Extra, Extra
Northern Exposure: “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed retaliation during a visit to the scene of a rocket strike that killed 12 young members of a minority Druze community in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.” Who are the Druze? The hit community is a reminder of how multicultural Israel is. It’s also a reminder of how close the region is to an all-out war in the North. Dexter Filkins in The New Yorker, writing before the latest rocket attack: Will Hezbollah and Israel Go to War?
+ Iowa Ban: “What this means is that one in three women of reproductive age in America lives in a state with a Trump abortion ban.” So said Kamala Harris about what could become the biggest issue in this election: Harris urges Americans to vote after six-week abortion ban takes effect in Iowa.
+ No Pal O’ Mine: “In Silicon Valley, the spectacle of tech billionaire attacking tech billionaire has suddenly exploded, as pro-Trump executives and their Democratic counterparts have openly turned on each other. The brawling has spilled into public view online, at conferences and on podcasts, as debates about the country’s future have turned into personal broadsides.” Guys who were once part of the Pay Pal mafia are now ripping into each other in public. The rest of us are being reminded that there’s too heavy a concentration of wealth and power in America. NYT (Gift Article): It’s Silicon Valley vs. Silicon Valley as Political Fights Escalate. (I’ll take the side rooting for democracy.) Some of these billionaires are more dangerous than others: Elon Musk posts deepfake of Kamala Harris that violates X policy. (X “policy” … Give me a break.)
+ Reelin in the Years: “A trio of studies published in the past year all suggest that the protein Reelin helps maintain thinking and memory in ailing brains, though precisely how it does this remains uncertain.” Scientists may have found a clue in the Alzheimer’s fight. A protein called Reelin keeps popping up in brains that resist aging and Alzheimer’s.
+ Still Going Viral: “If you have cough-and-cold symptoms, at this point, living in Los Angeles, you should really think that they are COVID until proven otherwise.” This thing won’t go away. COVID surging in California.
+ Chill Factor: Yes it’s the age of AI, but the year’s biggest IPO by far is for a company focused on a more traditional technology. Refrigeration. Lineage runs the world’s largest network of global temperature-controlled warehouses.
