These ‘Lost’ Bird Species Haven’t Been Seen in at Least a Decade—and Scientists Want Help Finding Them https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-lost-bird-species-havent-been-seen-in-at-least-a-decade-and-scientists-want-help-finding-them-180984972/

How a Far-Right Takeover of Georgia’s Election Board Could Swing the Election https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/19/us/politics/trump-2024-georgia-elections.html

"The Bill the Butcher version of the Bowery Boys were to the Know Nothings more or less what the Boogaloo Bois are to MAGA, a loosely affiliated but ideologically aligned group of thugs eager to inflict violence on the enemy." https://lithub.com/rebecca-solnit-jd-vance-is-just-another-know-nothing-nativist/

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Morning Briefing: The majority of registered voters believe 'there is a real possibility of more political violence erupting before and after Election Day,' according to a recently published public opinion survey. https://www.radicalreports.org/p/morning-briefing-americans-fear-violence

This Week's Recommended Reading on Substack: Joshua Hill, Laura Jeffries, Justin Ling, Kelly Weill, Don Moynihan, and Noah Berlatsky https://www.radicalreports.org/p/recommended-reading-culture-war-lone-wolves

Hell hath no fury like a librarian scorned in the book banning wars https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2024-08-22/la-et-that-librarian-book

"A United States Marine Corps veteran who wrote a memoir about participating in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was arrested this past week for his involvement in the riot." https://taskandpurpose.com/news/nathan-thornsberry-marine-veteran-jan-6/

Far-Right ‘Terrorgram’ Chatrooms Are Fueling a Wave of Power Grid Attacks https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-26/far-right-terrorgram-chatrooms-fuel-wave-of-power-grid-attacks

Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Isn't as Vulnerable to Collapse as We Thought https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/antarcticas-doomsday-glacier-wont-collapse-in-worst-case-scenario/

These breathtaking natural wonders no longer exist https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/natural-wonders-that-disappeared

Stonehenge Poses a New Mystery: The Altar Stone Came From Faraway Scotland https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/stonehenge-poses-a-news-mystery-the-altar-stone-came-from-faraway-scotland

How Did Ice Age Humans Kill Huge Animals Like Mammoths? Probably Not by Throwing Spears, Study Finds https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-did-ice-age-humans-kill-huge-animals-like-mammoths-probably-not-by-throwing-spears-study-finds-180984958/

Extremists Links: Kai Nix, member of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, indicted on 'charges of weapons trafficking and lying about his association with a white nationalist group.' https://www.radicalreports.org/p/extremists-links-us-army-soldier

Recommended Reading: The War of Buzzards https://www.radicalreports.org/p/recommended-reading-war-of-buzzards

Inside Conservative Activist Leonard Leo’s Long Campaign To Gut Planned Parenthood https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/planned-parenthood-conservative-activist-leonard-leo/

Climate Change Made 2023’s Wildfire Season So Much Worse https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-made-2023s-wildfire-season-so-much-worse/

“It pretty much instantaneously goes from cold to hot.” https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/theres-no-wind-or-rain-on-the-moon-but-there-are-extreme-temperatures

Asteroid That Ended the Dinosaurs Came From Beyond Jupiter, Study Finds https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/asteroid-that-ended-the-dinosaurs-came-from-beyond-jupiter-study-finds-180984924/

The All-Male Christian Group Seeking a Resurrection in the Trump Era https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/11/us/promise-keepers-evangelical-christians.html