We’re living a Lie’: Astronaut reveals shock realization after viewing Earth from Space

The great tragedy of atheists is that they walk through this world and have no one to thank.

— Leo Tolstoy, born in 1828

Clover Moore retains Sydney Lord Mayor status for historic sixth term after 'weird' and 'nasty' campaign

Kneecap: How a biopic about drug-dealing rappers became 2024's most important Irish-language movie

Risking their lives to evangelise: Inside the world of secret Christian missionaries

Goodbye Tinder, hello Strava: have ‘hobby’ apps become the new social networks? Guardian 

‘We’re living a Lie’: Astronaut reveals shock realization after viewing Earth from Space International Affairs 

The Devouring Mind Dublin Review of Books. Anthony L: “Sontag & Steiner.”

“I cried over beautiful things knowing no beautiful thing lasts.”

A long essay from 2007 that compares the cultural and political perceptions & impacts of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. “During the watershed summer of 1968, the Beatles/Stones debate suddenly became a contest of political ideologies…”

Sacred Probabilities — Part I Philip Pilkington

Playing It Safe Charles Hugh Smith, Of Two Minds

How to Address Two Environmental Crises at OnceThe New Yorker

‘Enormous’ profits from avocado exports drive deforestation, water shortages in Mexico PBS

Houston woman who includes tracking device with her recycling surprised to see where it ended up KHOU

Patrick O’Brian is a great conservative writerCrooked Timber

 

Book Review: ‘Command’ by Lawrence FreedmanRAND

 

HMS Challenger and the History of Science at SeaJSTOR Daily

 

The amateur sleuths trying to crack real-life cold casesFT. Shoutout to Harry Bosch

Greece cracks down on excessive tourism FT