You mean pretending it's no longer a problem doesn't work? U.S. health officials say a third of people live in areas with so much virus they should consider masks indoors. Also: Long COVID: As much as 75% of hospital patients still not 'fully recovered'.
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Say it clearly: Pennsylvania Republicans just nominated a pro-Trump insurrectionist. (Washington Post gift article) Let's state this plainly: Pennsylvania Republicans just nominated a full-blown insurrectionist who intends to use the power of the office to ensure that, as long as he is governor, no Democratic presidential candidate wins his state again. He helped bus in Trump supporters and attended the rally on Jan. 6, 2021; as state senator he argued for the invalidation of Joe Biden's electors; and he's continued falsely claiming election fraud ever since.
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The baby formula shortage, explained: Abbott Nutrition's contaminated plant in Michigan; manufacturers miscalculated demand; more babies were born in 2022; US regulations for baby formula are so strict that most European formulas are illegal (even though European babies are fine). Also: FDA obliterates formula maker's defense of contamination linked to baby deaths. Also also: Urgent New York raw milk recall: New recalls are so bad, entire production lines were shut down.
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TV at unprecedented scale: How Dick Wolf rebounded to 198 hours of drama a season: "FBI," "FBI: Most Wanted," "FBI: International," "Chicago Fire," "Chicago P.D.," "Chicago Med," "Law & Order," "Law & Order: SVU" and "Law & Order: Organized Crime."
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Bad Kitty: German town grounds cats to save rare birds. Authorities in the southwest German town of Walldorf have ordered some cat owners to keep their pets indoors until the end of August, to protect a rare bird, the crested lark, during its breeding season.
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Chief Justice John Roberts has just one chance to save the credibility of the high court. To alter the Roe precedent has the potential to catapult us into chaos. For the three branches of government to properly govern the one, the Supreme Court, has to be non-political.
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McDonald's, Wendy's accused of beefing up burgers in ads.
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Learning new things every day:
People infected by brain-altering cat parasite are more attractive, finds study.
The real reason people from history wore huge powdered wigs. Ick.
How to design a theme park (to take tons of your money). Beating Disney at its own game. Until Disney came up with the physical embodiment of the Star Wars universe.
Would cockroaches actually survive a nuclear apocalypse? "I've come back so many times. Someone once told me that after World War III, the only things that will still be around are cockroaches and Cher."-Cher
Migrating sea turtles don't really know where they're going. (Smithsonian Magazine) New research finds that many hawksbill turtles take meandering routes to reach foraging sites in the Indian Ocean. Maybe they're just not in a hurry.
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Tweets, observations, and diversions:
When a rabid anti-vaxxer like Eric Clapton has to cancel concerts after
catching COVID-19, it's not irony or karma: it's science.
Sweet,
hilarious science.
-Middle Age Riot
Little known fact: Chuck E. Cheese's full name is Charles Entertainment Cheese.
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