The Burning of Maui | The New Yorker

[ad_1] The ‘alalā, or Hawaiian crow, is a remarkably clever bird. ‘Alalā fashion tools out of sticks, which they use, a bit like skewers, to get at hard-to-reach food. The birds were once abundant, but by the late nineteen-nineties their population had dropped so low that they were facing extinction. Since 2003, all the world’s… Continue reading The Burning of Maui | The New Yorker

Noname’s Ambivalent, Triumphant Comeback | The New Yorker

[ad_1] “If I could do this all the time, I would,” Fatimah Nyeema Warner, the thirty-one-year-old rapper who performs as Noname, said. She was standing backstage at Herbert Von King Park, in Bedford-Stuyvesant, where she had just headlined a free summer concert. Light rain had stopped just in time for her to take the stage… Continue reading Noname’s Ambivalent, Triumphant Comeback | The New Yorker

Surviving the Phoenix Heat | The New Yorker

[ad_1] For thirty-one days in a row, the temperature in Phoenix hit at least a hundred and ten degrees. It was one-nineteen on one day, one-eighteen on another, and one-seventeen on a couple of others. People got third-degree burns from sustained contact with pavement. The sun, not an oven, melted crayons for an art project.… Continue reading Surviving the Phoenix Heat | The New Yorker

D.C. Postcard | The New Yorker

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Edible Content | The New Yorker

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In the Water | The New Yorker

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The “-ification” of Everything | The New Yorker

[ad_1] A half-formed thought feels worse than an empty head—the tip-of-the-tongue sensation, the inkling of a there there without the foggiest notion of how to get, well, there. Especially dire is when the “what” that we wish to articulate feels half-formed itself, something observable yet emergent, for which the masses have yet to find language.… Continue reading The “-ification” of Everything | The New Yorker

Watch It’s What Each Person Needs: Comforting the Loneliest People Online | The New Yorker Documentary

[ad_1] [gentle music] [Speaker] We live in a bit of a hard world sometimes. I think it’s just important to think about how others feel. Yeah. You have one very, very amazing quality I’ve noticed already. What’s that? You’re very attentive. You’re an incredible listener. [Becca] Well, thank you. I hope to, you know, one… Continue reading Watch It’s What Each Person Needs: Comforting the Loneliest People Online | The New Yorker Documentary