Related reading: Summer 2014 issue of Variations, publication of the US Climate Variability and Predictability program (“This issue of Variations is dedicated to the predictability of Arctic climate, its interaction with the climate of lower latitudes, and how climate change may impact such interactions.”)
Must Read
- Rev. William Barber II (NYT), Why We Are Protesting in Charlotte
- Chris Dillow, Persuasion in a post-truth world
- Paul Krugman (NYT), The Lying Game
- Lawrence Krauss, The House Science Committee’s Anti-Science Rampage
- Mike the Mad Biologist, President Trump’s First Term Is Nightmare Fuel
Should Read
- Mark Thoma, 4 Reasons Trump’s Economic Policies Would Be a Disaster
- Drew Magary, If You Vote For Trump, Then Screw You
- driftglass, Remember, Remember
- Samuel Goldman, After Conservatism
- Chris Dillow, The centrist crisis
- Marge Piercy, To be of use
Worth Reading
- Corey Robin, Capitalism in the Age of Revolution: Burke, Smith, and the Problem of Value
- Dean Baker, Nashville Faces Shortage of Doctors, Won’t Work for $30 an Hour
- Dean Baker, If Bill Gates Made His Seattle Area Estate Available for Low Cost Housing, It Would Make Seattle Housing More Affordable
- Dean Baker, Political Reporters as Frustrated Theater Critics
- Pew Research Center, Fact Tank
- ScienceDebate.org, The Candidates’ Views on America’s Top 20 Science, Engineering, Tech, Health & Environmental Issues in 2016 [Ed.: Updated with Gary Johnson‘s responses.]
- Coral Davenport (NYT), Donald Trump, in Pittsburgh, Pledges to Boost Both Coal and Gas [Ed.: Not just a couple of bad ideas but mutually-incompatible bad ideas. It begs the question “Which is worse, a coherent plan to turn everything into shit or an incoherent plan to turn everything to shit?”]
- Drew Armstrong, More Linear Algebra, Please
- Jayson Lusk (NYT), Why Industrial Farms Are Good for the Environment
- Jason Allen and Allen Smolski, Food Justice Is Class War
- Christian Massari, et al., Global surface runoff estimation in near real time by using [Soil Moisture Active and Passive] and [Global Precipitation Measurement] [Ed.: Estimation of surface runoff from satellite data.]
- Michael Casey, New England’s wells are coming up empty amid drought
- Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), The Water System
Ending on a Positive Note
- Albert Vetere Lannon, Answering the Call of the Wild Spadefoots
- Rachel Quednau, 3 Small-Scale Developer Stories to Inspire You