Have a think on this one theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

"Well-crafted public policy can supercharge the impact of your own climate-conscious choices," writes Amy Boyd Rabin of Environmental League of Massachusetts. Will Mass. adopt two bills that would make it easier/cheaper for consumers to be part of the climate solution? wbur.org/cognoscenti/20…

Some of the policies Trump says he’ll pursue if he wins. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

"People had been sold a narrative about Appalachia and its people that did not resonate for me, and did not reflect the people and place I love." -- Neema Avashia Contrary to popular belief, JD Vance isn't the only person with ideas on Appalachia. wbur.org/cognoscenti/20…

Lest we forget. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

This is everything.

Politics aside, this is just personally devastating. Seeing someone transform into a human you don't recognize ... and wondering if the person you know is still in there? Or if he's lost and gone forever. Worth a listen. nytimes.com/2024/08/05/pod…

When Chelsea Conaboy heard Michelle W's pregnancy announcement, she had questions about how the mayor would work, heal and manage life with a newborn. "These questions -- all of them -- were the wrong ones," she writes. wbur.org/cognoscenti/20…

Has there ever been a more quintessential Pelosi line than this? “You take a punch, but you have to be willing to throw a punch. For the children.” newyorker.com/news/daily-com…

Big day today. Congratulations @tiziana_dearing and good morning! wbur.org/inside/2024/09…

This was excellent. When the “lawless become the law.” nytimes.com/audio/app/2024…

BIG NEWS! So excited to announce Sophie Crane has been appointed Executive Director and will lead the Transom Story Lab into the future with a focus on training and serving new, promising, and talented voices in audio. Read Sophie's inspiring manifesto: transom.org/2024/the-unloc…

what a total delight this is nytimes.com/card/2024/10/1…

This essay by Whitney Scharer (who's 'Age of Light' I LOVED) sent me spleunking through the Lee Miller archive. I can't wait to see the film. What fascinating, audacious human Lee was. wbur.org/cognoscenti/20…

I don't think Cognoscenti has published a more powerful, heartbreaking essay this year than this one by @KellyGC411. She had her husband Miguel have have lost two children — one at age 3 to a neurodegenerative condition, one in utero, at 21 weeks. wbur.org/cognoscenti/20…

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i think it's time for bluer skies! bsky.app/profile/cloeax…

Could not love this speech more…(no it’s not political. It will strike a chord with any woman who has been doubted or underestimated… many many times)

Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.