Stunning drawings from young Brazilian artist Ritchelly Oliveira. / BOOOOOOOM Tennessee jail toys with eugenics, offering early release to inmates who receive a vasectomy or Nexoplan implant. / BuzzFeed Every time Trump goes to Mar-a-Lago, the no-fly zone disrupts shark researchers who need low-flying planes. / The Washington Post
O.J. Simpson today faces “the parole hearing of the century,” so dubbed by Christopher Darden. / Quartz “In the morning, the police are back again, in force, to retake the territory they were compelled to cede the night before.” Mark Edmundson on the metaphysics of a hangover. “Has anyone ever
To combat an opioid epidemic 150 years ago, US doctors slowed prescriptions of addictive drugs. / Bloomberg “I wake up in cold sweats every so often thinking, what did we bring to the world? Did we really bring a nuclear bomb with information that can–like we see with fake news–
Why Republicans couldn’t repeal and replace: The ACA has proven popular in red states, and not everyone is rich. / The New York Times McConnell wants a repeal-and-delay, which would create chaos—and which the Senate approved and Obama vetoed in 2015. / Vox “The woman’s eye had
Maryam Mirzakhani, the first and only woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal, dies at 40 from breast cancer. / Associated Press Always of interest: Jon Wertheim’s “50 Parting Thoughts,” this time from Wimbledon 2017. / Sports Illustrated “They’re the cutting edge in bodybuilding, putting finishing touches on these bodies
Trump comments multiple times on Macron’s wife’s appearance, continuing his creepy habit. / The Guardian Stuck inside a Texas ATM, a repairman pushed notes out the receipt slot asking for help. / CNN Comparative stats on immigration data from countries around the world finds the US “the world’s most
Remembering Reagan’s DARE, the ineffective, ridicule-inducing anti-drug program that Sessions wants to revive. / The Washington Post FDA to approve the first gene therapy to enter the market—a leukemia treatment that alters patients’ immune systems. / The New York Times Suspicions arise in Pakistani PM’s corruption case
Fashion history of women who broke convention at Wimbledon long before Venus Williams came along. / Messy Nessy Chinese troops sail to Djibouti to establish Beijing’s first foreign military base. / BBC News Why Trump Jr. may have broken the law: “soliciting” a “thing of value” from a foreign national is
Amazon disputes a domestic violence news story that claims Alexa called 911, saying its device can’t do that. / BuzzFeed Based on your age, find out how many solar eclipses you have a shot at seeing in your lifetime. / The Washington Post A close read of Trump Jr.’s words
Tesla’s Model 3 rolls out of production. Meanwhile, sales in Hong Kong plummet to zero when a tax break vanishes. / The Wall Street Journal Based on newly discovered DNA in fossils, Africans walked into Europe 270,000 years ago, much earlier than thought. / The New York Times Inmate escapes
