Essay: Start Over (Again)

Got fired? Start over.

Plus: More young people are getting cancer, the rise of solar power, new YouTube misinformation rules, getting paid to bike to work, and more

• ⚡️ If apocalyptic skies and hazardous air quality reports are making your climate anxiety a little more intense this week (I feel you), look into the Climate Psychiatry Alliance’s database to find a climate-aware psychiatrist near you.
• ⚡️ Help spread fire adaptation practices and give communities the tools they need to reduce their wildfire risk and increase their resilience by donating to Fire Adapted Communities.
• ⚡️ Campaign to speed up the transition away from coal in your community by joining a local team to retire coal plants.
• ⚡️ While you’re staying indoors to avoid the unhealthy air outside, purchase an air purifier to keep your indoor air quality up to par (got Scrooge McDuck cash? Donate a few to local schools).
• ⚡️ Learn more about the impacts of air pollution, and read these recommendations for proper building ventilation.

Health & Medicine

• A new pill for lung cancer was found to cut the risk of death in half during clinical trials, yay!
• Unfortunately, cancer is on the rise for people under 50 worldwide, and we don’t really know why, god I really fucking hate cancer
• The chatbot “working” for an eating disorder helpline, instead of real humans capable of human empathy, was found to be encouraging unhealthy...