Trump unveils IVF policies, but no new funding or coverage requirements (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/16/trump-unveils-ivf-policies-but-no-new-funding-or-coverage-requirements-00612266
http://www.memeorandum.com/251016/p160#a251016p160
In the USA there's now bipartisan acceptance that "steaks cost almost 17% more than a year ago" ,[1] 60 % of shoppers buy less beef,[2] 37 % consider plant-based substitutes[3] but not clear how many would simply increase e.g. pulses or go fully #vegan. Prices of lentils are down[4] and production of pulses is expected to go up.[5]
[1]
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Caroline Polachek:
🎵 So Cold You’re Hurting My Feelings
#CarolinePolachek
https://pcmusic.bandcamp.com/track/caroline-polachek-so-cold-youre-hurting-my-feelings
New York City housing advocate
Patrick Markee’s new book,
"Placeless: Homelessness in the New Gilded Age,"
looks at homelessness through the lens of housing affordability.
Homelessness, which affects millions across the United States,
“has roots in structural economic changes, right-wing economic policies and systemic racism,”
explains Markee.
“There’s a reason that other advanced capitalist countries in this world … don’t have the levels…
'We have a right to do this': DeSantis wants Florida to move ahead with AI policies (Andrew Atterbury/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/15/we-have-a-right-to-do-this-desantis-wants-florida-to-move-ahead-with-ai-policies-00690680
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p117#a251215p117
"IEA: Fossil-fuel use will peak before 2030 – unless ‘stated policies’ are abandoned"
#FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange
bible_nouns: Bible noun phrases
A network of noun phrases (places and names) in the King James Version of the Bible. Each node is a noun phrase, and an edge exists if the noun phrases co-occur in a Bible verse. Edge weight denotes how often the two words co-occur.
This network has 1773 nodes and 9131 edges.
Tags: Informational, Language, Weighted
I'm looking for the best places in the world to find mud pots. I'm disappointed that no one made a list.
So far, I have:
★ Yellowstone (WY, USA)
★ Lassen Volcanic National Park (northern CA, USA, near Redding)
★ Salton Sea (southern CA, USA, near San Diego)
★ possibly southern Utah? (Roosevelt Hot Springs...?) — unclear if visitable/safe/etc
Fumaroles are a little easier to find:
★ all the locations above, of course
★ Namafjall Geothermal Are…
bible_nouns: Bible noun phrases
A network of noun phrases (places and names) in the King James Version of the Bible. Each node is a noun phrase, and an edge exists if the noun phrases co-occur in a Bible verse. Edge weight denotes how often the two words co-occur.
This network has 1773 nodes and 9131 edges.
Tags: Informational, Language, Weighted