It's this time of year.

[conuly]

I go to bed under blankets, with the heater on low, and when I wake up I'm sweating and I have to scramble to get the air conditioner on. It's fun!

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How England's First Feline Show Countered Victorian Snobbery About Cats

Hotels build buzz for eco-efforts with rooftop beehives

The Goat, the Wolf, and the Cabbage, OR: Poor Purchasing Decisions

Making Victorian Nectar Drop Candy

What Makes Washday Less Blue? Gender, Nation, and Technology Choice in Postwar Canada (PDF)

First Evidence of Humans in North America Found Off Florida, New Study Says

Loud and low-carb: Cicadas are back in Ohio, West Virginia

For Sale: A Housebroken Pet Bison

Women boxers punch through social taboos in Sudan

Photo controversy highlights black women in Long Gray Line (Okay, so this is the most interesting article I've seen on the subject.)

The Privilege of Buying 36 Rolls of Toilet Paper at Once

Secret Harvard meeting on synthetic human genomes incites ethics debate

Next NSA Fight Begins With Semantics: 'Backdoor Search' or 'U.S. Person Query'?

Arrest of Tennessee children exposes flawed juvenile justice

When childhood innocence and gang violence lived side by side in Boyle Heights

Eyewitnesses remember the faces of black suspects less accurately in drive-by shootings than they do in serial killings.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, three others found in civil contempt

States dig in against directive on transgender bathroom use

U.S. sees China boosting military presence after island-building spree

Israel Patrols Its Southern Border as ISIS Lurks in the Sinai Peninsula

Islamic State, growing stronger in Libya, sets its sights on fragile neighbor Tunisia

Russia's military in Syria: Bigger than you think and not going anywhere

As War Strangles Yemen, Many Fear the Grip Will Never Break

EU border agency says migrant arrivals in Greece drop 90 percent