Links for you. Science:
Squid With ‘Giant’ Eggs Could Be A New Species
Clear ice, can’t lose: A retiree went down a scientific rabbit hole and emerged a successful entrepreneur
Israeli Health Authorities Suspect Two Elderly Women Died of West Nile Virus
Why is The New York Times now promoting an anti-science agenda?
New Insights into Acute and Long Covid
A European wild cat was nearly extinct. Now, it is making a comeback.
Other:
Dear Biden, stop backing down from the fake news wars: The United States might learn a lot from Brazil’s better-waged battle with right-wing disinformation.
Billionaire first to reach $100m in election donations – to Trump and RFK Jr. Tim Mellon, who said US safety net was ‘slavery redux’, has now given $75m to Trump and $25m to support RFK Jr
DeSantis Vetoes All Arts Grants in Florida
Elon Musk and the Decline of Tesla. The megalomaniac CEO extracted $48 billion from his shareholders. But the company’s future does not look good.
Timothy Mellon: Top Trump donor accused of making racist comments in his autobiography
Shasta Indian Nation to get homeland back in largest land return in California history
What any economist will tell you (but no realtor will)–it’s McArdle, but clock stopped twice a day and all that
AIPAC Unleashes a Record $14.5 Million Bid to Defeat a Critic of Israel. The deluge in outside spending, which also includes another $1 million from another pro-Israel group, threatens to sink Representative Jamaal Bowman. (gift link)
Trump Has Slurred Black-Led Cities Before. In Milwaukee, He’s Paying For It
After BDS Blacklisted Justin Bieber and Lana Del Rey, It’s ‘Zionist’ Authors’ Turn to Be Targeted
The Supreme Court Just Got a Gun Ruling Right—for Completely Bonkers Reasons
No Iron Dome for Drones: IDF Seeks Answers to Growing Hezbollah Threat
Nixon and Trump: The Good Women They Defeated
Not Exactly Temples: Why Are Israel’s Synagogues So Unattractive?
Real estate ‘stagers’ prep homes for market. It’s about more than furniture.
Last Year I Decided to Turn My Back on My Jewish Identity. It Didn’t Go as Planned
Surgeon general is wrong; social media apps don’t need warning labels
‘Stand Up To The Oligarchs’: Bernie Sanders Makes Passionate Plea To Reelect Rep. Jamaal Bowman
Most of you have no idea what Martin Luther King actually did
How a Network of Nonprofits Enriches Fundraisers While Spending Almost Nothing on Its Stated Causes
TRUMP MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY RUN A SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION — AND THAT COULD BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM
Biden offers some migrants a path to citizenship. Here’s how it will work
The cultivated naivete of the Washington press corps
Trump’s ‘invasion’ slur against immigrants isn’t just racist. It’s false
Trump botched America’s response to one killer virus. Now he wants a second chance to botch our response to another
She couldn’t wait to work for Ryan Walters’ administration. Now she’s worried public schools won’t survive the rest of his term
mikethemadbiologist
We hired a real estate stager and got a very good price for the house we sold. One problem in selling a house is that most people lack imagination. They only see what is there. They can’t imagine how the house might look broom clean as it should be when they buy it. They can’t imagine how it would look with their furniture in it. They can’t imagine how it would look if they bought furniture to put in it. They can’t imagine what a bit of paint or some remodeling might make it look like. Real estate stagers compensate for that by imagining what the place might look like in the buyer’s fantasy and presenting it.
We sold a house on a fresh water lake in a national park. The stager used the furniture we provided except for a beaten up old couch. She had us rent a nicer couch. She made it look like a beach house. There were salt water sea shells and ocean rounded stones scattered here and there. There was a fishing line with a dangling hook by the porch. It was catch and release only as per park rules. We were amused. It was theatrical, stage set, family house by a lake, contemporary. We were even more amused when we got just shy of our outrageous asking price.