David Wallace-Wells explains why we shouldn't be applying lessons learned from Covid to bird flu. / The New York Times [+]
A British couple compares photos of a Swiss glacier taken in 2009 and 2024. / Kottke
Demand in the United States for avocados is encouraging deforestation in Mexico. / Bloomberg
Immigrants to the US are becoming citizens at the fastest rate in a decade. / The New York Times [+]
Which US state has the highest rate of homelessness? New York, followed by Vermont. / The New Yorker
A study finds people with consistent grocery shopping habits are more likely to pay their credit card bills on time. / The Conversation
Unrelated: On Etsy, searches for matchbook or matchbox art are up 92% in the last three months compared with the same time last year. / The Wall Street Journal [+]
Elon Musk's support of Donald Trump—e.g., trying to find 800,000 votes—is harming his business interests. / The Wall Street Journal [+], Fortune
Utah orders books by 13 authors—12 of them women—to be removed from every public school, classroom, and library. / The Guardian
See also: If American women were their own country, they would rank third in the 2024 Olympic medal count. / NPR
Photographs of what teenagers in Los Angeles wore for their first day of school. / The Los Angeles Times
UCLA's Nathan Deuel describes what it's like to teach travel writing when “the best possible story” is already happening on campus. / Lithub
Colm Tóibín on James Baldwin: “He sought to elevate what was complex, multifarious, intricate.” / The Paris Review
“There are many wild theories for why bunnies ended up in the same bucket as pigeons.” Counting things in Japanese is said to be quirky. / Aether Magazine