A Mystery Hidden in a Family Photograph - The New York Times

A Mystery Hidden in a Family Photograph - The New York Times

Wonderful story!

Potential plans as Earlestown Town Hall sees progress | St Helens Star

Potential plans as Earlestown Town Hall sees progress | St Helens Star

Sometimes I wonder if getting all the Terry MAGUIREs in the world together might not be at least fun! See the story.

Transports : les trottinettes en libre-service bientôt bannies à Paris ?

Transports : les trottinettes en libre-service bientôt bannies à Paris ?

Someone needs to bring sanity to this!

Watch Sunday Morning: Fighting back against ageism - Full show on CBS

Watch Sunday Morning: Fighting back against ageism - Full show on CBS

Fight!

Créée en 1930, gérée par trois générations, cette quincaillerie familiale d'Antibes ferme définitivement - Nice-Matin

Créée en 1930, gérée par trois générations, cette quincaillerie familiale d'Antibes ferme définitivement - Nice-Matin

This is really bad news no matter how one looks at it.

Verviers : 7 anciennes boîtes aux lettres rouges en cours de restauration - rtbf.be

Verviers : 7 anciennes boîtes aux lettres rouges en cours de restauration - rtbf.be

RTBF story this morning on the progress they are making. Great project!!!

Let’s Declare a Pandemic Amnesty - The Atlantic

Let’s Declare a Pandemic Amnesty - The Atlantic

Well worth reading.

A 24-year-old tweeted about her morning coffee routine with her husband. 10 hours later she was inundated with hate and criticism.

A 24-year-old tweeted about her morning coffee routine with her husband. 10 hours later she was inundated with hate and criticism.

Never underestimate how much people enjoy being obnoxious - not this woman, but those who waste time writing what they apparently did in response. Imagine how many lives could be improved if they spent that time doing something constructive like going for a walk.

Thomas Cahill, Popular Writer of Ireland’s History, Dies at 82 - The New York Times

Thomas Cahill, Popular Writer of Ireland’s History, Dies at 82 - The New York Times

Important to understanding some of Ireland.

Opinion | Classical Music Still Plays in the Theater of War - The New York Times

Opinion | Classical Music Still Plays in the Theater of War - The New York Times

We need to move this - and the music - front and center.

Amazon to close physical bookstores and 4-Star stores - The Washington Post

Amazon to close physical bookstores and 4-Star stores - The Washington Post

Bad news, it seems to me.

Luke Parker Bowles, the Queen Consort’s Nephew, on Life in New Jersey - The New York Times

Luke Parker Bowles, the Queen Consort’s Nephew, on Life in New Jersey - The New York Times

Would like to learn more about his efforts to keep small theaters alive.

Can This Man Solve Europe’s Energy Conundrum? - The New York Times

Can This Man Solve Europe’s Energy Conundrum? - The New York Times

I hope this works!

"Mr. Alverà plans to create a vast, circular industrial ecosystem. His venture would collect carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from emissions-spewing power plants and factories in Germany, pipe it to Wilhelmshaven and ship it to countries where green hydrogen can be produced cheaply. There, the carbon dioxide would be converted into methane and fused with the hydrogen. It would then be chilled to liquid form, much like liquefied natural gas, and exported back to Europe or other energy hungry locations."

Sénégal : les bois rares des forêts de Casamance victimes d'un trafic très lucratif

Sénégal : les bois rares des forêts de Casamance victimes d'un trafic très lucratif

Very troubling.

Pollution des océans : un bateau va sillonner les eaux pendant trois ans afin de récolter les déchets plastiques

Pollution des océans : un bateau va sillonner les eaux pendant trois ans afin de récolter les déchets plastiques

Surely, we can figure out how to remake so much of our waste into something useful instead of just dumping it in a hole or, worse, trying to burn it. This is from the summary of this segment:

"Au total, le bateau va parcourir 30 pays parmi les plus en retard dans le retraitement des plastiques. L’équipage dispose d’ateliers de recyclage faciles à installer. Cela leur permet de fabriquer des éléments neufs, comme des tuiles ou des pavés. D’ici 2025, des catamarans à voile pourraient sillonner les océans et récupérer trois tonnes de plastiques à l’heure chacun."

Whatever Happened to the Starter Home? - The New York Times

Whatever Happened to the Starter Home? - The New York Times

This is a favorite subject of mine and I plan to write more about it.

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!