Extra, Extra

Bus(iness) as Usual: “The French government has put thousands of homeless immigrants on buses and sent them out of Paris ahead of the Olympics. The immigrants said they were promised housing elsewhere, only to end up living on unfamiliar streets far from home or flagged for deportation.” (The problems around the world are remarkably similar. The solutions are similarly evasive.) NYT (Gift Article): France Is Busing Homeless Immigrants Out of Paris Before the Olympics.

+ You Want Healthy Fries With That? “These are among the offerings sold by an Idaho-based company, Homestyle Direct, which is paid millions of dollars each year by taxpayer-funded state Medicaid programs to deliver what the company calls medically tailored meals.” Medicaid is paying millions for salty, fat-laden ‘medically tailored’ cheeseburgers and sandwiches.

+ Deflating News: Another bit of news that in normal times would be a big factor in the presidential race. Confidence is building that inflation is receding.

+ Elon’s Seed Investing: Thermonuclear Blasts and New Species: Inside Elon Musk’s Plan to Colonize Mars. “SpaceX employees are working on plans for a Martian city, including dome habitats, spacesuits and researching whether humans can procreate off Earth. Mr. Musk has volunteered his sperm.” (Can we send all of it to Mars?)

+ Power Plant: “Balsamico cut out all animal products from her diet at the age of 14, justifying the decision to her parents in a ’39-minute PowerPoint’ on the health benefits of plant-based eating. The weight lifting came a couple of years later, mostly out of curiosity: ‘I just wanted to see if I could do it,’ she said. And she could — in 2022, she began winning first place for her age and weight class in every strongman competition she entered, racking up a streak of victories that she has yet to break.” On vegan powerlifters.