- Listen to this nice explanation of the science of sleep
- Power outages in Houston (and Texas) mean that people will die more often in extreme temperatures when their HVAC shuts off.
- Food shortages will make grocery shopping more expensive and less fun (as I wrote here).
- Slava Ukraini! The Ukranians are not getting the weapons that NATO can offer, so they are using prop-driven training planes to shoot down drones with a shotgun (!)
- I told you so (and I was not alone): Rental housing supply plunges while rents for new contracts soar… as Dutch government rent controls kick in.
- You gotta admit that the photos of “defiant bleeding Trump” are kinda classic, in terms of American memes.
- Dr Ruth and Richard Simmons, two “weirdos” from the 80s, have died. We need more like them.
- Communal tables are a good way to meet (and trust) strangers.
- Listen to this really good history of the Los Angeles “river”
- Also in LA, an experiment in school choice (from among various public schools in the same area) leads to better academic outcomes for students. Who would have thought that competition would deliver value? /s