Tokyo Governors Race Has 56 Candidates (www.nytimes.com)
A ridiculous number of candidates contended to be governor of Tokyo and its surrounding prefecture. Many were not even trying to win.
What the 3.2 Million-Year-Old Lucy Fossil Reveals About Nudity and Shame - Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)
Popular renderings dress her in thick, reddish-brown fur, with her face, hands, feet and breasts peeking out of denser thickets.This hairy picture of Lucy, it turns out, might be wrong.Technological advancements in genetic analysis suggest that Lucy may have been naked, or at least much more thinly veiled.
Wildlife Protections Take a Back Seat to SpaceX’s Ambitions (www.nytimes.com)
Paywalled, but link is a gift article from me
In Ukraine, Killings of Surrendering Russians Divide an American-Led Unit (www.nytimes.com)
Hours after a battle in eastern Ukraine in August, a wounded and unarmed Russian soldier crawled through a nearly destroyed trench, seeking help from his captors, a unit of international volunteers led by an American....
Inside a violent gang’s ruthless crypto-stealing home invasion spree (arstechnica.com)
More than a dozen men threatened, assaulted, tortured, or kidnapped 11 victims.
Secret Meetings, Private Threats and a Massive Arms Race: How the World is Preparing for Trump (www.politico.com)
In Brussels, NATO officials have devised a plan to lock in long-term military support for Ukraine so that a possible Trump administration can’t get in the way....
Hawaii governor says Biden could decide within days whether to remain in the presidential race (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden could make a decision within days whether to remain a candidate for reelection, said Hawaii’s governor who participated in a recent meeting with Biden and other Democratic governors and whose family has known the president for years....