In a world-historic first, microplastics were detected in human blood
The Our World in Data COVID vaccination data
How American conservatives turned against the vaccine
The Lancet: Paul Farmer
Cameroonians fleeing conflict are in dire need of Temporary Protected Status – cf. Inside “the most diverse square mile in America”
What Caused the War? Ukraine and Russia in Historical Context
The Race to Archive the Ukrainian Internet
Ukrainian Actress Oksana Shvets Killed in Russian Rocket Attack
Non-war conflict
Hate and extremism
How did Christianity become so toxic?
The Interactive Theater of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing
Addressing racial inequality in paid leave policy
Sara Jacobs, one of the youngest members of Congress, talks about sexism and ageism in politics.
Writing Women into History
Women in medicine are running up the wrong side of the escalator
Where Does the Religious Right Go After Roe?
Sojourner Truth’s Battle to Free Her Son from Slavery
Actor Tim Reid on addressing racial issues on WKRP in Cincinnati
Texas’ New Voting Law Disenfranchised Thousands Of Otherwise Eligible Voters
The Tangled, Messy Roots of Fake News, long before it became djt’s favorite term
Ginni Thomas demanded Congressional Republicans take the fight to overturn the 2020 election to the streets
John Bolton admits that ‘it’s hard to describe how little [djt] knows’
I Know There’s An Answer
Climate Change Brings Uncontrollable Wildfires
The Illinois town that got up and left
The 1950 Census is Coming: What You Need to Know
Timbuctoo Institute would build opportunities in the Adirondacks
About Those Gas Prices
Concert Tickets: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2021 County and Economic Development Regions Population Estimates for NYS
Luka’s mural
Jobfished: the con that tricked dozens into working for a fake design agency
“They’re called ‘quotation marks’.”
Phobias. Aibohphobia is the (unofficial) fear of palindromes. Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is used to describe the fear of very long words.
The official Girl Scout cookie power rankings
The Result of a Rabbit Hole
Audience participation
A GoFundMe page for the Albany High School Robotics Team to compete at the FIRST Robotics World Championship in Houston, TX on April 20-23. They placed 2nd in the New York Tech Valley Regional Competition.
Four Open Seats on Albany Public Library Board in May 17 Election. Nominations are due to the Clerk of the City School District of Albany by Wednesday, April 27, at 5 pm.
New York Bike Census
Now I Know
The Biggest Bread Soup in the World and Why Are My Baby Carrots Always Wet? and The First Computer Bug and The Phone Booth in the Middle of Nowhere and Beware the Ire of Caesar and Which Came First, The Algorithm or the Pi? and World War II’s Pre-Email E-Mail
MUSIC
Livinliv – Aleksandr Shymko
Irish tunes
K-Chuck Radio: The musical tree of Ida Red and green songs
Holiday at Ferghana -Reinhold Gliere
Lullabye of Broadway from 42nd Street
Coverville: 1393 – John Cale and Velvet Underground Cover Story and 1394 – The Blink-182 Cover Story II and 1395 – The Smashing Pumpkins Cover Story II