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Covid is the only virus that has an adequate availability of tests—other infectious diseases remain dangerously lacking in diagnostics.<\/a> \/ Financial Times<\/span><\/p>\n

In the first year after the end of affirmative action, colleges' diversity numbers are already dwindling, and many are looking at ways to reverse the trend.<\/a> \/ Inside Higher Ed <\/span><\/p>\n

Anti-abortionists are using states' single-subject requirements for initiatives to keep abortion rights—which address two subjects, the fetus and the mother—off ballots.<\/a> \/ Slate<\/span><\/p>\n

“Like trends in fashion, the dominant style of social media oscillates between aestheticized perfection and aestheticized mess.” The desperation of the Instagram photo dump.<\/a> \/ The New Yorker<\/span><\/p>\n

In South Korea, sales of strollers for dogs outpace those for human babies.<\/a> \/ The Wall Street Journal [+]<\/span><\/p>\n

When it comes to grocery chains, Texans' fervor for San Antonio-based H-E-B is so intense that once stores move into a region, national competitors can't keep up.<\/a> \/ Sherwood<\/span><\/p>\n

See also: In Marathon, Texas (pop. 410), a local grocery store helped bring a community together—before disagreements and legal battles tore it apart.<\/a> \/ Texas Monthly<\/span><\/p>\n

In Victorian Britain, temperance advocates published “drink maps” of various cities in attempts to convince authorities there were too many places to buy alcohol.<\/a> \/ Atlas Obscura<\/span><\/p>\n

Americans can now drive to France—via a ferry that connects Newfoundland to Saint Pierre and Miquelon, the last French territory in North America.<\/a> \/ Thrillist<\/span><\/p>\n

A search for the photographer whose everyday images of occupied Paris delighted in trolling Nazis.<\/a> \/ Le Monde<\/span><\/p>\n

“The attempt to hide ambition with a sunset on a mountainside may be the internet's greatest trick.” Gonzales regrets how the neoclassical genre he popularized became the algorithm's favorite.<\/a> \/ The Quietus<\/span><\/p>\n

AI chatbots are proving remarkably effective in persuading conspiracy theorists to doubt their beliefs, by tailoring counter-arguments to the individual.<\/a> \/ Ars Technica<\/span><\/p>\n

See also: At least for now, the next generation of Wikipedia editors is keenly aware of the existential threat AI's errors pose for the site.<\/a> \/ The Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n

xAI's supercomputer caught Memphis by surprise, skirting regulations in favor of becoming operational as fast as possible—even the city council was kept in the dark.<\/a> \/ NPR<\/span><\/p>\n

A startup wants to create the first space-based cellular broadband network, and is launching massive, sky-obscuring satellites to do it.<\/a> \/ Gizmodo<\/span><\/p>\n

“Have you ever been drifting off to sleep, only to be jerked awake by the sound of a bomb going off inside your head?” On exploding head syndrome.<\/a> \/ The Conversation<\/span><\/p>\n

Zone out to a mountain biker doing flips on a moving train.<\/a> \/ Instagram<\/span><\/p>\n

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Covid is the only virus that has an adequate availability of tests—other infectious diseases remain dangerously lacking in diagnostics. \/ Financial Times<\/p>\n

In the first year after the end of affirmative action, colleges' diversit…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33513"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33514,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33513\/revisions\/33514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}