Robert Clary and Greg Bear, so it goes.
"Residents in western New York are digging out after a massive winter storm passed though the region, dropping more than 6 feet of snow in some areas."
"Locus Magazine is delighted to announce our first annual crowdfunding campaign!"
A twitter thread on ebooks and libraries and the heinous fuckery surrounding the issue. I think I posted a link to the Planet Money podcast before, but here it is again. Libraries are not the problem, but publishers will try to make it about them. Remember that the main publishers had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, to the e-book platform.
"New baby pictures of the universe, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, show that galaxies started forming faster and earlier than expected."
"U.S. regulators approved a plan Thursday to demolish four dams on a California river and open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat that would be the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the world when it goes forward."
Just in case you though viruses are only a human problem… "Plant pathogens that are spreading disease in the lettuce fields of the Salinas Valley are leading to a nationwide lettuce shortage and higher prices at the supermarket… At Nob Hill in Salinas, a head of lettuce was being sold for more than $4 on Monday." Good thing we haven't totally centralized our vegetable supply sources to only 2 places… oh, wait.
"A measles outbreak in Ohio has swiftly expanded, spreading to seven childcare facilities and one school, all with unvaccinated children, according to local health officials. The outbreak highlights the risk of the highly contagious but vaccine-preventable disease mushrooming amid slipping vaccination rates."
"But one by one, different monoclonal treatments have lost their efficacy against new variants of the coronavirus. The rise of Paxlovid antiviral pills earlier this year, further dented their appeal."
"The Justice Department is now negotiating the terms of a consent decree with Philips, underscoring the deep concern about what the company knew — or should have known — before millions of people received devices that many believe caused devastating illnesses. A decree would most likely require the company to document the steps it would take to prevent such a failure in the future… Doug Shiffler, a retired tech executive in Utah, is one of hundreds of people suing the company. His wife began using the device in 2018, when there were no public warnings of possible problems with the machines, and developed a persistent cough." Dear DoJ, you aren't going far enough here.
"Results from Macy’s, Kohl’s and Gap on Thursday further underscored the cloudy picture for U.S. retailers heading into the start of the holiday season… A day after Target reported a sharp drop in quarterly profits, it’s clear that inflation-hit shoppers in the last few weeks were waiting for deals and not willing to pay full price for purchases they could put off. The big question will be if U.S. consumers will spend more freely in the coming weeks."
"Twitter saw a fresh exodus of employees on Thursday as the company hit a deadline set by billionaire owner Elon Musk for remaining staff to commit to being 'extremely hardcore' or leave the company."
"The man who had to clean up the mess at Enron says the situation at FTX is even worse, describing what he calls a 'complete failure' of corporate control." Crypto firm was a scam? Well knock me over with a feather.
"At least five people were killed and 18 others wounded after a gunman opened fire on a LGBTQ club called Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Police said a suspect is in custody."
I'm not sure if I posted this when it came out, but the Throughline podcast with… "It has been nearly twenty years since 9/11 and during that time much of the media coverage and government attention has been directed at the threat of radical Islamist terrorism. Yet, during that time, it has been domestic terrorism from armed, mostly white American men, that has posed the biggest threat. This week, the rise of the modern white power movement." Stochastic terrorism and "lone wolf" attacks aren't an unfortunate by product of the hate machine, it's the goal.
"A week after Kentucky voters rejected an anti-abortion ballot measure, the state’s Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed the constitutionality of a statewide ban approved by lawmakers in a case that seems destined to become a defining moment for abortion rights in the state."
"Russia's systematic and repeated attacks on Ukraine's energy and heating infrastructure — the latest of which involved the heaviest missile strikes in a nearly nine-month war — have led to regular power outages in some of the country's largest cities."
"A Missouri judge ruled that a state agency previously led by Republican Josh Hawley broke public record laws on purpose to help his U.S. Senate campaign… Cole County Presiding Judge Jon Beetem on Monday fined the Attorney General’s Office $12,000 and attorney fees, the maximum penalty for violating what’s known as the Sunshine Law."
"In Ohio, some students had to cast provisional ballots because poll workers wouldn’t accept university-issued utility bills as proof of residency, in violation of state law. Ohio is one of the seven states that refuses to accept any student IDs as voter identification."
"Speaker Nancy Pelosi — who shattered the "marble ceiling" to become the first woman to lead the U.S. House — announced Thursday she will step down from party leadership."
"Attorney General Merrick Garland said he's charged former Justice Department prosecutor Jack Smith with overseeing two major Justice Department investigations concerning former-President Donald Trump to best serve the public interest."
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