Extra, Extra
Nose Candy: “Swarms are injected into the sinus cavity via a duct threaded through the nostril and guided to their target by electromagnetism, where they can be made to heat up and catalyse chemical reactions to wipe out bacterial infections. There are hopes the precisely targeted technology could eventually reduce reliance on antibiotics and other generalised medicines.” Swarms of tiny nose robots could clear infected sinuses, researchers say. People are going to let tiny robots into their bodies when they won’t even take the vaccines that have saved millions? U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread.
+ Pardoner in Crime: “A Tennessee man pardoned by President Trump for taking part in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to life in prison for hatching a separate plot to assassinate the law enforcement officers who investigated his role in the riot.”
+ There’s a New Tariff in Town: “The letters were not the final word from Trump on tariffs, so much as another episode in a global economic drama in which the U.S. president has placed himself at the center.” Trump to put 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea, new import taxes on five other nations. And from WaPo (Gift Article): Trump’s $5 million ‘gold card’ visa might never happen. “The president and his aides have exaggerated the likelihood that such a program can be legally implemented and have made no effort to introduce legislation that would be needed.” (One wonders if demand is particularly high at the moment.)
+ A Third in the Punchbowl: Elon Musk wants to start a third political party because he hates the spending bill. (Someone should tell him that there’s already a political party that voted unanimously against it.)
+ Putin Place: “‘I feel like I’ve been put on an ark of safety for my family,’ 61-year-old Leo Hare said at the time. ‘I want to thank President [Vladimir] Putin for allowing Russia to become a good place for families in this world climate.” There’s crazy, and there’s ‘I’m moving to Russia because it’s less woke’ crazy. WaPo: Russia’s ‘anti-woke’ visa lures those fearing a moral decline in the West.
+ A Scarlett Number: “Her lead project career gross of $14.8 billion passes the totals of fellow Marvel alums Robert Downey Jr. and Samuel L. Jackson.” Scarlett Johansson Becomes Hollywood’s Highest Grossing Lead Actor With ‘Jurassic World Rebirth.’
+ Dropping Like Flies: “The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot.”
+ Your Kiss is on My List: “French Olympic fencer Ysaora Thibus was cleared of a doping allegation Monday because the judges accepted she was contaminated by kissing her American partner over a period of nine days.” (Nine days? That’s a hell of a lot of foreplay…)
