Thoroughly enjoyed this Tiny Desk.

[Wet Leg: Tiny Desk Concert : NPR](www.npr.org/2025/07/0…

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s first images are stunning — and just the start

I was reading this article from the New York Times and found this map interesting. The eastern half of Oregon that wants to secede and join Idaho? Over 40% of the population is on Medicaid.

If even half the total claim of 41 aircraft damaged/destroyed is confirmed, it will have a significant impact on the capacity of the Russian Long Range Aviation force to keep up its regular large-scale cruise missile salvos against Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.

Justin Bronk, a senior research fellow for air power and technology at the Royal United Services Institute

Ukraine’s Drone Attack Deep Inside Russia: What to Know - The New York Times

I don’t know why I’m even surprised anymore.

U.S. Will ‘Aggressively’ Revoke Visas of Chinese Students, Rubio Says

Shock at Harvard After Government Says International Students Must Go

Italy Tightens Citizenship Rules Amid Influx of Applications

An article from a few years back that I still think about sometimes as I grind away in the rat race and on the hedonic treadmill:

The activities that make people happiest include sex, exercise and gardening. People get a big happiness boost from being with a romantic partner or friends but not from other people, like colleagues, children or acquaintances. Weather plays only a small role in happiness, except that people get a hearty mood boost on extraordinary days, such as those above 75 degrees and sunny. People are consistently happier when they are out in nature, particularly near a body …

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Trump said he would move student loans “out of the Department of Education immediately” and that Loeffler and her staff are “all set for it. They’re waiting for it. It’ll be serviced much better than it has in the past. It’s been a mess.”

Trump says Education Department will no longer oversee student loans, ‘special needs’

On NYC congestion pricing:

New Yorkers Have Little Data but Big Feelings About Congestion Pricing

Zawojski said he once mistakenly received mail from the Crooks house, but never engaged with the family members directly even as he returned the mail to their porch. “I couldn’t even tell you what they look like,” he said.

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Sadly, this is much of America in the age of streaming services and smart phones. I’ve got a neighbor two doors down that I’ve lived next to for 6 years and have only seen him 2 or 3 times to get his DoorDash from the porch.

New York Times, shilling for the 1%.

The Global Turn Away From Free-Market Policies Worries Economists

Relatable.

On a scale not seen in decades, many Americans are stuck in homes they would rather leave.

TheUpshot, NYtimes

I have a hard time taking companies like The Atlantic seriously in articles like this. I was a long-time subscriber to their magazine, but their entire site went up behind a paywall and subscribers didn’t get digital access. Now its $90/year.

Silicon Valley Ditches News, Shaking an Unstable Industry

"You're living this very bare, stripped down life, and you're with your thoughts, and you're hearing about terrible things and it's really scary," she says,…'why do I live a thousand miles away from my parents? Why have I chosen to work so hard that actually I'm not sure I really like my job; but I know I really love my kids, and I don't really think I want to work this way anymore.'" https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2023/01/31/1152162432/how-the-pandemic-changed-the-rules-of-personal-finance

Why I’ll never move to the country again. “Opinion | Can Anything Be Done to Assuage Rural Rage?” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/opinion/rural-voters-economy.html

Here’s the recipe: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11376-no-knead-bread?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share