Mirabile dictu! An allegorical climate change film becomes a hit. And a billionaire is the bad guy.
Thursday, December 25, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/27/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread ~
Plastics Packaging: Yet Another Reason to Loathe Amazon
India has forced Amazon to eschew plastics packaging. Rolling out its Indian practices world-wide would in a single step drastically reduce Amazon’s plastics footprint.
As Omicron Surges, Sanders Says Congress Must Ensure Mass Distribution of N95 Masks
Sanders calls for public distribution of N95 masks – a well overdue move.
Latin America Calls for U.S. to Reduce its Plastic Waste Exports to the Region
Latin American countries chide U.S. for the volume of its plastic waste exports.
James Webb Space Telescope: An Astronomer on the Team Explains How to Send a Giant Telescope to Space – and Why
The James Webb Space Telescope was launched into space yesterday, and with it, astronomers hope to find the first galaxies to form in the universe.
Manchin Takes Aim at Build Back Better, but His Real Focus is on West Virginia
What does Manchin want?
12 Charts for 21
A selection of charts from Bruegel’s weekly newsletter, with an analysis of the year and what it meant for Europe and the world.
2:00PM Water Cooler Christmas Eve 2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler: open thread ~
Filth, Automobiles, and Our Misguided Obsession With Traffic
Ah, the distaste for urban squalor, um, traffic. Why do a lot of people want to turn cities into something else?
Subway Service Delays Feared as Omicron Hits the Express Track
New York City as a canary in the coal mine: how Omicron is already hampering staffing of public transportation.
