Links 7/19/2025 | naked capitalism
Pollinators send out good vibrations — and plants respond sweetly Science News (Dr. Kevin) Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day? BBC
Tentative Deal Reached to End Bay Area Trash Strike, Teamsters Say
Meanwhile, city officials across the Bay Area are urging Republic Services to reach an agreement with union members to end the labor action. Stockton Mayor
Wrestler Marcus “Buff” Bagwell Undergoes Leg Amputation
Marcus “Buff” Bagwell has made a difficult decision on his health. The World Championship Wrestling star revealed that after a “five-year-long journey” of trying to
Coffee Break: Garden of Healing, Good News on PEPFAR, Life in Biotech, and Our American Israel
Part the First: Pharmacopeia. Who doesn’t love a garden? It sometimes seems that all drugs come from plants, initially. My first biology teachers claimed they
‘Good Trouble’ Protest Organizers Condemn Trump’s Cuts to Public Health, Immigration Policies
“What they’re afraid of right now is workers coming together in moments like this, in break rooms, on your neighborhood stoop, just hanging out, talking.
Tristan Rogers, General Hospital Star, Diagnosed With Cancer
General Hospital’s Kirsten Storms Announces Leave of Absence From Show After Nearly 20 Years One General Hospital star has received a new medical diagnosis. Tristan
Why Inflation Sticks Around: The Role of Class Warfare in Price Persistence
Yves here. This post makes an extremely useful observation, even though it is a bit more in economese than is ideal, despite it being aimed
Can Trump Really Reopen Alcatraz? Delegation Heads to Island to Make Case
The 1972 act creating the park requires that the National Park Service and Department of the Interior “shall preserve the recreation area, as far as
Love Island USA’s Nic Vansteenberghe on Wig Rumors
Who Is That Witty Scottish Announcer on Love Island? Iain Stirling pulls a double shift as the narrator of both Love Island UK and Love
Project Nectar: Another Palantir Special
Marlene Dietrich in The Blue Angel — nectar for wealthy bees “Perhaps more than any other nation, the United States hero-worships the men and women