Desalination can make saltwater drinkable — but it won’t solve the U.S. water crisis - The Washington Post

Desalination can make saltwater drinkable — but it won’t solve the U.S. water crisis - The Washington Post

So much more complicated than I had assumed it would be.

Workplace Productivity: Are You Being Tracked? - The New York Times

Workplace Productivity: Are You Being Tracked? - The New York Times

I find all this dehunizing at best.

Remove a Confederate Statue? A Tennessee City Did This Instead. - The New York Times

Remove a Confederate Statue? A Tennessee City Did This Instead. - The New York Times

More speech, not less! Seems like a sound respnnse but issues like this merit lots of points of view and it is in the course of that diversity that we all get to watch the truth emerge.

Opinion | The Case for File Cabinets - The New York Times

Opinion | The Case for File Cabinets - The New York Times

I know just the file cabinet into which I will put this!

Delta Air Lines Is Introducing a Change That Is Upsetting Its Best Customers. It's the 1 Thing No Company Should Ever Do | Inc.com

Delta Air Lines Is Introducing a Change That Is Upsetting Its Best Customers. It's the 1 Thing No Company Should Ever Do | Inc.com

I agree completely!

What parents can do to make Facebook and Instagram safer - The Washington Post

What parents can do to make Facebook and Instagram safer - The Washington Post

Ludicrous.

An Island of Off-the-Grid Homes, Just 50 Miles from Times Square - The New York Times

An Island of Off-the-Grid Homes, Just 50 Miles from Times Square - The New York Times

Love those islands!

How an 11-Foot-Tall 3-D Printer Is Helping to Create a Community - The New York Times

How an 11-Foot-Tall 3-D Printer Is Helping to Create a Community - The New York Times

We need a lot more of this sort of thing.

Opinion | The Birds on My Balcony Have Taught Me a Lot About the Pandemic - The New York Times

Opinion | The Birds on My Balcony Have Taught Me a Lot About the Pandemic - The New York Times

So much to learn from the creatures around us.

On vacation? Start your day with an early morning walk. - The Washington Post

On vacation? Start your day with an early morning walk. - The Washington Post

Wonderful.

NPR Turns 50: Listeners Share Life Advice For The Big Milestone : NPR

NPR Turns 50: Listeners Share Life Advice For The Big Milestone : NPR

This really got my attention. Sage and remarkable advice!

Sally Quinn: Washington’s elite social scene will never be the same after Trump and covid — and that’s a good thing - The Washington Post

Sally Quinn: Washington’s elite social scene will never be the same after Trump and covid — and that’s a good thing - The Washington Post

Read later.

Seeking Wisdom From an Undervalued Resource: Older People - The New York Times

Seeking Wisdom From an Undervalued Resource: Older People - The New York Times

Seems right to me!

What We Spent in a Month - The New York Times

What We Spent in a Month - The New York Times

A great chance to learn more about the people around us.

Affordable Housing Earns French Couple the Pritzker Prize - The New York Times

Affordable Housing Earns French Couple the Pritzker Prize - The New York Times

Makes so much sense.

On a Storied Stretch of Fifth Avenue, a Symbol of Irish America Reels - The New York Times

On a Storied Stretch of Fifth Avenue, a Symbol of Irish America Reels - The New York Times

To read.

In ‘Fulfillment,’ One-Click Shopping Is Cheap, Easy and Economically Unsustainable - The New York Times

In ‘Fulfillment,’ One-Click Shopping Is Cheap, Easy and Economically Unsustainable - The New York Times

Sounds like an intriguing book.

In London, looking backward to move forward - The Washington Post

In London, looking backward to move forward - The Washington Post

I'd like to spend more time on this. 

A small-town congregation sold its church. A whites-only group moved in. - The Washington Post

A small-town congregation sold its church. A whites-only group moved in. - The Washington Post

A huge challenge on so many fronts.

In the Atlantic Ocean, Subtle Shifts Hint at Dramatic Dangers - The New York Times

In the Atlantic Ocean, Subtle Shifts Hint at Dramatic Dangers - The New York Times

This bears careful study.

NC Democrats’ new chair Richardson on 2020 election, strategy | Durham Herald Sun

NC Democrats’ new chair Richardson on 2020 election, strategy | Durham Herald Sun

I hope she succeeds.

New World Map Tries to Fix Distorted Views of Earth - The New York Times

New World Map Tries to Fix Distorted Views of Earth - The New York Times

Neat!

Biden Tells Allies ‘America Is Back,’ but Macron and Merkel Push Back - The New York Times

Biden Tells Allies ‘America Is Back,’ but Macron and Merkel Push Back - The New York Times

Now the hard part starts.

NAACP v TRUMP

 I hope they are successful. https://naacp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Thompson-v.-Trump-Complaint-FILED.pdf 

Brexit Nightmares: 53 Tons of Rotting Pork and More - The New York Times

Brexit Nightmares: 53 Tons of Rotting Pork and More - The New York Times

So much at stake!

Nice-Matin - Actualités et infos en direct

Nice-Matin - Actualités et infos en direct

Test

Redirecting

Redirecting

Troubleshooting.

On my travels, I saw a vision of two Americas – but which one will triumph? | US news | The Guardian

We must work so hard to injet truth into US daily life, on all levels at all times. 

Americans May Add Five Times More Plastic to the Oceans Than Thought - The New York Times

Atrocious.

North Carolina can count votes received 9 days after Election Day, Supreme Court rules - CNNPolitics

Bravo for now!

Fix, or Toss? The ‘Right to Repair’ Movement Gains Ground - The New York Times

We should all support this.

Finding appliance repair people has become a pandemic nightmare - The Washington Post

What a missed opportunity.

Europe Wonders if It Can Rely on U.S. Again, Whoever Wins - The New York Times

Such serious matter. 

Don Lemon rips NBC for 'rewarding' Trump with town hall opposite ABC's Biden event: 'outright embarrassing' | Fox News

I agree 100%.

Dying in a Leadership Vacuum | NEJM

Better said than any politician.

NC ballot settlement: Judge rejects witness rule change | Durham Herald Sun

How do we stop this and simply return to voting? It is out of hand and getting so much worse.

Tuesday’s Debate Made Clear the Gravest Threat to the Election: The President Himself - The New York Times

Perhaps the singles biggest danger the world now faces.

Amy Coney Barrett Has Broken John Oliver, Who Says It Is ‘Hopeless’

He's right.

Republicans will replace RBG but Democrats hold the trump cards – no, really | David Litt | Opinion | The Guardian

Worth noting, at least a little.

Democrats have a weapon to thwart a rapid Ginsburg replacement - Los Angeles Times

How does this sad effort get organized? What can we all do?

Amid Pandemic and Protests, Civics Survey Finds Americans Know More of Their Rights | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania

Is there hope?

Trump shattered his promise to ‘drain the swamp.’ The self-dealing would be epic in a second term. - The Washington Post

I worry most about the people who might read this and dismiss it for one of a number of TRUMPian pipe dreams.

This Island Has No Bridges. Can It Survive With No Ferries? - The New York Times

So many memories.

Susan Page of USA Today criticized for hosting off-the-record event honoring Trump appointees - The Washington Post

Replace her for the debate!

Trump Has Changed the Face America Presents to the World - The New York Times

I think this is more important than even this piece suggests.

Viral Photo of a Man in a Pub Becomes Symbol of Ireland’s Pandemic Rules - The New York Times

Wonderful story!

Trump attacks Laurene Powell Jobs for her majority stake in The Atlantic - CNN

I hope she will personally respond to this.

Anti-Trump group Refuse Facism calls for nationwide protests on Saturday as chaotic summer grinds on | Daily Mail Online

Where does this end??

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler excoriates President Donald Trump: 'It's you who have created the hate' - CNNPolitics

Alas, the Mayor has spoken precisely the right words at this moment. He's right; Whatshisname is wrong. Period.

LSSC: Season Five Episode Talk - Page 8 - Late Show With Stephen Colbert - PRIMETIMER

Jon MEACHAM comment again today about TRUMP. See this reference here - not new "Being willfully stupid is not part of the Christian tradition." 

Louder for the people in the back, Meacham. Thank you. 

Also, the questions he has about this administration are the exact same ones I've been constantly asking myself and others these last few years (I loved his comment about "weaponizing narcissism"), so if he ever were to write a book exploring that aspect of this presidency, I would absolutely read that. "

Trump Says Ivanka Is More Fit to Be First Female President Than Kamala Harris

We need to return sanity to the Oval Office.

Royaume-Uni : les ratés architecturaux du façadisme

I sure have mixed feelings about this.

Walk!

 I hope I never tire of walking wherever and whenever I can!

Evil | The Lincoln Project

We have to succeed in November.

This video as a wonderful ring to it and superb message!

 Well worth watching and humming along!

Facebook Braces Itself for Trump to Cast Election Results Doubts - The New York Times

And how about all the other "platforms" and services?

Opinion | Will 2020’s Election Be the End of Our Democracy? - The New York Times

Let it not be so.

Words

 Three words that I am struggling to use with confidence:

Meme

Trope

Gaslighting

Perhaps it is simply a sign of age!

The Benefits of Talking to Strangers - The New York Times

What a simple truth this is.

Does the Constitution allow for a delayed presidential election? - National Constitution Center

I am not convinced that the President could not use some emergency power/authority to postpone the election.

Opinion | John Lewis: Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation - The New York Times

This piece is a great gift to all of us from a great man.

Opinion | A Trumpless Future Is Hard to Get Your Head Around - The New York Times

To read later.

Opinion | Where an American Passport Doesn’t Work: The World, and Irish Pubs - The New York Times

Nicely put!

Opinion | Where Is the Outrage? - The New York Times

This needs a button - DO SOMETHING NOW! CLICK HERE!

Radio Host Dianna Ploss Loses Her Show Over English-Only Rant - The New York Times

Warped minds.

The history and future of Confederate monuments - CBS News

I really support the idea of adding information to monuments instead of trying to wipe them out or put them in a "closet".

I’m a black doctor. I wear my scrubs everywhere now. - The Washington Post

What an incredibly sad revelation. For me, anyway.

Marchés chinois : des espèces désormais interdites à la vente

Lots of Covid impacts on food.

An Open Letter on Free Expression Draws a Counterblast - The New York Times

What a waste.

In ‘Buy American’ Speech, Biden Challenges Trump on the Economy - The New York Times

I am not happy to hear this Buy American stuff.

Opinion | I’ve Seen a Future Without Cars, and It’s Amazing - The New York Times

I want to study this more carefully.

Splitting 5-4, Supreme Court Grants Alabama’s Request to Restore Voting Restrictions - The New York Times

Maybe we need a study and plot on maps where people do not have or do not have easy access to a printer?

With Flights Banned, Son Sails Solo Across Atlantic to Reach Father, 90 - The New York Times

I wonder how long to sail single handed from Chapel Hill to Nice?????

Supreme Court Says Rejected Asylum Seekers Have No Right to Object in Court - The New York Times

I want to read the opinion but it really bothers me to see what may be further erosion of what is written on the Statue of Liberty.

TikTok Teens Claim They Tanked Trump Rally - The New York Times

So many mixed reactions reading this - from glee that Trump suffered embarrassment (if he know what that is) to horror over the ease of such huge manipulation of the impression facts render.

Mourning the Letters That Will No Longer Be Written, and Remembering the Great Ones That Were - The New York Times

I have thought about this often.

Fayetteville Chief Of Police Comments On Government's Response To Protests : NPR

Want to listen to this again.

Foleys NYC Pub and Restaurant will not reopen after COVID

Sad news. I did not realize the Cavan connection.

Checking my white privilege

Bravo. This comes from the writer's heart and we should speak more from there to more people more often with words we believe, as she obviously does, and which I fervently embrace.

George Will: There is no such thing as rock bottom for Trump. Assume the worst is yet to come. - The Washington Post

I never thought I would embrace George WILL's point of view. I do this time, so very sadly.

Protesters Dispersed With Tear Gas So Trump Could Pose at Church - The New York Times

The Bishop spoke the truth to a presdient who cannot comprehend the idea.

Opinion | Coronavirus Showed How Globalization Broke the World - The New York Times

I agree; what do we do next, Tom????

Supreme Court, in 5-4 Decision, Rejects Church’s Challenge to Shutdown Order - The New York Times

This serves as a stunning example of how our country is now divided between those committed to fairness and fundamental rights of government to protect us while also respecting our individual fundamental rights and the other side of zany zealot whose commitment seems to be to a system we never have had, did not embrace in 1776 or later and not supported by a razor's edge larger bulk of citizens. Life on this blade will remain perilous and at times it can risk to many human lives, as here.

After Twitter Fact-Checks Donald Trump's Tweet, President Threatens to Close Down Social Media Platforms

How could anyone with half a mind continue to support this narcissistic lunatic?

Sales soar at Walmart and Home Depot during the pandemic - The Washington Post

I thin this is irreversible.

Opinion | After the Coronavirus, These Spaces Will Make Cities More Resilient - The New York Times

I want to read this much more carefully. It sounds like me.

Employees say some restaurants discouraging masks on the job amid reopening push

Bad moves.

Coronavirus toll on small farmers as meat processing plants reopen

Important story.

How a Daily Walk Helps Us Cope With the Coronavi - The New York Times

One of my favorite subjects - walking!

Tracking the Asian Giant 'Murder' Hornet as It Reaches North America - The New York Times

Something more to take up our worry time.

Pence Comments On Not Wearing Protective Masks : Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR

It is too often really hard to decide whether TRUMP or PENCE is worse. How does one argue against such ignorance and stupidity?

Luxury Hotel Executive Biggest Winner of Small-Business Relief - Bloomberg

I have become numb to such abuse. When will we all regain our sense of decency and fair play. November? January? Jan 2025?

To fight coronavirus, here’s a trick to stop touching your face so often - MarketWatch

Such a huge risk to be eating with your fingers!!! Avoid hand-held food!!!!



"Avoid finger food and using unwashed hands to put food into your mouth. Wash your hands first, or use utensils or the wrapper to handle the food."

On the trail of COVID-19: Contact tracing the virus - CBS News

This is really bad - hang the privacy; we need to know where we've all been to beat back this virus.

Best Oatmeal Alternatives – Try These 9 Nutritious Rolled Grains Instead

Excellent.

Opinion | Trump Is Asking Us to Play Russian Roulette With Our Lives - The New York Times

Why can't we all focus on replacing him? And thwarting him at every turn in the meantime?

Coronavirus Live Updates: In Midst of Pandemic, Trump Halts W.H.O. Payments - The New York Times

Why aren't we all in the streets protesting this? Really, why not?

Google News - Former acting Navy secretary's trip to Guam, which led to his resignation, cost almost a quarter of a million dollars

He should repay the Treasury with interest, a lot of it.

Local photographer snapping ‘porch portraits’ to document families during coronavirus stay-at-home order | FOX31 Denver

Very nice.

Batons, Tear Gas, Drones, Guns: How Far Should Police Go in Enforcing Coronavirus Lockdowns? - The New York Times

Troubling but necessary in many cases. It's police enforcement of selflessness.