Rising temperatures may cause insects to eat more plants, Harvard study says bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/10/… via The Boston Globe

Peacetime Spells Death for Colombia’s Activists nyti.ms/2QQp2Rb

Coffee Rust Threatens Latin American Crop; 150 Years Ago, It Wiped Out An Empire n.pr/2pk01lC

From Jim Axelrod: “Be frustrated, angry, or despairing. Just don’t any longer be surprised.”

Coffee is Rapidly Losing Its Resistance to Rust, Says WCR Science Director dailycoffeenews.com/2018/09/24/cof… via Daily Coffee News

Should be applicable to coffee! French vintners turn to drones bostonglobe.com/news/world/201… via The Boston Globe

Suit charges Keurig's coffee pods aren't recyclable as advertised cbsnews.com/news/keurig-co… via CBS MoneyWatch

‘Our government has issued them a death sentence’: Children receiving treatment at Boston hospitals face deportation bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/08/… via The Boston Globe

Illuninating thread

DAMN. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just challenged Republican lawmakers to go on the record and "knowingly vote against impeachment" of Donald Trump: "They can have that stain on their careers for the rest of their lives."

Pure BS from Consumers Reports. What's the Best Way to Store Coffee Beans? - Consumer Reports consumerreports.org/coffee/best-wa…

Now that's a generation gap

For the third time in 11 years, Rwanda changed the language used in primary schools washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…

Move over Kopi Luac! uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mad…

Monarch butterfly conservationist has been found dead in Mexico, the second in a week - CNN cnn.com/2020/02/03/ame…

A coronavirus cautionary tale from Italy: Don’t do what we did bostonglobe.com/2020/03/13/opi… via The Boston Globe

President Trump, asked about Americans with symptoms unable to get a test: “I’m not hearing it.” Dr. Anthony Fauci, minutes later: “I understand with and empathize with people who say 'I want to get a test, and I cannot.’” He adds, “That is a reality that is happening now."

Revealed: Monsanto predicted crop system would damage US farms theguardian.com/us-news/2020/m…

Locusts set to hit Kenya, East Africa again, 400 times stronger qz.com/africa/1836159…

This was the response to a peaceful BLM protest just a few months ago in DC. Clearly there was a level of collusion or unfathomable incompetence today between the US Capitol Police and these right wing Trump supporting terrorists. #Sedition