Issue #12
Health and Wellness
Health
Concern for animal welfare to impact meat substitutes market, worth USD 9.25 billion by 2023
NYC mayor orders mandatory measles vaccinations after Brooklyn outbreak
Why Europeans don’t get huge medical bills - other countries still have health insurers, but they avoid 5-figure medical bills. The answer lies in how the insurers and doctors are regulated
What’s causing an outbreak of a mysterious fungal infection? America’s farms offer a clue. Fungicide use “most likely” played a role in the rise of a deadly drug-resistant germ
Wellness
Plan for 5G cell phone towers raises health concerns in Moraga
The rise of 'presenteeism' in the workplace: A study has found that more than 40% of employees said their work was being affected by health problems - a figure that's risen by a third over the last five years. People are putting aside both mental and physical health problems to attend work.
Mushrooms are “brain food” for seniors: Seniors who consume more than two portions of mushroom a week may have 50% reduced odds of suffering from mild cognitive impairment
Science
The first ever image of a black hole (M87)
Chinese scientists have put human brain genes in monkeys. Raising a number of ethical questions
This robot can sort recycling by giving it a squeeze
Trump administration threatens veto of net neutrality bill | comments
...saying that, millions watch as House votes to restore net neutrality | comments
Amazon and 8 South American countries have been battling over who gets to use the '.amazon' domain for 7 years | comments
Deputies surround burglar in Oregon home, find out suspect is Roomba trapped in bathroom | comments
Merch
Getting creative
Amazing art technique
This is how you time lapse
Getting the right autograph
Check out these driving skills....
...and this creative use of space
Taxes
Congress is about to ban the government from offering free online tax filing. Thank TurboTax.
Filing your taxes in the US is a bewildering, expensive time suck. The house just voted to keep it that way.
Talking of which, it's deadline day for Trump's tax returns...
...and he says he will not release them....
...whereas Bernie Sanders, on the other hand, says he’ll release 10 years of his tax returns by Monday
Dev
JavaScript (ES2015+) enlightenment
Paperclip: free and transparent analytics
An experience using micro frontends
Writing a snake game for the terminal in object-oriented JavaScript (Node.js)
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TV
Already out in the UK, and according to my sister, it's excellent - Fleabag Season 2. You can view the official trailer on Prime Video
The reality behind the ‘record-low ratings’ for ‘The Walking Dead’
Gordon Ramsay having a fantastic chat with Ricky Gervais
Disney+ to launch in November, priced at $6.99 monthly
‘The Simpsons’ to stream exclusively on Disney+ | All episodes available at launch
