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We need urban trees more than ever: here's how to save them from extreme heat
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 10:28 PM PST - 10 comments

The city is seeing rainfall patterns that look more like Miami’s or even Singapore’s The city flooded last December, last April, and last July—an unusual seasonal span.
posted by folklore724 at 10:16 PM PST - 41 comments

Benito’s 50 New Streaming Spookums for Halloween 2023 - it’s spooky season so Benito Cereno has another list of streaming movies. It’s the good shit, check it out.
posted by Artw at 4:16 PM PST - 16 comments

Are you ageist? Take a 10-minute implicit bias test and find out. Work against ageism. It's good for you, it's good for society. [more inside]
posted by aniola at 11:12 AM PST - 150 comments

to help save Florida’s dying reef. Not all heroes wear capes. Some are crabs. Benji Jones for Vox.
posted by Hypatia at 7:00 AM PST - 48 comments

“We went from two women senators when I ran for office in 1992 to 24 today – and I know that number will keep climbing.” Dianne Feinstein, whose three decades in the Senate made her the longest-serving female US senator in history, has died. [CNN]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 6:25 AM PST - 205 comments

Making Dazed [45m] is a 2005 reunion/behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of the 1993 film Dazed And Confused. Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey, Adam Goldberg, and more look back at the film that helped launch their careers.
posted by hippybear at 5:57 AM PST - 20 comments

BANDCAMP Acquired By SONGTRADR as Epic Games Sells Bandcamp Amid Layoffs [more inside]
posted by chavenet at 4:44 AM PST - 82 comments

"By me, Richard Heege, because I was at that feast and did not have a drink." [more inside]
posted by brundlefly at 12:30 AM PST - 19 comments

Aphex Twin's Xtal, but done with human voice
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 12:14 AM PST - 7 comments