Sarah McFallsHuman Interest As a Gay Man Who Came of Age in the ’70s, I Feel Lost in Today’s Era of Sexual Fluidityslate.com - Jim Farber “Back then, it wasn’t a matter of ‘questioning,’ but of asserting, not of exploring, but of declaring.”
Sarah McFallsMagna Carta What did Magna Carta mean to the English in 1215?historyextra.com It famously went on to inspire everyone from Cromwell to Gandhi, but what impact did King John's Great Charter have on his subjects in the year that …
Sarah McFallsVan Gogh Museum ‘The most famous weapon in the history of art’: gun used to kill Vincent van Gogh to be auctionedscmp.com - Agence France-Presse The revolver with which Vincent van Gogh is believed to have shot himself is to go under the hammer on Wednesday at a Paris auction house.Billed as …
Sarah McFallsNative Americans How ‘pretendians’ undermine the rights of Indigenous peoplehcn.org - Stian Rice The day before Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, released the results of her DNA test last fall, the Los Angeles Times revealed another …
Sarah McFallsSpace This Incredible Orbit Map of Our Solar System Makes Our Brains AcheScienceAlert - EVAN GOUGH, UNIVERSE TODAY If you want to know what a talent for scientific visualizations looks like, check out Eleanor Lutz. She's a PhD student in biology at the University …
Sarah McFallsPermafrost The poisons released by melting Arctic iceBBC Future - Tim SmedleyPollution, anthrax - even nuclear waste - could be released by global warming In 2012, Sue Natali arrived in Duvanny Yar, Siberia, for the first time. Then a postdoctoral research fellow studying the of
Sarah McFallsCulture Tidy the F*ck Up: A Conversation With Messie CondoWIRED - Wired This story is part of a series on how we clean—from taming your trove of photos to washing your tuchus. Gawd, just look at your kitchen drawers. Junk …
Sarah McFallsNarcolepsy A Drug Meant For Narcolepsy Can Boost Brain FunctionPopular ScienceIn 1998, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug modafinil as a treatment for narcolepsy, a condition in which the brain has trouble regulating its sleep-wake cycle that results in sudden
Sarah McFallsCruise Ships Where does the poop go?: The hidden machines of cruise shipsPopular Science14 Uber and Lyft tips to make your trips easier Last week in tech: Google’s Pixel 4 Smartphone, DJI’s new robot, and E3 More electric cars means more mining, but recycling could help minimize the impact
Sarah McFallsMark Hamill Mark Hamill and William Shatner Have Hilarious Debate About Star Trek Symbol on Marscomicbook.com - Jamie Jirak There's nothing more fun than faux feuds between celebrities, and the latest to resurface on social media is that of Star Wars' Mark Hamill and Star …
Sarah McFallsChristianity The Holy Trinity as imagined in sacred artaleteia.org - Zelda Caldwell The Catholic doctrine of the Trinity, which teaches that God is three persons, yet one divine being, is notoriously hard to grasp. Even the Catechism …
Sarah McFallsFilm (UK) The end of erotica? How Hollywood fell out of love with sexThe Guardian - Edward HelmoreFor decades, no big-box-office, adult-oriented Hollywood movie was apparently complete without a sex scene, from Don’t Look Now to Basic Instinct. Yet it appears that erotica is now dying out in mainstream
Sarah McFallsGeek The science fiction podcasts every nerd should listen toPopular Science14 Uber and Lyft tips to make your trips easier Last week in tech: Google’s Pixel 4 Smartphone, DJI’s new robot, and E3 More electric cars means more mining, but recycling could help minimize the impact
Sarah McFallsTrump Tower How Trump Turned Liberal Comedians ConservativePOLITICO - By JOANNA WEISSOnce, wry satire ruled. Today it’s all outrage and punching up—and it’s not always clear where the joke is. Joanna Weiss is a writer in Boston and the editor of Experience magazine. President Donald Trump
Sarah McFalls He Held Her Down, Choked Her, And Masturbated Onto Her. The Law Said It Wasn’t Sexual Assault.buzzfeednews.com - David Mack A shocking case in Alaska has highlighted a loophole in sexual assault statutes nationwide. Now the survivor of the attack is sharing her story for …
Sarah McFallsAboriginal Canadians A problem of popularity: How Canada's northern musicians are hurt by lack of accesscbc.ca - CBC Gem Andrew Morrison of The Jerry Cans is setting up to play what would be — for most bands with their popularity — a standard-sized gig at Toronto's …
Sarah McFallsCulture Maoism’s inherent contradictions unpacked in China scholar Julia Lovell’s new bookscmp.com - James Kidd Not everyone can identify the moment their life changed, but then Julia Lovell is not most people. An internationally renowned scholar, translator …
Sarah McFallsBooks Torn apart: the vicious war over young adult booksThe Guardian - Leo BenedictusI've heard of publishers cancelling books and asking their authors to apologise, fearing the consequences if they didn’t The wars may even spread – there have been two campaigns against adult novels on
Sarah McFallsLifestyle (UK) Escaping my messy childhood: ‘There were apple cores down the sofa and slugs in the sink’The Guardian - Max LiuWhen my now wife visited my student room, I had one mug, which I’d never washed. I made tea for her in it Mum’s cooking was amazing, but the plates had congealed food stuck to them from the previous time
Sarah McFallsCulture New York City And The Strand Bookstore Are Not On The Same PageNPR - Scott SimonThe Strand Bookstore, a New York City icon that is home to 2.5 million books and 92 years of storefront history, was commemorated by the city and chosen as a historic city landmark this week. Nancy Bass
Sarah McFallsCulture What is Tencel? The sustainable fabric everyone is talking aboutEuronews - euronewsThe sustainable clothing industry is growing exponentially year on year, with brands committing time and effort to sourcing innovative new materials that are durable and ethically made. Enter Tencel. fibres
Sarah McFallsWorld News Oh Dear: Photos Show What Humans Have Done To The PlanetNPR - Jonathan LambertHumans have made an indelible mark on the planet. Since the mid-20th century, we've accelerated the digging of mines, construction of dams, expansion of cities and clearing of forests for agriculture activity
Sarah McFallsU.S. Politics Trump Ordered Dramatic Cuts To Expert Science Panelsbuzzfeednews.com - Dan Vergano "This kind of wholesale elimination of advisory panels is bad government," said one expert. The Trump administration wants to dramatically cut the …
Sarah McFallsNews US diplomats work around White House gay pride flag banBBC NewsUS diplomats have been finding creative ways to show support for LGBTQ+ Pride month after the White House banned them from flying the rainbow flag. Before this year embassies had routinely hoisted the
Sarah McFallsLong-form Journalism I Said Goodbye To My Grandfather When My Family Left Peru — But This Blanket Keeps Him Close To Mebuzzfeednews.com - Melissa Rivero When I was born, my grandfather gave me an alpaca blanket to keep de por vida. Nearly 40 years later, it’s one of the only things connecting me to …
Sarah McFallsCities Why Don't Americans Use Their Parks At Night?CityLab - Linda PoonMost cities aren’t fond of letting people use parks after dark. But there are good lifestyle, environmental, and safety reasons to reconsider. It was just another Saturday when I stumbled across a busy
Sarah McFallsWorld News Mexico's Migration Chief Abruptly ResignsNPR - Richard GonzalesThe president of Mexico's National Migration Institute, the government agency that controls and supervises migration, resigned Friday. In a brief statement, the institute announced that Tonatiuh Guillén
Sarah McFallsNative Americans Hoping for honest coverage of the Indian Child Welfare Act - AEIaei.org Forty years after the passage of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) it seems likely the Supreme Court will review it again. Maybe this time, the …
Sarah McFallsUX Design I felt the Amazon app was outdated, so I redesigned it using Design Thinking principles — a UX case studyuxdesign.cc - Hamza Mahmood I have been an avid user of the Amazon app for as long as I remember, both its web and mobile version. It has conveniently assisted me in purchasing …
