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Attorneys, advocates, and abortion providers are organizing to protect legal abortion by increasing access to medication and providing legal services for clinicians. / The Washington Post [$]
Trump killed a federal database tracking billion-dollar climate disasters; now, its lead scientist has collaborated with a nonprofit to relaunch the tool. / The Verge, Climate Central
See also: Google Earth adds a chatbot that could assist users in predicting where disaster might strike. / WIRED
The AWS outage, which caused half the web to go dark, shows how dangerously centralized the web is now—and how fringe right-wing groups managed to stay online. / Ars Technica, The Atlantic [$]
“To paraphrase the old Yakov Smirnoff bit, in post-neoliberal America, product buys you.” What was the Cybertruck? / The Nation
Unrelated: Designing software for things that rot—in this case, at-home food fermenting. / Vadim Drobinin
When a child becomes a picky eater, it could be seen as establishing an individual opinion, and no longer accepting what was previously imposed upon them. / Serious Eats
In a new study, anthropologists think Homo sapiens’ ability to resist lead’s harmful effects gave them a survival advantage over Neanderthals and other Homo species. / ABC News
A scientist has built a “camera” that can shoot at two billion frames per second, fast enough to capture light moving. / Engadget
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Dave Ball of Soft Cell—best known for the legendary “Tainted Love”—has died, age 66. / YouTube, The Guardian
For the first time, Jim Henson’s props and puppets, including some from The Dark Crystal, Emmet Otter, and Labyrinth, will be up for auction. / Artnet News, Julien's Auctions
Unrelated: A partially deflated Kermit the Frog balloon—an homage to its infamous collapse at the 1991 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade—dominates Art Basel Paris. / designboom
A day after the Louvre heist, a small museum in northeastern France reported several gold and silver coins were stolen while it was closed. / Hyperallergic
See also: “Your life has to be about more than just your work.” I, a French jewel thief, refuse to rob the Louvre before mid-morning. / McSweeney’s
“The most prescient assessment of what was coming for us all will stand as: ‘Go fuck yourself.’” Bloggers knew what Trump would bring. / Talking Points Memo
Watch: A brief documentary on the history of tarot decks. / Aeon
See also: Alexander Chee on tarot and what reading futures can do to the person with the cards. / The Morning News
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