July 27, 2017

A running tally on how senators have voted so far on this week’s bills to repeal the ACA. / The New York Times

In 1975, Brezhnev made advances toward Ford, promising Russia would do its part to get him elected. / The Atlantic

Interior Secretary threatens Alaska’s senators with vetoing pro-energy policies over their “no” votes on ACA repeal. / Alaska Dispatch News

To curb antibiotic resistance, physicians must phase out directing patients to complete their prescribed course. / The BMJ

“Fiction writers were booked on ‘Good Morning America’ and they had to be rebooked and rebooked and rebooked. Even New York Times bestselling authors with books out in Fall 2016 struggled.” Fiction sales have been down since Trump’s election and the breakneck news cycle that came with it. / The New Republic

Stunning photos of whale sharks in Indonesia, where fishermen view the creatures as harbingers of good luck. / The Atlantic

Roomba may begin selling the maps its robots have been making of your home—there’s gold in that metadata. / BuzzFeed

Tracking a year of Chewbacca Mom: from social media star to political target to country musician to author. / The Ringer

Using CRISPR, Oregon researchers have become the first in the US to edit a human embryo—it worked. / MIT Technology Review

“[Perry’s] sporadic public communications have had in them something of the shell-shocked grandmother trying to preside over a pleasant family Thanksgiving dinner while pretending that her blind-drunk husband isn’t standing naked on the dining-room table waving the carving knife over his head.” An insider’s account of the Trump admin’s takeover—or lack thereof—of the essential and barely understood Dept. of Energy. / Vanity Fair

Unscrupulous Amazon sellers are hawking fake eclipse glasses that don’t meet NASA’s safety requirements. / Quartz