Extra, Extra
Roll Tide: “Trump’s policies and the way he’s orienting his government combine as an assault on the Great Society legislation Johnson pushed through in the 1960s, including the Voting Rights Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.” Trump turns civil rights upside down in ‘biggest rollback’ since Reconstruction. He’s doing this in between rolling back health care and environmental safeguards. WaPo: Senate overturns EPA rule on seven highly toxic air pollutants.
+ Buy AI: Visa and Mastercard unveil AI-powered shopping. “Artificial intelligence is not just infiltrating the startup world. Now credit card giants Visa and Mastercard are getting into the AI game. Visa announced on Wednesday ‘Intelligent Commerce,’ which it says enables AI ‘to find and buy.'” (I’ve set mine to match my actual shopping habits. It researches obsessively and never actually makes a purchase.)
+ Trial and Errors: “As months passed with no trial, no hearing, no updates and rare interactions with his lawyers, there were many times, alone and despairing in jail, when he wondered if anyone was listening. Then, in an extraordinary turn, the blame shifted onto the officers and the bulk of the case against Jordan was dropped. Now he was free.” A Mississippi man spent 940 days in jail waiting for a trial that never came.
+ Can’t Find a Fetterman: “John Fetterman insists he is in good health. But staffers past and present say they no longer recognize the man they once knew.” All By Himself. This is a really interesting article about health, depression, and the extreme impact of social media. (If it’s behind a paywall, try reader mode on your browser.)
+ Happy Ending: “For eight years running, Finland has topped the World Happiness Report — but what exactly does it measure?” NYT (Gift Article): My Miserable Week in the ‘Happiest Country on Earth.’
+ Belichick Flick: “I should not be hearing about Bill Belichick right now. It’s late spring, which means that the Great American Hobgoblin should be sequestered in his film dungeon right now, fastidiously studying ancient football scrolls for the key to leading his UNC Tar Heels to a Fanatics Bowl win against Iowa State eight months from now. That’s the Bill Belichick that you and I are used to. It’s not the Belichick we love — no such iteration of the man exists — but it’s the one we can easily forget about this time of year, when football is dead asleep. Instead, the old man has decided to curse the eyes of a weary nation with imagery that leaves far too much to the imagination.” Drew Magary: What on earth is going on with Bill Belichick and his new girlfriend/publicist? (You can read this if you want. Me? I’m onto Cincinnati.)
+ Commode Rage: “According to the affidavit, Solometo told police that she was in a line of cars to turn left at a light and honked at a driver in front of her who did not move when the arrow was green.” And then things escalated. “I wanted to punch her in the face, but I pooped on her car instead.”
