Also: Who gives a ff what Rodgers (a buddy of RFKJ and not a scientist) thinks?

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 9h ago

From @theathletic.com: A day after Aaron Rodgers called former top U.S. health official Dr. Anthony Fauci an “absolute coward,” Fauci’s attorney fired back: “Aaron Rodgers doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He should stick to football.”

Facebook reminder today brings back this book I once found online, my vote for best cover of a self-published book ever. So many things going on here. The book description gets even better. First sentence: "Beginning with pictographs on cave walls love has ever been recorded."

This sounds great.

Science Magazine@science.org · yesterday

Jennifer Ackerman's What an Owl Knows "is a fascinating read on how scientists are beginning to better understand the lives and ecology of these secretive and rarely visible birds." Read the #ScienceBooks Review on #OwlAwarenessDay: https://scim.ag/3RLJV52

Technological Advancements Allow Data Centers To Run On Even More Electricity https://theonion.com/technological-advancements-allow-data-centers-to-run-on-even-more-electricity/

It may not surprise you to learn senators Rand Paul and Josh Hawley were lying to us. Another sad episode of GOP scare tactics.

Did Fauci’s diary entries contradict his public words?

U.S. senators and others used Dr. Anthony Fauci’s newly released diary entries to claim that he withheld from the public what he knew privately about COVID-19 and the pandemic response. The claims are...

politifact.com

Because of course they did.

Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · yesterday

Today, the Senate is expected to confirm Todd Blanche to formally lead the DOJ after he ordered the cancellation of a $1.8 billion slush fund aimed at compensating Trump’s allies. But the new deal left in place protections that would give Trump and his family broad immunity from IRS audits.

Champions League, here we come! And with a right dud up top, too.

This Shakespeare has his finger on the pulse of the nation today.

William Shakespeare@shakespeare.lol · 2d ago

Yet she must die, else she’ll betray more men.

I'd like to nominate this for today's least surprising, entirely predictable headline.

'Isolated' FIFA boss runs to Trump to save his job — who won't take his calls: report

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is turning to the Trump administration to save his job after his plan to sell off part of the World Cup's commercial rights collapsed, the New York Post reported Monday...

rawstory.com

New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.

Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

wapo.st

I'd love Osimhen. I'd feel better if this were Ali Gold reporting it and not football london just quoting CaughtOffside.

The release of Dr. Anthony Fauci's pandemic diaries has rekindled the debate over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Here's how scientists have weighed in.

Animal spillover? Lab leak? What the science says about the origins of COVID-19

The release of Dr. Anthony Fauci's pandemic diaries has rekindled the debate over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Here's how scientists have weighed in.

n.pr

I'd happily take Gakpo on Spurs, fwiw.

Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine has it figured out. I couldn't agree more. Fuck fascism.

So many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it.

In Pay Attention, David breaks down how modern outrage algorithms hijack our focus and how we can reclaim it. bit.ly/m/attention?...

This is good stuff, though those of us who follow UEFA soccer clubs will stumble over: "The moment external investors acquire ownership interests in FIFA competitions...every decision on the international calendar...is no longer driven by what best serves the game."

Legendgerry@gerald-t-mc-evoy.bsky.social · 6d ago

Oh wow. FIFA is done. www.uefa.com/news-media/n...

Yikes. The article says these caterpillars came to Germany from London. Anyone have experience with these?

The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 5d ago

The oak processionary caterpillar, which is spreading as Europe warms, fills the air with microscopic hairs that inflict excruciating rashes. www.newyorker.com/science/elem...

That last bullet is just whole thing

Miguel Delaney@migueldelaney.bsky.social · last wk.

- Sources say Infantino has been working on this plan for over a year, going back to Club World Cup - None of inner circle knew - suspicion that it was developed with financial interests connected to Trump www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

UEFA has announced they will boycott the World Cup. Italy has announced they’ll extend their boycott for another four years.

More and more uninsured patients are seeking care in emergency rooms and clinics, having lost their coverage under the Affordable Care Act after congressional Republicans ended enhanced federal subsidies. Many are unable to pay hospital bills.

After Obamacare Cuts, Hospitals Are Treating More Uninsured Patients

More people who lost coverage after congressional Republicans ended enhanced federal subsidies are now seeking care in emergency rooms and unable to pay bills.

nyti.ms

wow this is blowing up! just want to say @iain.coys.social is the 🐐, COYS, and help me end Alzheimer’s! act.alz.org/goto/kessler

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My guess? It'll be someone we aren't linked with yet.

Rob. ✍️🕮💥@rjk3phd.bsky.social · 7d ago

It's time to play Guess the Bomba!

(Via @gdunbarap.bsky.social ) #scottishwit

It's time to play Guess the Bomba!

Prepare yourselves. Roberto De Zerbi told me a Tottenham transfer bomba is on its way! And it's not Savinho...yet. www.football.london/tottenham-ho...

Roberto De Zerbi declares 'another Tottenham transfer bomba is imminent'

The Tottenham Hotspur head coach has made it clear that another big exciting transfer is on its way to being signed and sealed

football.london

Deki is back in full training! Several sources reporting this, and we’ve seen pictures of hin on the grass. If we can have him back to where he was, if that is even possible with his injury, we’ll have a top top class baller there. I think many of us have forgotten how good he can be! #COYS #SPURS

Neat!

Turner Classic Movies@tcmtv.bsky.social · last wk.

This September we debut our newest franchise hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, Films on Film! Dedicated to the art, craft, history and preservation of movies – join us every Friday night as we feature a documentary followed by companion programming. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4frVSpz