Editorial Local residents keep warm by burning pieces of an old armoir in a barbecue grill in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 17 2021, after Winter Storm Uri cast Texas into frigid darkness. The state paid the Bitdeer bitcoin mine an average of $175,000 an hour to keep its servers offline during the crisis. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)
Editorial Local residents keep warm by burning pieces of an old armoir in a barbecue grill in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 17 2021, after Winter Storm Uri cast Texas into frigid darkness. The state paid the Bitdeer bitcoin mine an average of $175,000 an hour to keep its servers offline during the crisis. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)
Editorial Local residents keep warm by burning pieces of an old armoir in a barbecue grill in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 17 2021, after Winter Storm Uri cast Texas into frigid darkness. The state paid the Bitdeer bitcoin mine an average of $175,000 an hour to keep its servers offline during the crisis. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)
Editorial Local residents keep warm by burning pieces of an old armoir in a barbecue grill in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 17 2021, after Winter Storm Uri cast Texas into frigid darkness. The state paid the Bitdeer bitcoin mine an average of $175,000 an hour to keep its servers offline during the crisis. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)
EditorialDeirdre Henriquez, the outreach and advocacy director for Central Iowa Shelter & Services, pleads for unsheltered people to accept services in Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 22, 2022. (Rachel Mummey/The New York Times)
EditorialKate Valdez’s family cools off from the heat in the frigid Klickitat River, which flows with melted snowpack from Mount Adams, in Glenwood, Wash., on June 26, 2022. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)
EditorialKate Valdez’s family cools off from the heat in the frigid Klickitat River, which flows with melted snowpack from Mount Adams, in Glenwood, Wash., on June 26, 2022. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)
EditorialSwedish Marines dive into frigid waters, clad in full bulletproof kits and carrying machine guns, during joint military exercises with U.S. Marines at Berga Naval Base in Sweden on Sept. 14, 2022. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
EditorialU.S. Navy SEAL candidates participating in Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training in 2018 in Coronado, Calif. Frequent plunges in the frigid Pacific Ocean are one of the most difficult aspects of training. (Petty Officer 1st Class Abe McNatt/Naval Special Warfare Command via The New York Times)