Where do you read books? I read at the mall.

The perfect reading environment is hard to come by, which may be why it so often comes with a high price tag. For around $1,500, you can own a leather library chair from Restoration Hardware (“reminiscent of chairs found in the great reading rooms of Europe”). The Levenger Catalog, which specializes in reader-friendly gewgaws, promotes a genteel fantasy of reading constructed around an “ergonomic and ambidextrous” reading table, personalized bookmarks, bespoke pens for note-taking and bespoke notebooks in which to scribble.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/where-do-you-read-books-i-read-at-the-mall/2019/09/19/22672210-d4d4-11e9-86ac-0f250cc91758_story.html?source=Snapzu

Trump to snub climate summit for religious freedom meeting at UN

Donald Trump is set to attend the United Nations headquarters during Monday’s key summit on the climate crisis – but will be there to take part in a meeting on religious freedom instead. A senior UN official confirmed to the Guardian that the White House has booked one of the large conference rooms in the New York headquarters on Monday so that the president can address a gathering on religious freedom.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/20/trump-un-climate-summit-religious-freedom-meeting?source=Snapzu

Global climate strike: millions protest worldwide – in pictures

People around the world have been walking out of school and work to join the latest protests against the climate crisis. The global day of action, calling for a reduction in emissions, comes in the run-up to a UN summit in New York
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2019/sep/20/global-climate-strike-millions-protest-worldwide-in-pictures?source=Snapzu

Space internet service closer to becoming reality

OneWeb and SpaceX advance with their low-latency, satellite service offerings. Test results show promise, and service is expected by 2020.
Read more: https://www.networkworld.com/article/3439140/space-internet-service-closer-to-becoming-reality.html#tk.rss_all?source=Snapzu

ARROWS vs ARMOUR

Medieval Myth Busting. 160lbs ENGLISH WARBOW shoots FULL WEIGHT MEDIEVAL ARROWS at reproduced MEDIEVAL ARMOUR. Find out what happens!
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To fight ‘evil’ ICE, an engineer pulled his code off Github

When engineer Seth Vargo found that a company using his open-source code worked with US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, he pulled the code off Github. The company, enterprise software maker Chef, found that, without the code, its business ground to a halt.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/20/20876495/github-seth-vargo-pulled-code-chef-ice-deportations-trump-administration?source=Snapzu

China Is Cleaning Up Its Act on Climate Change

HONG KONG — The busy rush hour in Shenzhen, a new city of some 20 million people in Guangdong Province, is almost silent. Commuters whisper past on electric bikes and scooters or board one of Shenzhen’s fleet of electric buses and taxis, all part of the city’s pool of 90,000 new energy-efficient vehicles. It’s part of what Chinese city officials call “ecological civilization.”
Read more: https://whowhatwhy.org/2019/09/19/china-is-cleaning-up-its-act-on-climate-change/?source=Snapzu