Hey friend, Liz here,

The weather is turning, and with it, the U.S. political scene. We’re all holding our breath. I’m not going to tell you how to vote, but I am going to encourage you TO vote. I do not know if voting works. But I’m turning in my ballot early, because hope is a powerful thing.

When you get sick of political news, take a story break. I know I am. ;-)

This week’s ENVY LIST is all stories, the #longreads edition.

1. “Fat bear week” in Alaska has crowned a winner. (Better luck next year, salmon.) Read more…

2. The mixed-up files of “acceptance parenting,” and the implication for parents and kids. (The Point Magazine) Read more…

3. Here’s something fun: the U.S. is dealing with political terrorism on every side! (Womp, womp.)

   Antifa was a mystery to me—until I read this 2017 essay about the violent American Left. (The Atlantic) Read more…

   Likewise, the American Right has its own brand of terror: here’s a story about the hunt for the MAGA bomber at the last mid-term elections. (Wired Magazine) Read more…

4. Elon Musk’s Space-X is taking over a remote beach town in Florida and it’s tearing the town apart: this is big business versus small town politics. (Esquire) Read more…

5. Remember the dancing plague of 1518? No? Um, I’m not making this up. (Public Domain Review) Read more…
   

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Hugs,

Liz Charlotte Grant

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