Headlines -- Friday, June 14, 2024

Locator: 47850ARCHIVES.

Gasoline demand:

Second Amendment: US Supreme Court strikes down the Trump "bump stock" ban. Overwhelming majority, 6-3. 

• just think,
• three Trump appointees
• three Bush II appointees
• three Clinton / Obama appointees

No recession: Business Insider, Steve Eisman, "The Big Short."

Covid: a Reuters exclusive -- 

• Philippines
• US DOD psyops
• a little something for everyone
• certainly answers the vaccine's "effectiveness" question

Editor: 

• Judith Jones revolutionized American cookbook publishing, NY Times, June 13, 2024. Link here.
• Earlier review, NY Times, May 24, 2024, updated June 14, 2024. Link here.
• Amazon book: link here.

The big concern for me today: the status of the "sixth extinction." The original post.

• sixth extinction: the frogs
• a google search for news, update suggests it's getting more severe faster than expected
• link here: wow, an exceptionally poor article for Axios.
• generally accepted: 8.7 million species on earth
• current "extinction event": could lose upwards of one million species
• number of frog species: 7,000 and counting
• one of my favorite memories: frog legs in Germany
• time for coffee