Sharon

“the Encyclopaedia Britannica dared to print the contested hypothesis that the sea cow had indeed become extinct. It is an extraordinary assertion – that man could be to other species as great a threat as an asteroid or a flood –”
― Iida Turpeinen, Beasts of the Sea

“I used to dream about going to vet school, but I couldn’t handle people spending thousands of dollars to keep a cat alive when people can’t get that,” Church said. Her medical education at Ohio State was mostly paid for by a program that incentivizes students to become primary care providers.”
― Beth Macy, Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America

“Deaths of despair are disproportionately concentrated in places where misinformation spreads rampantly—in high-poverty communities with low college education attainment, scarce access to local doctors, and scant local news. Small Ohio cities like the Springfields, Urbanas, and Marysvilles are places that tend to be the most overlooked by the Democratic Party and urban elites. “Emerging neurological research has shown clear links between despair and vulnerability to misinformation, right-wing radicalization, and violence,” noted a Brookings Institution study Chad shared with me.[”
― Beth Macy, Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America

“Cuvier sits at his desk”
― Iida Turpeinen, Beasts of the Sea