July 10, 2022
Love Song to Costco
U.S. Election Deniers Are In or Behind Critical Campaigns
In Races to Run Elections, Candidates Are Backed by Key 2020 Deniers -- America First candidates could be competitive in at least four battleground states: Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Michigan. [more inside]
Your Uber is Conniving
Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals [Grauniad] [more inside]
How is bread formed?
Bret Devereaux (previously, many times) goes on a deep dive into how things were made in pre-modern societies, looking at how grain is farmed and eventually turned into bread, with a particular focus on the people and social structures involved. [more inside]
"substantial similarity"
An Artist Sued Maurizio Cattelan for Allegedly Copying His Duct-Taped Banana. A Miami Judge Just Allowed the Case to Proceed - United States District Judge Robert N. Scola, Jr. asked: "Did Joe Morford sufficiently allege that Cattelan’s banana infringes his banana?”
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