Links for you. Science:
House GOP appropriators block funding for gun violence research
New ‘light-eating’ protein discovered in the Sea of Galilee
Produce is less healthy than it was 70 years ago. These farmers are trying to change that
The Strange and Curious Case of the Deadly Superbug Yeast (this seems to be a problem for critically ill patients, not so much ones with a healthy immune system)
Every year the bats make a visit to our office. It must be that time of the year again.
Other:
Now Members Of Congress Are Sticking Their Noses In Initiative 77 Battle
The Trump administration kidnapped children. Someone should go to jail.
Iconic D.C. park falling behind on maintenance
Retirement is becoming more and more expensive – and future generations may have to abandon the idea altogether. So what kinds of jobs will we do when we’re old and grey? Will we be well enough to work? And will anyone want to employ us?
In Rural America, Violent Crime Reaches Highest Level in a Decade: The loss of jobs and the opioid epidemic are two of the biggest reasons. (not degenerate urban rural values?)
‘What a crazy country’: Trump makes being a D.C. tour guide a tough gig
The Zoo can’t build its fences, yet
A Family Of Woodchucks Ate Paul Ryan’s Car (THESE ARE THE HEROES AMERICA NEEDS)
Winning Is Not Enough (parts of this are good, but some of the policy responses are still shitty CAP ideas; the jobs program is worse than a jobs guarantee)
Hear Stanley Kubrick Explain the 2001: A Space Odyssey Ending In a Rare, Unearthed Video
Trump’s delusions are about to blow up in his own voters’ faces
Stephen Miller’s No Good, Very Bad Sushi Night Is Another Win for Shame
Trump aide Stephen Miller, meet your great-grandfather, who flunked his naturalization test
How The Washington Post Covers for a Top D.C. Official
Spite buildings: when human grudges get architectural – in pictures
Is civility really the problem in modern political discourse?
mikethemadbiologist