South African Rock Art Appears to Draw Upon Extinct Creatures https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/south-african-rock-art-appears-to-draw-upon-extinct-creatures

“Our genetic analysis shows a stably growing population from the 13th century through to European contact in the 18th century. This stability is critical, because it directly contradicts the idea of a dramatic pre-contact population collapse.” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/easter-islands-ancient-population-never-faced-ecological-collapse-suggests-another-study-180985069/

Aliens and the Enlightenment: In the 18th century the existence of extraterrestrial life went from debatable hypothesis to fundamental tenet of Enlightenment thought. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/great-debates/aliens-and-enlightenment

The Strange Story of the Algorithm Meant to Solve Life, the Universe and Everything https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-strange-story-of-the-algorithm-meant-to-solve-life-the-universe-and/

"Carlson... and others are reviving the affection for authoritarianism and the worst isolationist sentiments that percolated in the 1930s, including hostility to immigration and contempt for democratic governments." https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/09/14/tucker-carlson-conservatives-nazis-00179091

When QAnon Comes to Main Street: Investigating the Millersville Police Department and its ‘conspiracy cop’ https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/qanon-comes-to-main-street/when-qanon-comes-to-main-street-investigating-the-millersville-police-department-and-its-conspiracy-cop

"...now their target is the transgender community. Why? Because all that’s left of Moms for Liberty are extremists obsessed with who gets to use which bathroom." https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4874333-moms-liberty-flop-d-c-convention/

Trump’s Lie Is Another Test for Christian America https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/09/trump-haitian-immigrants-lies/679886/

Decades of National Suicide Prevention Policies Haven’t Slowed the Deaths https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/national-suicide-prevention-strategy-action-plan-rising-rates-deaths/

In an Unprecedented Move, Ohio Is Funding the Construction of Private Religious Schools https://www.propublica.org/article/ohio-taxpayer-money-funding-private-religious-schools

"They believe they get the power of the cat if they eat it live. That’s in mainline stories about Haiti. They’ve deforested Haiti. They eat any cats or dogs that are out."

BlazeTV Host Sara Gonzales Hosts Wildly Racist Panel On Haitian Migrants https://angrywhitemen.org/2024/09/14/blazetv-host-sara-gonzales-hosts-wildly-racist-panel-on-haitian-migrants/

In Texas, religion and politics are intertwined. What does it mean for the upcoming election? https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2024/09/12/499777/in-texas-religion-and-politics-are-intertwined-what-does-it-mean-for-the-upcoming-election/

What Abandoned Schools Can Teach Us: Empty chairs, empty tables, and the dismantling of the American Dream. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/abandoned-america-schools

"Cotton is complicated. White people got rich off cotton while my ancestors received nothing for their enslaved labor. My grandparents then worked hard in those fields for little money so we wouldn’t have to do the same." https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/silence-in-sikeston-racial-trauma-black-families/

How Black Americans in the South Boldly Defied Jim Crow to Build Business Empires of Their Own https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-black-americans-south-boldly-defied-jim-crow-build-business-empires-their-own-180984901/

“The Narrator and Tyler weren’t stunted in their incipient manhood by tyrannical women. They were wounded, their inner children are wounded still, by their feckless fathers.” https://unherd.com/2024/09/what-incels-get-wrong-about-fight-club/

Public hearings happening now in Austin over ‘Bible-inspired' lesson proposal for public schools https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/public-hearings-happening-now-in-austin-over-bible-inspired-lesson-proposal-for-public-schools/3641681/

Why a ruling against the Internet Archive threatens the future of America’s libraries https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/11/1103838/why-a-ruling-against-the-internet-archive-threatens-the-future-of-americas-libraries/

The Colugo Looks Like a Cross Between a Bat and a Monkey, But Is Neither https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-colugo-looks-like-a-cross-between-a-bat-and-a-monkey-but-is-neither

How a ‘Puffling Patrol’ Protects Iceland’s Puffin Babies https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/atlantic-puffins-wild-life-excerpt