: Redux
“Get me out of here — I’m losing it!”
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Why “Florida Man” Really Isn’t All that Funny
“Is Florida Man a hero, a villain or a victim? And is it still okay to laugh along?” (No, it’s not.)