Gary Paulsen, a prolific writer and the author of more than 20 | The New York Times

Gary Paulsen, a prolific writer and the author of more than 200 young-adult novels like "Hatchet" and "Dogsong" that inspired generations of would-be adventurers with tales of survival, exploration and nature, died on Wednesday. He was 82.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/books/gary-paulsen-dead.html

"Like a good book or piece of music, a park bench allows for a sense of solitude and community at the same time, a simultaneity that’s crucial to life in a great city." In a world that wants you to pay for everything, public seating is becoming a luxury.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/magazine/park-benches.html

The vaccine gap means that people are going to continue to fall sick and die from Covid across the global south for a long time to come. They will need treatment, and it's great news that an antiviral reportedly blunts severity of Covid infection.
But:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/17/health/covid-treatment-access-molnupiravir.html