C’est lol

“On Thursday evening, Taylor Farms executives met with the White House and Food and Drug Administration to try to distance the company from the outbreak and air concerns about the official investigations into the outbreak.”

sending this to like a quarter of my friend circle

“At this time, Taylor Fresh Foods has not publicly provided distribution information or a list of customers who received the product that was voluntarily removed from the market,” said the FDA. The fact that they have a choice in this is a problem. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/h...

France players sitting pretty with their big Kalshi bets on England

The way this recall has been handled so far is absolutely bizarre. Instead of listing brand names, Taylor Farm used internal abbreviations for all the products impacted I was able to get Walmart and Sysco to confirm their products were impacted, but the lack of details is a nightmare for consumers

NEW: Taylor Farms said the lettuce associated with cyclospora & explosive diarrhea went to 27 states, but did not name the companies. It doesn't have to, said Sandra Eskin: “Without this essential information, a recall is not going to be effective.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/h...

one of my favorite Greek history nerd things is pointing out to guys like this that Sparta actually sucked and wasn’t even all that good at war

Listen, I love a cheesy gordita crunch as much as anyone and I agree Taylor Farms seems to be the real villain here and “lol Taco Bell diarrhea” is a lazy trope. But also the Taco Bell hagiography I’m reading on here is kinda weird.

Every time someone calls Hegseth's testosterone program or Elon's hair plugs "gender affirming care," I wince. Speaking only for myself, and I know the jokes are well-intentioned: I wish we'd retire this one. New from me on why. www.readtpa.com/p/theres-no-...

RETVRN

the iMac G3 remains Peak Computer Design to this day

The US is also on fire, for the same reasons

NEW: The Trump Administration said it plans to temporarily ban 7-OH, a potent component of kratom. The move delivers a win for market rivals who ran an influence campaign that included Secretaries Kennedy and Markwayne Mullin. w/ @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

I found this air-pollution data-point from Lauri fascinating and an indication that structural shifts in China are contributing significantly as well. bsky.app/profile/laur...

This is gamer girl bathwater for techbros

we’re going to be seeing a lot of posts like these because the government isn’t publishing the names of sellers. it will very likely result in even more economic damage to the companies they are trying to protect AND to ones that don’t even use the products.

The betting site Kalshi emerged as a dominant sports betting platform during the World Cup. But the company avoids billions of dollars in taxes by insisting it is not a sports gambling operator.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two US service members killed in Jordan by Iranian attacks, US military says.

The Secret Service has blocked the BBC from serving Donald Trump Jr. with a subpoena seeking his Jan. 6 communications, according to a court filing Friday. www.rawstory.com/trump-jr-sec...

Moria was actually doing just fine but then they gave control of the mining machinery to an agent that got caught in a loop and delved reaaaaaal fuckin' deep

this is insane. I ran my best mile this week at 6:30 and this dude cut 3 minutes off that

Excellent investigative reporting by the NYT into why so many ICE cases against protestors fall apart. "federal law enforcement has engaged in extensive misconduct — ranging from attacking protesters to destroying evidence and misrepresenting facts in court." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/u...

Pitting public vs private is often a silly distinction. Civilization isn’t the government, it isn’t private businesses, it isn’t individuals. Civilization is all of us.

The entire region is *extremely* dependent on desalinated sea water to survive. The situation could turn apocalyptic very quickly if a water war breaks out: “The most significant damage from Iranian strikes on Saturday occurred in Kuwait, where a water desalination plant & an oil facility were hit”

seems like the thing that happens online is that whatever pisses you off becomes extremely easy both to personally find information about and also to discuss with people for whom that thing is also salient. outside is...not like this

I used to think ”spending on AI infrastructure could be the fuse that ignites the bomb that is the massive global debt bubble“ was paranoid fantasy, on the grounds that Big Tech was paying for it all out of cash on hand, but no, pretty clear that’s where we are www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/b...

OpenAI (unprofitable) is burning investor cash to prop up Oracle (down 35% with debt at nearly “junk” status) while Anthropic (profitable but possibly because of sweetheart deals on compute) is doing the same for SpaceX (no earnings, PE ratio ♾️) — have I got all this right?

An update on the OMB comments story. A few days ago I became aware of a bizarre issue with the OMB website that throws serious doubt on the overall reported number of comments received. Our analysis focused on posted comments only and none of that is affected. But this is really weird:

Sign of the times that I simply assumed the perps would be federal law enforcement.

FASCINATING (😏) that the media seems more invested in mentioning Taco Bell by name…instead of Taylor Farms, a repeat offender who choices have already killed/harmed so many. How many more will suffer because folks love judging/ignoring lower-income people?

Taylor Farms, one of the nation's largest producers of leafy greens and fresh vegetables, announces it'll remove its products at the center of a cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened 1,600+ people. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/bu...

Again, weird way to cover this. Every public company files an annual 10k with the SEC that includes a disclosure of known risk factors to investors, and common types of food-borne illness would be included for *any* food service company. Like they’d legally have to include them.

ICE contractor apparently got mad at protestor outside ICE facility he worked at and opened fire with personal firearm. Arrested, facing charges of assault and attempted murder. www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...

A NWS meteorologist said the wildfires would likely continue to burn until the first snow falls in Minnesota.

Oh come on. Dude financed a series of lawsuits designed to literally bankrupt and shut down critical media sites.

Allegiant is cutting hundreds of its popular Sun Country Airlines flights at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) in September, as it says it’s dealing with a pilot staffing problem.

New from 404 Media: ICE plans to pay Thomson Reuters $125 million for data to investigate what it calls 'voters fraud'. News comes day after Trump laying the groundwork to undermine the midterms. ICE says Thomson Reuters can continuously track millions of people. www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-t...

Lettuce at Taco Bell in five states confirmed as a source of diarrhea-causing parasite — via @apnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/07/17/c...

You know, I have to say this article disappoints because this is something I’ve actually been curious about but the article only has one graphic designer (unrelated to the decision!) speculating about purple. The rest of the article is about people arguing which category should be red.

So that’s TWO ex-wives, two daughters and an immediately family member that he physically abused and/or threatened. Just an insane story

Is this good? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

‘When we overlay the average spread for double-B US dollar corporate bonds across different maturities, it looks a lot like the type of risk that the market has assigned to both SpaceX and Oracle bonds is junk risk.‘ www.ft.com/content/3a02...

What a graphic. @cnn.com #$NVDA #$TSLA #$AEO

This is big. The first vaccine tested to PREVENT pancreatic cancer in high-risk individuals aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov...

"This speech will be made. It will be news. It is job to cover the news."-- Tony D of CBS, offering covering for airing this midterm elections propaganda address. BTW: CBS did not carry Joe Biden's speech about defending democracy. It was also news.

Just heard on tv that our elections are totally corrupt and unreliable. We have no choice but to start over and elect a new president