We've Been Measuring the Economy All Wrong. Current models assume a competitive economy but ours is more monopolistic, meaning tax cuts don't result in companies investing those savings in R&D and hiring; they just give it to shareholders instead.
Ed Yong is back from his sabbatical with a piece on how prevalent but invisibile Long Covid is in America. "Long COVID is a mirror on our society, and the image it reflects is deeply unflattering."
Almost 75% of all films from the golden age of silent films (1912-1929) have been lost. "The main reason so many silent films were lost, however, is that almost no one thought they were worth saving." (via news.ycombinator.com)
I love this: a 48-yo woman from Ohio who plays a lot of Candy Crush accidentally entered a $250,000 tournament and is now in the semifinals. "It was like: 'You qualify.' And I'm like, 'Well, that's nice'. I didn't even know I was playing." (via @waxy)
Volcanic microbe eats CO2 'astonishingly quickly', say scientists. "Discovery of carbon-capturing organism in hot springs could lead to efficient way of absorbing climate-heating gas."
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