Breaking the law, breaking the law
The new FDA panel appointed to review peptides includes multiple panelists who also sell peptides or run clinics that prescribe them. / ABC News
At least four public federal websites deployed under the Trump administration use software to track visitors and evade users’ privacy tools. / The Guardian
“Trump is altering our capital in a more fundamental and threatening way than we’re being told on a daily basis.” America is trapped in the grossest pool party of all time. / The Ringer
When the Trump administration reinstalled the statue of a slaveholder in April, the pedestal alone cost taxpayers $527K. / Mother Jones
After replacing hundreds of workers with AI, then losing billions of dollars to automation issues, Ford is trying to rehire the humans. / The Independent
Battered by swells of solar radiation, the Swift telescope needs a rescue boost to keep from sinking, and Hubble may be next. / The Associated Press
Lack of resilience, soil depletion, chemical pollution, low profits: After a decades-long creep towards crisis, negative consequences of America’s agricultural policy finally outweigh the free-market benefits. / Financial Times
Rockwell Kent’s 20th-century Greenland paintings are essential viewing “as late-arriving testimony against the imperial vanity of the United States and Denmark alike.” / The Nation
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Ignoring court opinions, a Justice Dept. memo could lead to more forced institutionalizations of disabled people. / Mother Jones
On lawbreaking as resistance and how we need to train ourselves not to follow the rules. / A Working Library
New exhibits explore how artists reinterpret maps to account for how migration changes perceptions of geography. / Hyperallergic
“It’s hard to read Kathy’s injury and death as anything other than punishment for the great crime of attempting to exercise autonomy over her own body.” Emily C. Hughes on Roe v. Wade and The Omen. / Defector
Some antiabortion groups are moving to the next stage of their goal of outlawing the procedure: Removing legal immunity to women who end their pregnancies. / The New York Times [$]
See also: The US Constitution isn’t ready for the future of reproductive technology. / The MIT Press Reader
“Tired of Voiding Urine in an Outhouse? We Found the Holy Grail of Chamber Pots.” If Wirecutter recommended products during the Revolutionary War. / McSweeney’s
Examples of stars and stripes in found photos. / Flashbak
A searchable archive of every Walkman Sony ever made, including a special section for the always appealing bright yellow Sports series. / Obsolete Sony