- Read: The number of Americans exposed to extreme heat will rise by a factor of 13 (from 8 to 100 million) in the coming decades. Related: Europe is not ready for heat.
- Watch: A really cool visualization of how (productive) city centers subsidize (unproductive) suburbs.
- Watch John Oliver on the fraud of carbon offsets (he sets up his own certification company!). I wrote about this issue 13 years ago!
- Listen: The best “defense” for technical analysis (of stocks) that I’ve heard
- Listen: Should Public Transit Be Free? (Good discussion)
- Follow the Money specializes in investigative journalism. In this article, they make the case for supporting journalists trying to uncover corruption, malfeasance, etc., ending with a link to ±10 outlets in Europe that can use support. I sent $50/each to four of them, and I encourage you to also give (or otherwise support) such efforts. There are a lot of bad actors out there (T***p being one of the worst in a “free” country), and citizens need help to defeat them or reduce their harms.
- Read: How to buy a sari in Lahore (“hostile territory” for some)
- Watch: Episode 3 (of 4) about how US zoning-guidelines screwed up Vancouver’s development
- Read: Member States sabotage public scrutiny of EU-funds worth hundreds of billions of euros (=corruption invitation)
- Think: Not all energy sources are alike (I fixed the title):