‘Why would you let your attorney general order dozens of FBI agents to search for your name in the “Epstein files” when … well, you know?…’ –Ben Mathis-Lilley via Slate
‘As Trump allies confide he’s vulnerable over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and has lost control over it, a sharp observer of political media explains the deeper reasons this has gone awry—and how Dems should exploit it.…’ —Greg Sargent via The New Republic
‘As conflicts have increased around the state, so have calls to remove the bears from protection under the Endangered Species Act, including through current legislation in Congress aimed at a population of bears to the south, around Yellowstone National Park.
Removing federal protection would let the state hold a hunting season for grizzlies, which many Montanans see as necessary…
But amid the controversy, dogs are an important strategy in a complicated quest for coexistence, according to a growing number of researchers and farmers. By keeping the bears away from farms, dogs can help prevent conflicts before they start.…’ –Catrin Einhorn via The New York Times
‘What if the “you” you feel so certain about isn’t real in the way you think? Author Annaka Harris argues that the brain’s constant dialogue with the world creates a shifting process, not a fixed identity, and how this discovery changes how we see our choices, our memories, and our place in nature….
The sense that we are a solid entity, an unchanging entity that exists someplace in our body and takes ownership of our body, and even ownership of our brain rather than being identical to our brain, that is where the illusion lies.”…’ — via Big Think
“Senior administration officials” are leaking to the press. The polls on the Epstein saga are terrible. The coverup is unraveling.…’ —William Kristol et al via The Bulwark
‘It raises some obvious concerns about our relationship to privacy in a digital culture where the surveillance of strangers has been normalized and personal information is increasingly accessible. What happens to privacy when everything is available? What happens when exposing others is more and more commonly dressed up as fun?…’ –Kyndall Cunningham via Vox
‘Around 1,100 people have been killed because of plane crashes intentionally caused by pilots since 1982.…’ –Aja Romano via Vox
