Day 1,758: batter

From tornadoes battering midwestern American suburbs to tennis-ball-size hailstones smashing the roofs of Italian villas, the severe weather brought about by greenhouse-gas emissions is shaking the foundations of the world’s most important asset class.

Global warming is coming for your home

Artwork of the day 
Woman battered with a cane
Francisco Goya
Original Title: Mujer maltratada con un bastón
Date: c.1796 - c.1797
Style: Romanticism
Series: Album of Madrid
Genre: genre painting
Media: wash, ink, paper

Word of the day 
batter: to hit something with force many times:

Quote of the day
“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life”

― Jack Kerouac, On the Road