Alligators. What can you do?
"Who doesn't love a good scary story, something to send a chill across your skin in the middle of summer's heat? And this year, we're celebrating the 200th birthday of one of the most famous scary stories of all time: Frankenstein — so a few months ago, we asked you to nominate your favorite horror novels and stories, and then we assembled an expert panel of judges to take your 7000 nominations and turn them into a final, curated list of 100 spine-tingling favorites for all kinds of readers. Want to scar your children for life? We can help. Want to dig into the dark, slimy roots of horror? We've got you covered."
"In this photo, from 1976, almost everyone is what we would now call slim. So what has happened? A sudden loss of willpower, as some rightwing journos claim? No. An obesogenic environment created by junk food manufacturers and their advertisers." While he says sugar, I'll say "high-fructose corn syrup". Or more accurately, "cheap calories." Betcha can't just eat one Lay, and not want more and more (which, frankly, I've loved that slogan ever since I heard it). (Grokked from Xeni Jardin)
"'What we're doing is we are educating [the T cells] to say, "These things don't belong,"' says Dr. Nirali Shah, a pediatric oncologist at the National Cancer Institute who is running a study Reid is in. '"You need to get rid of them. Yes, I know that they started in the body. But they're not supposed to be there. You need to attack."'" Long time reader may remember this is the trial that I believe the late Jay Lake was involved with. Fuck cancer.
"More than 70 people overdosed in or around a historic Connecticut park near the Yale University campus on Wednesday after receiving what authorities believe was synthetic marijuana laced with the powerful opioid fentanyl. Although there have been no deaths, at least two people suffered life-threatening symptoms, according to authorities." Later tests don't show fentanyl.
Moving Odanah. How a town was relocated to avoid flooding, studying relocations to create plans to responds to climate changes, and the history of forced relocations of Native Americans.
How go the Trade Wars? "'He’s gonna kill us,' 81-year-old farmer Joel Samuleson told the Los Angeles Times, referring to the drop in soy prices… Farmer Doug Saathoff, meanwhile, says that he likes the fact that Trump is a 'businessman,' but he worries about the erratic nature of the president’s trade negotiations." It's hard to admit you've been had. That's how conmen get away with it. (Grokked from Sam Sykes)
"Bradley, who is 45 and lives near Columbus, Ohio, began suspecting age discrimination after someone at her union mentioned how recruiters often target online ads at younger candidates. 'I thought to myself, "Oh, that's why I wasn't seeing some of the ads that my daughter has seen on her Facebook,"' she says." How employers discriminate even when it's illegal to do so.
"President Trump's planned military parade in Washington, D.C., is reportedly estimated to cost $92 million, $80 million more than was initially thought." This is my shocked face. And now it appears the parade is off, for now. (Grokked from Chuck Wendig)
"The decision came in a lawsuit filed by Jessica Denson, a former campaign staffer who filed a complaint last November that alleged she was subjected to “harassment and sexual discrimination” while she worked on Trump’s White House bid in 2016. Lawyers for the Trump campaign tried to force the case into private arbitration based on an agreement signed by staffers that included nondisclosure and nondisparagement provisions. In her decision, Judge Arlene Bluth of New York State Supreme Court disclosed flaws in the wording of the agreement that she said limited its scope." (Grokked form Dan)
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