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Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
David Frum: “This is not a sentence written often lately, but the U.S. Supreme Court has just done a great service to American democracy.” “On June 30, the Court struck down federal limits on the amount of money that political parties can spend in coordination with individual federal candidates. Some early reports on National Republican […]
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The City Reporter
• Claudia Irizarry Aponte
The union representing the city’s public health professionals and scientists says that units dedicated to testing the city’s water supply are critically understaffed — complicating New York’s ability to control a Legionnaires’ outbreak that has so far killed three people and spread to the air conditioning cooling towers of at least 76 Manhattan buildings. Members […]
The post Legionnaires’ Outbreak: Health Workers Say They’re Burnt Out, Understaffed appeared first on The City Reporter.
Seth's Blog
• Seth Godin
Hank Green has an interesting take on the scientific method: We advance because scientists work to persuade others that they’re correct. Every paper, statistical analysis and experiment is nothing but an argument designed to persuade an intelligent critic. The method of argument is determined by the audience–if they require double-blind studies and useful statistical models, […]
The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), 1515 #northernrenaissance #bosch
The City Reporter
• Samantha Maldonado
A corner of Monica Carrasco’s kitchen has metal shelves stacked with a toaster oven, a microwave, two hot plates and an air fryer. For more than three years, she’s relied on them to cook family meals — but using only two at a time for fear of tripping the electric system. Carrasco’s family and the […]
The post After Years Without Cooking Gas, First Run of Induction Stoves Arrive in Co-Ops appeared first on The City Reporter.
Open Culture
• Colin Marshall
Were we to take bets on the single most widely heard alarm clock, the one included on the Beatles’ “A Day in the Life” would surely be a popular choice. It comes, you’ll recall, at the beginning of the song’s middle section, when Paul takes over from John and sings about waking up, combing his […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“After more than a week of strikes that unraveled an ill-fated cease-fire, the conflict between the United States and Iran stands on a knife’s edge. Now is the time, analysts say, to find a way to draw down an exponentially destructive confrontation — or risk provoking a war that cascades beyond what they may be […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“The crowd at today’s World Cup Final cheered wildly for Jennifer Hudson’s otherworldly rendition of ‘The Star Spangled Banner.’ But when Fox cut from Hudson to a shot of President Donald Trump in his box, the cheers turned to boos,” Deadline reports. “Fox stayed with the shot of Trump for just a few seconds before […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the Qatari-donated jet that serves as an Air Force One plane will soon be sent away for upgrades, following questions about the plane’s security features,” NewsNation reports. “Trump started flying aboard the jumbo jet on July 1 after accepting the plane as a gift last year, when an accelerated effort to renovate the Boeing 747 for […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“The Department of Homeland Security under Secretary Markwayne Mullin is cultivating a relationship with business groups whose concerns about losing workers to aggressive immigration enforcement had been rebuffed by former secretary Kristi L. Noem,” the Washington Post reports. “Earlier this month, DHS officials met at the agency’s Washington headquarters with the Essential Worker Immigration Coalition, […]
links.daveverse.org
• Dave Winer
How proprietary formats have become Microsoft's main tool for lock-in.
