I know, two days in a row I can't be arsed to write a real blog post. Sometimes I have actual work to do, y'know?
- The Economist argues that when the world gets 3°C hotter, nowhere will be safe.
- The New York Times predicts where heat-related deaths will rise when that happens.
- Jennifer Rubin gives President Biden high marks for his first six months in office.
- Sophia McClennen explains "why it's (almost) impossible to argue with the right" while Gary Abernathy demonstrates the problem.
- The National Labor Relations Board has given Chicago's own Scabby, the giant inflatable protest rat, a reprieve.
- Cranky Flier explains that even though Alitalia ("the worst airline in the world") will technically cease to exist in October, the Italian government just won't let it die.
- NBC's Paris Marx calls Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos's thank-you speech a self-own.
Finally, as I've gone through my CD collection in the order I bought them, I occasionally encounter something that has not aged well. Today I came across Julie Brown's "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun," which...just, no. Not in this century.