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Tuesday, August 16, 2022

The Rise Of Toxic Positivity, And What You Can Do About It

 Patrick Lawrence: Language and Its EnemiesScheerpost


“A Good Life” From the Forests of Arduinna 


Rantanen, M., Karpechko, A.Y., Lipponen, A. et al. The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the globe since 1979Commun Earth Environ 3, 168 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00498-3

“In recent decades, the warming in the Arctic has been much faster than in the rest of the world, a phenomenon known as Arctic amplification.


 

How Russian Propaganda Is Reaching Beyond English Speakers

The New York Times: “In Spanish in Latin America or in Arabic across the Middle East, a steady stream of Russian propaganda and disinformation continues to try to justify President Vladimir V. Putin’s unprovoked invasion, demonizing Ukraine and obfuscating responsibility for Russian atrocities that have killed thousands of civilians. The result has been a geographical and cultural asymmetry in the information war over Ukraine that has helped undercut American- and European-led efforts to put broad international pressure on Mr. Putin to call off his war…”

  

How Crazy-Ass Tom Cruise and “Top Gun” Saved America Matt Taibbi, TK News


You have gotten into the swing of things working remotely. You have a rhythm that works for you, and you now use the time formerly for commuting to work out. Then, you get an email from human resources requiring you to come into the office three days a week. The bullets in the email list the fun things you will get to do at work, like lunches, games, happy hours. Your heart sinks. Next thing you know, there is a Slack channel where managers are hyping how fun it will be to be back in the office and how commuting will be so much better than it was pre-pandemic.

The Rise Of Toxic Positivity, And What You Can Do About It