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Trans citation practices — a quick-and-dirty guideline by Jonah Coman. Best practices when citing a trans author who has changed their name during their writing career.

Coming of age in cohousing by Courtney E. Martin.

Koenig, who is now 28 and a public radio reporter in Alaska, summed it up most beautifully. After sitting on porches and in kitchens and on living room couches for hours upon hours interviewing her neighbors, she realized that there was no template for adulthood. In her words, “I learned that there is no one right way to live; that loss and failure and doubt are part of the package; that love finds its way to you in surprising and humbling ways; and that ‘adulthood’ is a made-up thing that never actually arrives.”

She went on: “And as wise and valuable as all that was, I think the bigger takeaway from those conversations was just that they made me feel loved. Wisdom is a gift, and they were willing to sit with me and give it.”

Death-Cap Mushrooms Are Spreading Across North America by Craig Childs. The mushrooms are coming, the mushrooms are coming!

Death of the Calorie by Peter Wilson.

For more than a century we’ve counted on calories to tell us what will make us fat. Peter Wilson says it’s [way, way past] time to bury the world’s most misleading measure

Cars are killing us. Within 10 years, we must phase them out by George Monbiot.

Yes, the car is still useful – for a few people it’s essential. It would make a good servant. But it has become our master, and it spoils everything it touches. It now presents us with a series of emergencies that demand an emergency response.