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—A visual guide to the pantheon of Aztec gods. [The Pudding]
—The slain spider monkey narco wearing a came hoodie and bulletproof vest now has his own corrido. [Vice]
—A case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court may determine whether the EPA and other federal agencies can write and enforce regulations against carbon emissions at power plants, and will possibly have much wider implications about our ability to prevent further warming that will ruin life on Earth. [E&E]
—Los Angeles has hired a "chief heat officer" to try and prevent deaths and hospitalizations in the face of rising global temperatures created by human-caused climate change. [Smithsonian]