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The chief adviser to the Trump administration's accelerated vaccine program says media scrutiny into his pharma stock ownership could delay a vaccine. / BuzzFeed News
How the pandemic defeated America: chronically underfunded public health and an unhealthy population. / The Atlantic
See also: Trump has signed an executive order to help struggling rural healthcare providers. / POLITICO
"I anticipate living with this kind of fear for a very long time to come." How the pandemic is hurting cancer patients. / NPR
The risk for someone in Europe or the US to develop dementia is now 13% lower than it was a decade ago. / The New York Times
"Pretty weird" describes the Massachusetts Markey-Kennedy primary, where both candidates claim progressivity and continuity. / The Intercept
Why Americans believe—incorrectly—that crime is on the rise in the US: local news sensationalism and Trump's rhetoric. / FiveThirtyEight
As in many US cities, racialized real estate laws segregated Minneapolis "not by accident, but by design." / Fast Company
At a Navy Seal event, a "Colin Kaepernick stand-in" was used for a K-9 demonstration, and attacked by military dogs. / BBC
Trump says TikTok will be banned if it doesn't find a US buyer by Sept. 15th, and demands the Treasury receive a cut of the sale. / TechCrunch
French officials want to bring public awareness to the carbon footprint of the digital sector, including streaming. / Sifted
While facts remain behind paywalls, fake news is available to all—and the free market is why. / Current Affairs
Fyre Festival merchandise is now on sale—as part of an online auction by the US Marshals. / Gaston & Sheehan
"Cottagecore under lockdown, then, became a way to spin the terror and drudgery into something adorable." / Vox
Greece has opened its first underwater museum: an ancient ship that sank in the fifth century BC. / euronews
Mathematicians finally understand how stingless bees build their characteristic spiral hives. (It's sort of like mollusk shells!) / Smithsonian
Nicholas Rougeux explains how he restored hundreds of James Sowerby's 19th-century illustrations of minerals. / C82
A collection of interesting, publicly available Google Docs. / Sourceful
Stunning aerial photos of canyons, by Mitch Rouse. / This Isn't Happiness
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