@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-19 08:08:38
Trump’s protectionist trade policies allow China to swoop in
America’s top trading partners are responding to Trump’s belligerent and unpredictable trade policies
— including his announcement Saturday to impose tariffs on eight European allies for opposing U.S. designs on acquiring Greenland
— by trying to take their business elsewhere.
Canada broke with the United States on Friday, slashing its 100% import tax on Chinese electric vehicles
in return for lower …
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-03-19 19:51:05
How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues (Patricia Callahan/ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-vaccine-agenda-childhood-plagues
http://www.memeorandum.com/260319/p92#a260319p92
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2026-03-19 18:57:00
Probing the limits of #habitability - a catalogue of rocky exoplanets in the habitable zone: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/547/3/stag028/8526432?login=false -> The best places to look for alien life: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/best-places-look-alien-life-scientists-identify-45-earth-worlds - scientists identify 45 Earth-like worlds to explore for a 'Project Hail Mary'.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-03-20 18:10:59
Memo: Roblox is planning to take a share of revenue from sponsorships in its games and is overhauling advertising policies beginning May 4 (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-2…
@karlauerbach@sfba.social2026-03-19 22:08:24
I am getting old, but with a bit of effort I can still locate the small circle on my arm where I was jabbed, repeatedly, for smallpox vaccine.
I endured many of the childhood diseases - awful thing - but none worse than getting measles as an adult.
My former wife had Scarlett Fever and her teeth attested to the damage.
These are not diseases to be endured under some "if it doesn't kill you it makes you stronger" nonsense. These are disease to be avoided.
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-20 06:54:33
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Caroline Polachek:
🎵 On The Beach (Timefall Mix)
#CarolinePolachek
https://hilst3.bandcamp.com/track/rmx-caroline-polachek-on-the-beach-from-death-stranding-2-on-the-beach-128-bpm-fm
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-20 22:53:12
Sowing Doubt, Risking Supply:
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is spreading doubts about the safety of vaccines and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market.
History has shown how vaccine-preventable diseases can roar back when trust in shots or access to them have faltered.
As the U.S. pulls international aid, deadly and disabling diseases like diphtheria, rubella and polio continue to harm people overseas and ca…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-20 11:31:33
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Fred again..:
🎵 places to be (CLIPZ remix)
#Fredagain
https://fredagainagain.bandcamp.com/track/places-to-be
https://open.spotify.com/track/561pBFcFL2Pwb9HPO9tU8J
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-19 08:12:32
The biggest risk to Canada comes from its prickly southern neighbor.
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
— a regional trade pact Trump signed in his first term that allows many goods to cross North American borders duty-free
— comes up for renewal this year.
Trump is almost sure to demand changes meant to shift manufacturing to the United States
— and might threaten to pull out of the deal altogether,
especially if he is inclined to punish Carney for…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-19 14:46:33
The Trump administration is deporting a significant number of parents without asking them if they have children
or allowing them to decide whether to bring their children with them,
in apparent violation of its own policies,
a major report has found.
In interviews with dozens of parents deported to Honduras,
as well as physicians and psychologists, government officials and staff at reception centers for deportees,
researchers found that many parents were d…