Weekly Reading (5/31/24)

4 takeaways from the historic felony conviction of Donald Trump (NPR)

The Infinite Dignity of Transgender Existence (Slate)

To Battle Wartime Hunger, Gazans Turn to a Humble Leafy Green (NYT)

HIV is no longer a death sentence. But states still have laws targeting people who live with it. (The 19th*)

‘They are breaking the law’: inside Amazon’s bid to stall a union drive (The Guardian)

Can Chicago Manage Its Migrant Crisis? (The New Yorker)

The massive change sweeping through MLB coaching: ‘What took us so long?’ (The Athletic)

Don Winslow Reflects on Writing His Final Novel (CrimeReads)

What Are Lineups Made Of? (Baseball Prospectus)

Advertising as Art: How Literary Magazines Pioneered a New Kind of Graphic Design (LitHub)

Ancient Skeletons Give Clues to Modern Medical Mysteries (NYT)

Inside ballplayers’ secret Uber identities (MLB)

Weekly Reading (5/24/24)

Happy long weekend!

When Home Is Now the Front Line (NYT)

GOOD: Michael Schumacher’s family win case against publisher over fake AI interview (The Guardian)

Folks who use they/them pronouns are less likely to get jobs – especially in red areas (LGBTQ Nation)

The Fight to Restore Abortion Rights in Texas (The New Yorker)

Arctic region of Norway asks EU Commission for 26-hour day (Politico)

What Is Left? Rebecca Solnit on the Perennial Divisions of the American Left (LitHub)

A Tantalizing ‘Hint’ That Astronomers Got Dark Energy All Wrong (NYT)

They Grow Up So Fast (Baseball Prospectus)

10 Queer Crime Novels to Check Out This Week (CrimeReads)

How Braves ace lefty Max Fried continues to win at a historic rate in the majors (The Athletic)

Figure skating wants ice princesses. Amber Glenn said, ‘Screw it.’ (WaPo)

Please Tread on Me: The Story of Cleat Cleaners (FanGraphs)

Weekly Reading (5/17/24)

Israel’s Military Campaign Has Left Gaza’s Medical System Near Collapse (NYT)

Extortion, threats, fear, traitors: How Russia recruits Ukrainian spies (WaPo)

Trump-linked dark-money group spent $90m on racist and transphobic ads in 2022, records show (The Guardian) 

You’ll Never Guess Which State Court Just Approved Religious Exemptions From Abortion Bans (Slate)

Resigned. Why Is The Left So In Love With The Politics of Refusal? (A Sigh of Relief)

Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening? (NYT)

The Past is a Fairy Tale: On Remembering and Forgetting in Modern Ireland (LitHub)

The Shuttle Program (Baseball Prospectus)

In the Kitchen with the Grande Dame of Jewish Cooking (The New Yorker)

Why Yankees’ Aaron Judge, Gerrit Cole approve of new analytics whiz in dugout (The Athletic)

How real is Shōgun? (Vox)

Has Anyone Ever Hit the Target Field Target? (FanGraphs)

Weekly Reading (5/10/24)

Happy Friday! Sorry for the radio silence last week, I was traveling and had some family stuff going on and time got away from me.

The “Picture of the Year” That Violates the Humanity of Its Subject (Slate)

Trump may sound moderate on abortion. The groups setting his agenda definitely aren’t. (Vox)

Red states threaten librarians with prison — as blue states work to protect them (WaPo)

Did One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack? (NYT)

Yay Vermont! Vermont poised to become first US state to charge big oil for climate damage (The Guardian)

Biden’s new Title IX rules protect LGBTQ students and sexual assault victims. Transgender athletes aren’t mentioned (PBS)

What Exactly Do the Christian Nationalists Want? (TPM)

This was fascinating: Deb Haaland Confronts the History of the Federal Agency She Leads (The New Yorker)

An Utterly Misleading Book About Rural America (The Atlantic)

What Tommy John surgery looks like today: Revision surgeries, internal brace procedures (The Athletic)

A Frozen Pond and a New Way to Experience an Ancient Jewish Ritual in Maine (NYT)

The DH Is Universal, but Good DHs Are Rare (The Ringer)