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Lovelies! It’s Monday, it’s warming up, and I reorganized my living room this and feel like a brand new human. I highlight this moment of triumph, in addition to an active and social weekend, as it was a rough week last week: you see, I’ve discovered that one of my super fun symptoms of long COVID is the fact that things that lead to inflammation or any kind of histamine response—say, all of the flowers in SF celebrating the arrival of spring by dumping their pockets all over this town—is more difficult to manage, and the effects lasts longer. As such, I’ve spent the last couple of weeks battling headaches and the need to nap in the middle of the day. I write this not for pity, but to highlight just how pernicious these symptoms can be. So may we grant our friends, families, loved ones, and colleagues grace as we enter this new phase of our international health crisis (did you know that around 65 million people have long COVID with 79 percent of them reporting limitations on their day-to-day lives? Think about the macro impacts of those emotional and financial costs!)
ANYHOO, what a bummer to start on, let’s go read some other bummer stuff, shall we?
TO THE INTERNET!
If you read one thing today, let it be Erin Griffith’s overview of how former Silicon Valley darlings are in their “find out”* phase: The End of Faking It in Silicon Valley (The New York Times)
Because of the tantrums the world’s smallest man is throwing at the Bird app, public service accounts like tsunami watches, earthquake alerts and bunny picture curators can no longer post: Elon Musk just shut down automation for important public safety accounts (Mashable)
Hey, you know that judge in Texas who decided he knows more than peer reviewed studies and the medical establishment in revoking the FDA approval of mifepristone? Turns out he took his name off a law review paper that very plainly stated his opposition to “Obama-era protections for transgender people and those seeking abortions” and never included it in the packet created for the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearings. SO THAT’S COOL: ‘The controversial article Matthew Kacsmaryk did not disclose to the Senate’ (The Washington Post)
Speaking of The Washington Post, this graphic they created detailing the “five families” of the GOP majority in the House is absolutely fascinating: ‘Meet ‘the five families’ that wield power in McCarthy’s House majority’(WaPo)
And finally, DAMMIT NATURE, CAN’T YOU GIVE US A YEAR OF PEACE!??! ‘The potentially deadly Candida auris fungus is spreading quickly in the U.S.’ (NPR) I may have shared this already, but worth yelling about again imho.
You’re swell! Drink some water, get outside, and be kind to each other, won’t you?
xoxo Amy
* as in ‘eff around and…’
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