https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/26/covid-roulette-clean-air-ventilation-long-covid We are all playing Covid roulette. Without clean air, the next infection could permanently disable you George Monbiot As rich people plough money into ventilation to protect themselves, those with long Covid are treated as an embarrassment ‘Three years after the pandemic began, the government still does almost nothing to make schools safe.’ Photograph: Anthony … Continue reading We’re playing COVID roulette by not requiring clean air systems
Elliptical vs treadmills
https://www.insider.com/guides/health/fitness/elliptical-vs-treadmill? Treadmills burn more calories but ellipticals work more muscles — 8 facts to consider for your tailored fitness goals Allison Torres Burtka and Joey Thurman Oct 31, 2022, 3:30 PM When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. Treadmills and ellipticals each offer an effective method for getting cardiovascular exercise. Ellipticals … Continue reading Elliptical vs treadmills
WSJ’s and NYT’s reviews of Apple Music Classical app (and a workaround from Forbes)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-music-classicals-common-sense-streaming-abe14e07? Apple Music Classical’s Common-Sense Streaming The new app, which launched earlier this week, brings a long-needed and intuitive digital approach to the world of classical music. By David Mermelstein March 31, 2023 5:02 pm ET Pity the classical-music fan in the age of streaming, an arts lover forever trying to fit a square peg into … Continue reading WSJ’s and NYT’s reviews of Apple Music Classical app (and a workaround from Forbes)
Where homeless are housed in NYC
http://www.westsiderag.com/2023/03/31/is-the-uws-overburdened-underburdened-or-just-doing-its-fair-share-in-helping-the-homeless Is the UWS Overburdened, Underburdened, or Just Doing Its Fair Share in Helping the Homeless? March 31, 2023 | 5:34 PM Photograph by Carol Tannenhauser. By Bob Tannenhauser When Community Board 7 meets April 4, the full board will continue discussion of the safe haven for the homeless that the city plans to open … Continue reading Where homeless are housed in NYC
How other countries have responded to mass shootings
How countries around the world have responded to mass shootings By Adam Taylor, Amanda Coletta and Jennifer Hassan Updated November 23, 2022 at 3:15 p.m. EST|Published May 16, 2022 at 9:16 a.m. EDT In the space of less than two weeks, the United States has seen shootings that left six dead at a Walmart, five dead at a LGBTQ nightclub and three dead at the … Continue reading How other countries have responded to mass shootings
25 Romance novels for people who don’t like romance novels
bookriot.com/romance-novels-for-people-who-dont-like-romance-novels/ 25 ROMANCE NOVELS FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T LIKE ROMANCE NOVELS JESSICA PRYDE, published on Feb 2, 2023 This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Iadore romance novels. I read them by the boatload and find nothing more satisfying than reaching the end of a … Continue reading 25 Romance novels for people who don’t like romance novels
Changing from gas stoves to induction = measurable change in indoor air pollution
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/31/gas-stoves-replaced-electric-pollution-air-quality-study-bronx These homes replaced their gas stoves – and saw a huge drop in indoor pollution Pilot program in the Bronx, New York, found striking differences in the levels of harmful indoor chemicals after the switch Gas stoves have recently been linked to one-eighth of all US asthma cases. Photograph: Elena Popova/Getty Images by Aliya Uteuova, … Continue reading Changing from gas stoves to induction = measurable change in indoor air pollution
How U.S. health system enriches drug companies more than other countries allow
http://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/business/humira-abbvie-monopoly.html How a Drug Company Made $114 Billion by Gaming the U.S. Patent System AbbVie for years delayed competition for its blockbuster drug Humira, at the expense of patients and taxpayers. The monopoly is about to end. Credit...Nic Antaya for The New York Times By Rebecca Robbins Jan. 28, 2023 In 2016, a blockbuster drug called … Continue reading How U.S. health system enriches drug companies more than other countries allow
Cash-strapped U.S. residents invading retirement savings
ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALEX NABAUM Short on Cash, More Americans Tap 401(k) Savings for Emergencies A rise in hardship withdrawals from retirement accounts is driven by financial strain and looser regulations, plan providers say By Anne Tergesen Feb. 2, 2023 5:30 am ET Squeezed by higher prices and short on cash, more Americans are tapping their 401(k)s … Continue reading Cash-strapped U.S. residents invading retirement savings
How Resy won and Open Table lost
ny.eater.com/2023/2/1/23475584/how-resy-won-reservation-wars-opentable Also check out: ny.eater.com/2023/2/1/23580233/how-to-make-reservations-hot-restaurants-nyc-resy and ny.eater.com/2023/2/1/23512517/resy-restaurant-critic-privacy? How Resy Won The company entered the reservation game as a local competitor to OpenTable. A decade later, it’s shaping how New Yorkers interact with restaurants. by Luke Fortney@lucasfortney Feb 1, 2023, 1:34pm EST Illustration by Tara Jacoby WhenWhen dining at a high-profile restaurant — the kind that garners press, opened in the … Continue reading How Resy won and Open Table lost
Why are we heavily policed? Goes back to slavery
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/20/the-invention-of-the-police The Invention of the Police Why did American policing get so big, so fast? The answer, mainly, is slavery. By Jill Lepore July 13, 2020 The Chinatown Squad, a notoriously harsh police unit in San Francisco, in 1905.Photograph courtesy Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley To police is to maintain law and order, but the … Continue reading Why are we heavily policed? Goes back to slavery
Italy-sized chunk of Gulf of Mexico up for oil drilling auction
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/29/gulf-of-mexico-oil-gas-drilling-joe-biden-auction US puts Italy-sized chunk of Gulf of Mexico up for auction for oil drilling In latest blow to Joe Biden’s reputation as the ‘climate president’, 73.3m acres of the gulf will be offered for fossil fuel extraction Oliver Milman, @olliemilman, published Wed 29 Mar 2023 14.51 EDT An enormous swathe of the Gulf of … Continue reading Italy-sized chunk of Gulf of Mexico up for oil drilling auction
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