Politics
Opinion | Putin’s War in Ukraine Is a Watershed. Time for America to Get Real. - The New York Times
How the United States should deal with Putin.
Alternative Energy
What Should America Do With Its Nuclear Waste? - The Washington Post
Currently there are about 80 locations in 35 states where spent fuel is being stored, with no long-term plans for disposal.
Markets & Economy
America’s Highest Earners And Their Taxes Revealed | ProPublica
Secret IRS files reveal the top US income-earners and how their tax rates vary more than their incomes. Tech titans, hedge fund managers and heirs dominate the list, while the likes of Taylor Swift and LeBron James didn’t even make the top 400.
How a Lone Tenant Is Holding Up a $70 Million Condo Deal - The New York Times
Ahmet Nejat Ozsu has refused to leave his apartment on the Upper West Side, delaying a plan for condominiums. A pandemic remedy for renters could help him prolong the standoff.
NFTs aren't art — they're just the Cult of Crypto's latest scam | Salon.com
Dan Olson of Foldable Human explains how NFTs are a scam to trick you into buying cryptocurrency
169-year-old Steinway & Sons piano maker tunes up for an IPO - Fast Company
The storied brand, which will list shares on the New York Stock Exchange, is betting on a future powered by high-tech pianos and a growing market in China.
Climate Change
A vast California lake is set to run dry. Scientists are scrambling to save its endangered fish
Amid prolonged drought, the once-sprawling Tule Lake in California’s far north is about...
Health/Biotech
For mRNA, Covid Vaccines Are Just the Beginning | WIRED
With clinical vaccine trials for everything from HIV to Zika, messenger RNA could transform medicine—or widen health care inequalities.
McKinsey Opened a Door in Its Firewall Between Pharma Clients and Regulators - The New York Times
The firm let consultants advise both drugmakers and their government overseers, internal records show. “Who we know and what we know” was part of their pitch.
Culture
‘We’re a Cult’: Inside Bitcoin’s Shameless Hypefest
Evangelists—and a couple of guys selling bitcoin panties—flocked to a Miami Beach convention center last week.
In This Time of War, I Propose We Give Up God - The New York Times
Why would we emulate such terrible behavior?