China’s grip on Hong Kong just became a little tighter (www.vox.com)
21 years ago, half a million Hong Kongers took to the streets to stop Article 23. This month, Beijing finally won....
Psychedelics are about to become a casualty of Oregon’s opioid crisis (www.vox.com)
How Biden could dial up the pressure on Israel — if he really wanted to (www.vox.com)
Why is Biden blocking the cheapest, most popular EVs in the world? (www.vox.com)
How a horny beer calendar sparked a conservative civil war (www.vox.com)
It’s called “Calendargate,” and it’s raising the question of what — and whom — the right-wing war on “wokeness” is really for....
Why Norway — the poster child for electric cars — is having second thoughts (www.vox.com)
TL;DR: Norway subsidised electric cars a lot, that money went to the rich more than the poor, and left them with less money to spend on transit which delivers better outcomes for cities.
Podcast tip: Land of the Giants (Current season: The Twitter Fantasy) (www.vox.com)
I’ve been really enjoying this podcast. Really interesting topics and well produced episodes. These are the seasons so far:...
Why the US is the only country that ties your health insurance to your job (www.vox.com)
Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do (www.vox.com)
How states humiliate single parents who need government assistance (www.vox.com)
To receive government assistance in the US is to submit yourself to a whole host of requirements, some reasonable, some harsh. Each state, and each program within it, has their own requirements, which might be a test of income, of assets, or even of behavior. Some are reasonable — a millionaire probably doesn’t need food...
The Supreme Court’s new term will be dominated by dangerous and incoherent lawsuits (www.vox.com)
No matter how bad the Supreme Court gets, it can always get worse....
The constitutional case that Donald Trump is already banned from being president (www.vox.com)
America’s worst gerrymander may soon finally die (www.vox.com)
The state of Wisconsin does not choose its state legislature in free and fair elections, and it has not done so for a very long time. A new lawsuit, filed just one day after Democrats effectively gained a majority on the state Supreme Court, seeks to change that....
One Good Thing: 32 years after its debut, Microsoft Solitaire is still a blissful time-waster (www.vox.com)
