Sunday, July 18, 2021

Reading archive 2021-07-18

Great Salt Lake is shrinking fast. Scientists demand action before it becomes a toxic dustbin - "Salt Lake City residents paid one of the lowest water rates of major US cities, according to an analysis by Circle of Blue, a nonprofit advocating for responsible stewardship of water resources. A family of four using a 100 gallons a day paid $32 a month in 2018 -- about half of what New Yorkers paid, a third of what Atlantans paid and a quarter of what San Franciscans shelled out that year. Among the major cities, only Memphis residents paid less."

Fox News’s embarrassing blunder in the White House briefing room

‘A propaganda tool’ for Trump: A second federal judge castigates attorneys who filed a lawsuit challenging the 2020 results - "'A law license does not confer unbounded prerogative to file objectively legally frivolous lawsuits, built on . . . a conspiracy theory derived largely from a pillow salesman, aimed at undermining a legitimate presidential election,' he argued during Friday’s hearing."

Why the CEO of Impossible Foods thinks he can eliminate all animal-based meat in 15 years: Bacon made of fungus, 3-D printed steaks and ‘meat’ made of air — the future for this new food category is promising but turbulent - "Cultivated meat is complete vaporware. Don’t hold your breath. The fact is that the economics of animal cell cultures as a food production system in no conceivable way can compete with the current industry. If you could use cultured cells to make any reasonable replica of an animal tissue, which would you do: Sell it for $5 a pound as meat, or sell it for $1 million a pound to treat people with muscle-wasting diseases?"

Nationals-Padres game suspended after shooting outside Nationals Park

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