The Weekly Whatever: Quick hits
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Florida attorney who opposed the state’s motorcycle helmet law dies in a motorcycle crash, from head trauma, while not wearing a helmet. Worryingly, a friend comments “He was a guy that you went to for advice”.
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Woman arrested in Arizona for feeding the homeless sues the city.
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An unwanted Kanye West is escorted from Skechers headquarters. An ex-colleague says West has long been an admirer of Hitler.
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Jerry Garcia’s lost pipe is found after 30 years. It still smells of weed.
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Crapto exchange Binance is a major investor in Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. The biggest investor after Musk is a Saudi Arabian prince. As The Verge puts it, “Welcome to hell, Elon”.
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“Effective Altruism” community decides to spend $500,000 on prizes to award to really good blogs about how to spend charity money wisely.
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Street drugs are found to be laced with pharmaceuticals. No, not Fentanyl, antihistamines.
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If we’re going to stay under 1.5C of temperature rise and avoid catastrophic climate tipping points, we need to cut emissions in half by 2030. Not only are we not going to do that, they’re still rising. But hey, Shell just doubled their quarterly profits.