Why Is This Federal Pollution Tracker Shutting Down?
Toxmap allowed users to pan and zoom across a map of the United States and Canada to discover information about environmental contamination, and to cross-reference that with other relevant data, like demographics and population. /NLM This piece was originally published in Undark and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Fifteen years ago,…
Heroes of the 2010s: Lenny Kravitz’s Giant Scarf
Mother Jones Illustration The staff of Mother Jones is rounding up the decade’s heroes and monsters. Find them all here. Before Americans bastardized the Danish coziness lifestyle trend called hygge, before HBO revolutionized winter wear with a hit series about media ownership and turtlenecks (mostly turtlenecks), before Baby Yoda sipped tea in a sheepskin cloak, there was Lenny…
Do 14% of NYT Readers Really Not Recognize Donald Trump?
The New York Times had a “Can You Identify These Celebrities” quiz on its home page today, and since I’ll be up all night and I’m bored, I took it. Here’s what it showed me at the end: Assuming they aren’t putting us on, only 86 percent of Times readers recognized Donald Trump. How is…
Trump’s Fumes, Possibly Explained Again
Wait! We have a new entry on the list of possible explanations for President Trump’s blathering about wind turbines emitting “fumes” that harm everyone. Here it is: Sulphur hexafluoride, or SF6, is widely used in the electrical industry to prevent short circuits and accidents….However, the significant downside to using the gas is that it has…
Evangelicals Are Not Happy About Christian Magazine’s Support for Impeachment
Andrew Harnik/AP Last week, Christianity Today drew ire from Donald Trump after publishing an editorial calling for the president’s removal, citing the Ukraine scandal and his moral deficiencies. The president published a series of dismissive tweets, labeling the Christian magazine “liberal,” and his supporters followed suit. Now more than 200 evangelical leaders have fired back, signing…
Heroes of the 2010s: Kain Colter, Jock Revolutionary
John Mersits/Cal Sport Media/ZUMA The staff of Mother Jones is rounding up the decade’s heroes and monsters. Find them all here. By June 2013, when I wrapped up my time at Northwestern, I knew Kain Colter as the school’s star quarterback, wide receiver, and team captain. He’d led the Wildcats to a Gator Bowl victory, the school’s first…