Dry pants eat no fish

The Supreme Court decides to limit the ability of federal judges to pause Trump’s executive orders. / Reuters

It also preserves a part of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurance companies to cover preventive health services like colonoscopies. / Politico 

An explanation of who is Elizabeth MacDonough—“the most powerful woman in Washington”—and what exactly does she do. / Wake Up to Politics

ICE uses a new app that can identify someone based on their fingerprints or face merely by pointing a smartphone at them. / 404 Media

“Temperature, slope, the new accumulation of snow, and the ice whisked away by the evaporative force of the wind. Balance these factors just right and you get a glacier.” Predicting nature through fractals. / Atmos

Jeffrey Goldberg: Humans will need luck to survive this period. / The Atlantic [$]

See also? “How to Turn Your Kid’s Summer Earnings Into $100,000.” / Bloomberg [$]

Anna Wintour steps down from her role as editor-in-chief of Vogue, kinda. / Business of Fashion

Unrelated: Ten men in their seventies attempt to hike the 37-mile Rachel Carson Trail Challenge. / The Wall Street Journal [$]

In the past five years, the number of working children has dropped by 20 million. / Goats and Soda

Rebekah Del Rio, known for her haunting performances of “Llorando” in David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive and “No Stars” in Twin Peaks: The Return, has died at 57. / YouTube, Variety

From last month, a chart of the country’s cheapest 30-minute Uber rides. / NetCredit

More details on this weekend’s Bezos wedding, e.g., the location was changed at the last minute due to protesters. / The Washington Post [$]

Edward Zitron: “The word ‘allegedly’ is powerful, reasonable, and honest, and is an objective way of calling into question a narrative.” / Where’s Your Ed At?

Unrelated: How Field Notes went “from side project to cult notebook.” / Fast Company

A round-up of Bulgarian proverbs, such as “do not lie for lack of news.” / Futility Closet

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