Lots of great information in this Statnews post, but I loved this so much, I had to cut and paste it verbatim:
In recent years, Walz has positioned Minnesota as a Midwestern safe haven for access to abortions and gender-affirming care as surrounding states implement restrictions. Walz in 2023 signed a law codifying abortion rights in the state constitution; the same year, he issued two separate executive orders designed to shield traveling patients and Minnesota providers from abortion and gender-affirming care penalties issued by other states.
The 1980s need in me is very excited
Love this short article in today’s Boston Globe. My son just played at YMCA sleep away camp, and he’s excited to keep going. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/31/o… #DnD #creativity
Flagship Pioneering raises $3.6B in funds, expands leadership team
That’s great news for biotech!
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Euro and the Copa
The Euro has been exciting so far, but I’m also excited about the Copa! Summer soccer is fantastic! And good job Celtics.
Write By Hand
This article talks about this paper in which they realize that students who write by hand, either on paper or on a tablet with a stylus, have more brain activity than typing. Good read, and good advice (from the old man with fancy pens and notebooks!)
All the Howard Stern Performances
Some genius on YouTube posted all of the Howard Stern Clips … and I am forever in their debt.
Scared of Fear live on Howard Stern.
ETAK
I just read this fascinating article. Who knew that Asteroids and GPS systems have so much in common?!
Eat more tinned fish. This is great news to me, although I do love salmon as well.
I work hard at being calm and focused these days, among other work. And being bored. Letting your mind wander while away from all the stimuli - the way it used to, only thirty years ago - might be good for you
The joys of aging
As I get ready for tomorrow’s day of no solid food, I wonder … is it really necessary? The answer of course is No.
Chicken Stock
I love making chicken stock after we roast a bird. We keep a bag in the freezer with bits of onion, celery, carrots, chicken bits from other meals …. Today I think I‘m using much too much onion, especially red onion that I had salvaged from a cookbook club where I made onion soup. Let‘s see how this one goes!
love this article in the Atlantic …. Thinking about how we all want housing to be affordable, yet we assume we will make tons of $ because of our investment in a home. Great read.
As a Pearl Jam fan … I’m so excited about the new album and the new tour! But first, and exciting weekend with my son at PAX East - I am very gratefull!
The Dropkick Murphys preaching!
Four Years Ago Today
_March 11, 2020 Four years ago today, society began to shut down.
Shortly after noon Eastern on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared Covid — or “the coronavirus,” then the more popular term — to be a global pandemic. Stocks plummeted in the afternoon. In the span of a single hour that night, President Donald Trump delivered an Oval Office address about Covid, Tom Hanks posted on Instagram that he had the virus and the N.B.A. announced it had canceled the rest of its season.
It was a Wednesday, and thousands of schools would shut by the end of the week. Workplaces closed, too. People washed their hands frequently and touched elbows instead of shaking hands (although the C.D.C. continued to discourage widespread mask wearing for several more weeks).
The worst pandemic in a century had begun._
Via the New York Times “The Morning” Newsletter ….