Good Things Friday (284) and Link Love
August 2, 2024
1. I took a chance on a package of soft rolls for lunch sandwiches and it was perfect. They were soft as a cloud and squishy so it didn’t feel like I was getting 70% starch to the rest of the sandwich.
Challenges this week:
Who knew roly polies were crustaceans? I saw one climbing into the container garden and wondered if it was ok or a pest for plants and learned some fun facts: Roly-poly bugs: Appreciated but misunderstood
This is the first time I’ve seen anything about a one chip challenge but good grief what is it with these food and drink manufacturers?? Panera with their death lemonade and this: ‘One Chip Challenge’ Chip Pulled Off Store Shelves After Teenager Dies
UnitedHeath is the worst. This is so depressing because how could you possibly hurt them enough to force them to change? It would have to cost in the billions, millions are just pocket change for these companies: UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
COVID-19 leads to long-term changes in the immune system, study shows
Oh this is terrible on so many levels (old article but of all the things I didn’t think I needed to say to kids!): He ate a slug on a dare, became paralyzed and died
Courts Close the Loophole Letting the Feds Search Your Phone at the Border: In both cases, the feds could have gotten a warrant for the suspects’ phones; they saw the border loophole as a way to skip that step. In fact, CBP Officer Marves Pichardo admitted that these searches are often warrantless fishing expeditions.
This is happy news: Tor Publishing Group and Tor UK Announce Major Multi-Book Deal for Bestselling and Award-Winning Author John Scalzi
