Bluesky thread on why the Carlisle 52 is the best drinkware in America. I know the Carlisle as “the cups they have at Mr. Gatti’s.”

Students studying at the library… but studying the graffiti they find from previous students.

I had just finished reading A Ghost of Caribou by Alice Henderson when I found this article. A Ghost of Caribou is an eco-thriller about a biologist studying a rare species of caribou. It’s endangered because it can only survive with extremely old lichen that grows in old growth forests. An old growth forest is usually well over a hundred years old. This article is about researchers in the UK asking, “is there a way we can make trees older, faster?” It involves gleefully harming trees, for the greater good!

Profile of the philosopher Martha Nussbaum and some of her work.