It’s thoughty Thursday, and you know what that means: tomorrow’s Friday! Celebrate by getting your mental corn popping in time for the weekend 🙂
Sean Lahman and Kayla Canne report that Rochester to pay $12M to settle lawsuit filed by Daniel Prude family, largest civil rights settlement in city’s history. Democrat & Chronicle
Livia Gershon considers women leaders in Africa: the case of the Igbo. JSTOR Daily
Errin Haines: it’s almost 100 days since Dobbs. What has changed? 19th News
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha says able-bodied leftists cannot abandon disabled solidarity to “move on” from covid. Truthout
Hugo Bachega and James Fitzgerald: Russian troops forced out of Lyman in eastern Ukraine. BBC
Nine NATO members urge support for Ukraine after annexation. Associated Press
Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung and Mari Yamaguchi report that North Korea sends missiles soaring over Japan in escalation. Associated Press
Study is first to show role of genomic changes in specific brain cells in Alzheimer’s disease. University of Exeter
Mechanism used by metastatic cancer to infiltrate liver found. Osaka Metropolitan University
New route to evolution: how DNA from our mitochondria gets into our genome. University of Cambridge
Anne Cleary: what is déjà vu? Psychologists are exploring the creepy feeling of having lived through an experience before. The Conversation
Nostalgia, the gift that keeps getting rebooted. Khadija Mbowe
Clark Quinn: myth persistence (in learning design). Learnlets
Renee Dudley and Daniel Golden introduce us to the self-taught tech geniuses fighting cybercrime: ransomware hunters. The Guardian
Michael Sheetz reports that SpaceX launches Crew-5 mission for NASA, carrying astronauts to space station. CNBC
How to Build for Human Life on Mars | Melodie Yashar | TED
Ronan O’Connell takes us inside the Irish “hell caves” where Hallowe’en was born. National Geographic
Pacific Ocean set to make way for world’s next supercontinent … in 200 to 300 million years from now. Phys.org
Your city is full of fake buildings. Here’s why. Answer in Progress
Mélissa Godin introduces us to the women fighting fire with fire. Atmos
Aysha Khan says that plants by school playgrounds protect kids from road pollution. Next City
Scientists crack upcycling plastics to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, advancing a recent study. University of Illinois
Damian Carrington: wax worm saliva rapidly breaks down plastics. The Guardian
Eleanor Cummins takes us inside one of the world’s first human composting facilities. The Verge
Livia Gershon offers a natural history of dragons. JSTOR Daily
Talia Ogliore: study reports first evidence of social relationships between chimpanzees and gorillas. Washington University in St. Louis
Haley Weiss: dark extinction has scientists worried. Here’s what they’re doing about it. CNET
Nancy Darling explains why your dog likes to flirt with other people. Psychology Today
Thank you for visiting. I hope you took away something to inspire a future creative project.
Until next tipsday, be well and stay safe; be kind and stay strong. The world needs your stories!
Always Looking Up 