Ernest Shackleton’s ship, The Endurance, sank in 1915, was just found and is mostly intact.

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It is Week One in the 2022 Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes. Welcome to the terror/pleasure dome!

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Blame the death of American bookstores—specifically in Cambridge, Mass.—on the loss of human scale in consolidated markets.

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Ed Yong has our number once again. More of his great coronavirus reporting in The Atlantic, this time titled “How Did This Many Deaths Become Normla?”

First, some comparisons. There were more recorded US COVID deaths:
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Moldovans fear the potential for catastrophe in their country—especially if all it takes is for Putin to expand his ambitions.

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Even though conflict’s disproportionate effect on women is well-known, these vulnerabilities are rarely discussed, and women remain largely excluded from the rooms in which decisions are made.

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Girls aren’t allowed to use smartphones in some parts of India for fear of moral corruption.

↩︎ Goats and Soda

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Planned Parenthood centers in Texas’ surrounding states saw a nearly 800% increase in abortion patients from Texas this fall.

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