Good Things Friday (282) and Link Love
July 19, 2024
1. For better or for worse, this week flew by.
This is cool: The Avengers Cast Reassembles to Dub Film in Lakota Language
Uline funds far right causes, we don’t buy from them: That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
I wonder if this will actually go anywhere. Then do Alito next. Dems seek special counsel to investigate Justice Clarence Thomas
AOC understands the stakes: The “high crimes” of Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito must be prosecuted
I’m a Microplastics Researcher. Here’s How To Limit Their Dangers
Related to the Microplastics: Gen X Faces Higher Cancer Rates Than Any Previous Generation, Researchers are investigating changes in cancer risks among young people as new data predict that rising rates of leading cancers, such as colon cancer, will overtake improvements
A new way to prevent HIV delivers dramatic results in trial
I think in comparison to the rest of the world our household is wealthy but I surely cannot comprehend making over a million in income per year and owing a quarter million or more in taxes and still sleeping well at night. I guess they slept just fine as long as the IRS was underfunded. About time they coughed up their share. We certainly pay a good chunk.
Thanks for posting that link to the microplastic researcher – it gives me the heebie jeebies when people microwave in plastic, but I’ve recently gotten a little more lenient, if it’s a sturdy plastic container. No more!
Same!! And same. Only using glass to microwave from now on!
I had read about the Gilead trial a few weeks ago- I work in an adjacent industry so it was in all the trade news. Very exciting and, profit motives aside, really revolutionary.
Jenny F Scientist recently posted…Confidential to My Now-Estranged Sisters
I thought it seemed so, but it’s nice to have your confirmation from a nearer insider POV.