Weekly Reading (3/29/24)

Supreme Court seems skeptical anti-abortion doctors can challenge abortion drug mifepristone (The 19th*)

House passes bill barring trans girls from middle school, high school girls’ sports teams (NH Bulletin)

Inside Pyongyang, North Korea’s Capital of Control (Atlas Obscura)

This is fascinating: A Reporter’s Journey Into How the U.S. Funded the Bomb (NYT)

!! Introducing StuffPro and PitchPro (Baseball Prospectus)

I love him: [Atlanta's] Opening Day starter Spencer Strider: Dominant, smart, funny, ‘kind of weird’ (The Athletic)

Rarely has an article been so exactly attuned to my interests: Ground Control to the Pentagon: Assessing the Names of MLB’s Proprietary Databases (FanGraphs)

Drinking with Agatha Christie (CrimeReads)

Is Baseball a Renewable Resource? (Baseball Prospectus)

The Early Universe Was Bananas (NYT)

The Sweet Jewish History of Hot Chocolate (The Nosher)

Why the Padres partnered with a local university to create a biomechanics lab (The Athletic)

Weekly Reading (3/22/24)

Last week totally got away from me, but hey, we're back!

I see: Department of Education blocks key data in audit of education freedom accounts (NH Bulletin)

Nicaragua oppression is ‘tantamount to crimes against humanity’, says report (The Guardian)

Why Everything Changed in Haiti: The Gangs United (NYT)

The Woman Fighting Russia's Carceral State (The Atlantic)

A South End barber offers ‘gender-affirming’ haircuts and a safe space for the queer community (WBUR)

Joey Votto’s journey begins anew with the Toronto Blue Jays: ‘I feel the fire’ (The Athletic)

Joey Votto Makes His Own Call (Baseball Prospectus)

! Baseball Video Game Will Include Women for the First Time (NYT)

‘Opera has never been White’: The invisible legacy of Black women in classical music (The 19th*)

This is a very useful series: A Visual Scouting Primer: Pitching, Part One (Fangraphs)

You Really Need a Soup Mug (Eater)

The remote Swedish town that produced a generational NHL talent (The Athletic)

Weekly Reading (3/8/24)

This is great: First over-the-counter birth control pill will go on sale this month (Granite Post)

Unfortunately, she lost the primary on Tuesday, but this is still a worthwhile read: Barbara Lee takes another stand (The 19th*)

How Was Israel Caught Off-Guard? (War on the Rocks)

Finding in-patient psychiatric care is especially hard for older adults (NH Bulletin)

Brazil Has a Dengue Emergency, Portending a Health Crisis for the Americas (NYT)

I'm so curious to see how this goes: Charlie Culberson, a Braves fan favorite, embarks on new career as relief pitcher (The Athletic)

This is fascinating: Cracking the Code of Linear B (Antigone)

A Good Walk-Off Spoiled (Baseball Prospectus)

Apocalypse-Proof (Places)

Rebecca Solnit: Slow Change Can Be Radical Change (LitHub)

This Organ Is Playing a 639-Year-Long Song. It Just Changed Chords for the First Time in Two Years (Smithsonian)

Willa Cather and Yehudi Menuhin: An Unlikely, Unwavering Friendship (NYT)

Weekly Reading (3/1/24)

Later this month I'm participating in the Knit for Food knitathon to raise money for hunger charities - check out my page and donate here!

NH GOP’s stance on personhood echoes Alabama IVF decision (Granite Post)

Also: Rights, lives, and health of LGBTQ+ individuals and families in NH are under threat (NH Bulletin)

“It’s Best to Can­cel”: Resilient Lis­ten­ing and Our Kids Today (Jewish Book Council)

Her son died in day care. Ten years later, the system that could’ve saved him is still failing. (The 19th*)

Leaked Files Show the Secret World of China’s Hackers for Hire (NYT)

How Andrew Bailey and the Red Sox Run Prevention Unit are revamping the pitching staff (The Athletic)

!!! Anna Sui’s new collection is inspired by Agatha Christie, so obviously the runway was at the Strand. (LitHub)

How the Starter Lost Control (Baseball Prospectus)

No, “the Church” did not kill Joan of Arc, you credulous dullards (Going Medieval)

The tastiest alternate identity in every farm system (MLB.com)

Long Live the Snake: Cleopatra's Poison (Antigone)

Need a Home for 80,000 Puzzles? Try an Italian Castle. (NYT)