Links for you. Science:
The MAGA Plan to End Free Weather Reports. Project 2025 would all but dissolve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
These microscopic animals fight off infection using genes ‘stolen’ from bacteria. Compounds made by bdelloid rotifers could hold clues to better antibiotics for humans
COVID tied to faster progression from preclinical to clinical type 1 diabetes in kids
Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Pre-Delta, Delta, and Omicron Eras
FDA approves needle-free alternative to EpiPen for allergic reactions
Why a growing mpox outbreak has the world worried again. Amid a surge of cases in Africa, the WHO and African CDC are considering declaring emergencies. The U.S. CDC is urging doctors to be alert.
Other:
On the night Noah Lyles was to become a legend, he became a reminder. After U.S. sprinter finishes third in his signature event, he reveals his covid diagnosis, an unsettling indication that these Paris Olympics are open, not free.
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Launches New Effort to Crack Down on Everyday Headaches and Hassles That Waste Americans’ Time and Money (now do spam phone calls…)
What deporting 15 million people would look like: Democrats need to warn Hispanics what a vote for Trump really means.
Donald Trump Should Drop Out
After two years of far-right rule in a Michigan county, one chance to change it. Divisive, Trump-style politics came to Ottawa County. Then moderate Republicans and some Democrats mobilized and fought back.
New data shows violent crime dropping sharply in major U.S. cities
The friendliest social network you’ve never heard of (gift link)
Seeing Like a Matt: The intellectual blind spots of anti-anti-neoliberalism
Trump suggests he’s open to revoking access to abortion pill (gift link)
In Which Ian Miles Cheong Understands Trump’s Campaign Better than NYT
After social media outcry, CDC tells doctors to better manage IUD pain
Racism Is Why Trump Is So Popular: Trump’s popularity with his base isn’t the result of economic anxiety, as many claimed in 2016. It’s about race and demographics.
Masculinity’s check-engine light is on. Let Tim Walz have a look. (gift link)
So Is This A Good Time to Talk About A Shadowy Right-Wing Population Control Conspiracy Group?
6 ways the Google antitrust ruling could change the internet
The View From Whole Foods: The transformation of Gowanus
Why Tony West Matters
“F*** These Trump-Loving Techies”: Hollywood Takes on Silicon Valley in an Epic Presidential Brawl
Tired of Losing: My mother’s journey with self-storage showed me how, for many Americans, these units hold much more than material possessions.
The rest of the world is building subways like crazy. The U.S. has pretty much given up. Cities around the globe are doubling down on transit. Why can’t the U.S. do the same?
Lina Khan’s FTC Gears Up to Go After Algorithmic Black Boxes Governing Workers’ Lives, but It Might Be Running Out of Time
The Case for Pragmatic Socialism
Trump Is Losing the Narrative Contest
Trump’s Crucial Power Has Been Neutralized
AI Dynamic Pricing
Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, are turned away from ERs despite federal law
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Why isn’t the US building subways?
1. It’s invested in suburbia rather than pedestrian-friendly mixed use–potential passengers have physical barriers to walk to the stops.
2. Light rail is 1/10th the cost of heavy rail (subways). Bus Rapid Transit is 1/10 the cost of light rail. BRT would make sense, but see #1.
3. There’s been a concerted attack on the public realm — the part of civic design available to everyone freely. This is part of “labor discipline” — the message that you had better take whatever crappy job is on offer, or suffer the indignities of poverty (and we’ll make sure it’s plenty undignified) even homelessness and starvation. And if you’re rebellious, we’ll put you in a cage.