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The Price of Netanyahu’s Ambition
The New Yorker,
Amid war with Hamas, a hostage crisis, the devastation of Gaza, and Israel’s splintering identity, the Prime Minister seems unable to distinguish between his own interests and his country’s.
Dickson Despommier Wants Our Cities to Be Like Forests
A leading proponent of vertical farming discusses how urban areas should adapt to a perilous environmental future.
Reviving the Classic American Burger
With a new restaurant, Hamburger America, the burger scholar George Motz engages with history rather than trends.
The Cryptic Crossword: Sunday, January 14, 2024
Lose every other of my utensils in Swiss cereal (6).
Why are Republicans Still Debating Slavery and Insurrection?
The radical Republican leaders who lived through the Civil War understood a principle that has been lost on their successors.
How Astrologer Claire Comstock-Gay Gets It Done
The Cut,
The writer behind Madame Clairevoyant’s weekly horoscopes walks us through her philosophy and methods for reading the stars.
Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of January 14–20
On Saturday, the sun enters Aquarius and things start to get weird (in a good way).
Caffe Reggio brought the Cappucino to the USA
Boing Boing,
Caffe Reggio is known for bringing the Cappucino to the USA. I don't like the idea of living in a place where Cappuccinos don't exist, so I'm very thankful for Caffe Reggio for popularizing the drink in the states in 1927 (according to them). — Read the rest The post Caffe Reggio brought the Cappucino to the USA appeared first on Boing Boing.