{"id":33523,"date":"2024-09-20T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T16:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/friday-headlines-i-am-an-island#id33246"},"modified":"2024-09-20T16:40:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T16:40:00","slug":"friday-headlines-i-am-an-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/friday-headlines-i-am-an-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday headlines: I am an island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#39;s proposed tax plan is like 2017 but more, and research confirms those gains in fact never trickled down beyond the wealthiest individuals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/trump-tax-plan-wealthy-corporations-oil-billionaires-musk-1235107554\/\">and corporations.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Rolling Stone<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See also: Explainers on how Trump&#39;s tariffs would distribute <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/186165\/trump-tariffs-redistribute-wealth-upward\">wealth upward<\/a> and how his backwards plan to lower grocery costs could end in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2024\/09\/trump-tariffs-grocery-prices\/679942\/\">food scarcity.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The New Republic, The Atlantic<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Political agendas make their way into classrooms as more social studies teachers seek material online, and left-leaning sources outweigh those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/19\/us\/social-studies-curriculum.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ME4.6WB1.basES9OokR2R&amp;smid=url-share\">on the right.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The New York Times [+]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>How red tape and a narrative that long Covid is over have curtailed research of the condition and development of therapies to help those <a href=\"https:\/\/cen.acs.org\/pharmaceuticals\/drug-development\/RD-long-COVID-collapsing\/102\/i30\">who are suffering.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Chemical &amp; Engineering News<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gambling and elections have always gone hand in hand, but there are too many factors at play to assume gamblers are going to be predictors of <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2024\/09\/kalshi-polymarket-cftc-lawsuit-prediction-markets-gambling.html\">real outcomes.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Slate<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See also: The crypto bros who dream of crowdfunding a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cwyl171lyewo\">new country.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ BBC News<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Visualizing why, to write a 100-word email, ChatGPT consumes one bottle of water and enough electricity to power 14 LED light bulbs <a href=\"https:\/\/wapo.st\/3MPjkOt\">for an hour.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Washington Post [+]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>How various industries hijack words to make basic human needs sound <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/my-chefs-kitchen-is-full-of-trash-items-words-language-speech-industry-f684b6f8?st=ZS65Wq&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink\">like amenities.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Wall Street Journal [+]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pickleball courts, ziplines, and dining and among the attractions the eight biggest theater chains in the US and Canada plan to add over the next <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/theater-owners-2-billion-upgrade-moviegoing-pickleball-1236148881\/\">three years.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Variety<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A guide to the streaming site that unearths rare films&mdash;where you&#39;ll find everything from forgotten gems to those best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/rarefilmm-hidden-gem-movies-streaming.html\">left buried.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Vulture<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 1975 owner&#39;s manual for the <a href=\"https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2024\/09\/19\/read-the-1975-owners-manual-for-the-pet-rock.html\">Pet Rock.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Boing Boing<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In all the photos from that trip, I&#39;m staring at my phone. 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