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California Passes Ban on . . . Hotel Shampoo Bottles

The latest from California: Those small shampoo and conditioner bottles, popular with travelers but unpopular with anti-plastics advocates, would be banned in California hotels under a bill that cleared the state Assembly on Wednesday. I’m not sure why I hate performative crap like this so much, but I do. Hotel shampoo bottles probably make up […]

Emails Reveal Citizenship Question Was Designed to Increase Republican Gerrymandering

Who came up with the bright idea to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, anyway? It turns out the answer is Thomas Hofeller, the “Michelangelo of gerrymandering,” who died last year. His daughter discovered the origin of the citizenship question in emails on his hard drive: Files on those drives showed that he […]

Sunshine may decrease risk of inflammatory bowel disease

Children who spend half an hour a day outside in the sun reduce their risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Revealed: women's fertility app is funded by anti-abortion campaigners

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/30/revealed-womens-fertility-app-is-funded-by-anti-abortion-campaigners

#earth #home #politics #fail

What is metadata and why should you care?

https://surfshark.com/blog/what-is-metadata-and-why-you-should-start-caring-about-it

More Money, More Problematic

Trump’s treasury says no to Harriet Tubman on the $20.

A Whole New World

Petty commoners, can’t you tell these children are starving? Thank god for Jasmine.

America’s Shadow War

We don’t hear much about Trump’s drone strikes. But in his first two years as President, he’s launched more than Obama.

Sensor calibration settings can be used by apps/sites to fingerprint iOS and Android phones.

We added a "Lockdown Mode" for the Librem 5 which allows you to defend against this.

Librem 5 Lockdown Mode: https://puri.sm/posts/lockdown-mode-on-the-librem-5-beyond-hardware-kill-switches/

Sensor Calibration Attack: https://www.zdnet.com/article/android-and-ios-devices-impacted-by-new-sensor-calibration-attack/

Apple promises privacy, but iPhone apps share your data with trackers, ad companies and research firms - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/05/28/its-middle-night-do-you-know-who-your-iphone-is-talking/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e6c0feb340e3 #privacy

Clean air taxis cut pollution in New York City

New York City Clean Air Taxi rules are successful in cutting emissions and reducing air pollution, according to a new study. Between 2009 and 2015, the legislation more than doubled the fuel efficiency of the fleet of 13,500 yellow taxis, leading to estimated declines in air pollution emissions.

How microbiome is disrupted during IBD: Human Microbiome Project

A new study is the first to have observed the complex set of chemical and molecular events that disrupt the microbiome and trigger immune responses during flare-ups of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

Chemical blends as possible alternative refrigerants identified

More than a dozen chemical blends could serve as alternative refrigerants that won't heat the atmosphere as much as today's refrigerants do, or catch fire, according to a new computational study.

Public opinion study in Europe shows drop in anti-immigration sentiment, among other changes | MIT News https://prismo.xyz/posts/3ab7e14f-c6fe-4e46-92bc-e9644675f2c3

Fossil zooplankton indicate that marine ecosystems have entered the Anthropocene

New research shows that the associations of marine plankton in the present are markedly different from those of pre-industrial times.

Trump’s Trade War with China Benefits Big Corporations—Not Ordinary Workers

Some events give extraordinary insights into the biases of the economics profession. The trade war with China clearly fit the bill.

10 Stats That Disprove Trump’s Claim We’re Enjoying the “Best Economy & Jobs EVER”

Last week, the Congressional Research Service (CRS), a nonpartisan branch of the Library of Congress, delivered its preliminary report on the far-reaching tax plan signed by President Donald Trump in December 2017. And despite Trump's frequent suggestions that his tax plan has led to the “Best Economy & Jobs EVER,” the CRS analysis indicates that the law has had limited overall impact—and delivered its benefits almost entirely to corporations and the rich. These findings are yet another example of how Trump’s bold economic claims belie the myriad challenges facing Americans. This month, In These Times collected 10 statistics that present a sobering vantage on American wealth since the Great Recession, revealing a nation defined by worsening inequality, stagnating wages and uneven economic development rather than universal prosperity. 

18.82% - Increase in gross domestic product (GDP) between 2007 and 2018
43.16% - Increase in corporate profits after taxes from 2007 to 2018, adjusted for inflation
65.97% - Increase in ratio of CEO-to-worker compensation from 2007 to 2017, adjusted for inflation
29.2% - Increase in productivity from 2007 to 2017
2.93% - Decline in how much of GDP workers took home between 2007 and 2017 
13.3% - Hourly pay increase from 2007 to 2017
$28 - Bonus from the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act for each American worker, according to recent analysis by the CRS
53% - Taxpayers who will pay more in taxes by 2027, due to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
3.1% - Decrease in civilian labor participation between 2007 and 2018 
43% - College graduates who reported being underemployed in their first job, as of 2018 
76% - Counties in the United States that had fewer small businesses in 2016 than they did in 2007

Man Not Charged in Stabbing of Person Removing Nazi Stickers - It's Going Down - https://itsgoingdown.org/denver-man-not-charged-after-stabbing/