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The CBO estimates Trump’s bill will cut taxes by $3.7 trillion, add $2.4 trillion to deficits, and leave 10.9 million people without health insurance. / Associated Press
Republicans aren’t happy about Elon Musk publicly slamming Trump’s tax bill. / Politico
See also: “What Elon Musk is doing is pushing his own scam in which the only driver of deficits is runaway government spending and not tax cuts for the wealthy.” / The New Republic
Libertarians aren’t happy either: “The conservative movement is now, as an intellectual movement, consistently anti-Trump on most issues.” / The New York Times [$]
A terrifying video analysis of a fatal Tesla crash should raise concerns about whether Musk’s Full Self-Driving mode is ready for his much-touted robotaxi plans. / Bloomberg [$]
Uber uses pictures of horse-drawn buggies, rickshaws, and pedicabs to promote its new bus system. / Grist
Photographs of California hitchhikers in the 1970s. / Flashbak
Some people who struggled with eating disorders before the mid-1980s—when the condition began receiving more attention—never received the treatment they needed, and now fear it’s too late. / The New York Times [$]
See also: A good-natured—but still cautionary—take on how anxiety induced by health trackers can push users to disordered eating. / Vox
Scientists develop a type of concrete that can fill in its own cracks “by harnessing the power of synthetic lichen.” / sciencealert
“Integration therapists” are helping people in Silicon Valley recover from ayahuasca ceremonies. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
Related: “A PTSD Therapy ‘Seemed Too Good to Be True.’” / The Atlantic [$]
A guide to niche regional festivals around the United States. / Atlas Obscura
A stunt coordinator for the latest Mission Impossible film explains how Tom Cruise pulled off the biplane sequence. / The New York Times [$]
Unrelated: Real stories from travelers who’ve been banned for life from different airlines. / The Points Guy
How do millennials experience a midlife crisis? “It’s just really hard to find a feeling of being settled.” / Vox
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