TIL people who work at U.S. nuclear power plants are exposed to less radiation than what is given off by the granite walls inside the U.S. Capitol Building (www.pbs.org)
The body of a 150 million-year-old sea monster is hidden under a British cliff, says a scientist. Time is running out to find it. (www.businessinsider.com)
California clean energy industry rocked with widespread jobs losses, bankruptcies, following state’s dismantling of rooftop solar program (www.ewg.org)
Google’s Android app store monopoly violates antitrust law, jury finds | Epic Games scores major court win; judge will decide remedies next month (arstechnica.com)
Tesla could still sue Cybertruck owners if they flip their vehicles too soon / The automaker has reportedly added back the controversial clause against resellers (www.engadget.com)
Tesla again threatens to sue Cybertruck buyers who try to resell the cars | Clause deleted from public version of terms is in the contract sent to buyers. (arstechnica.com)
I really can't get my head around Berkeleyen idealism, could somebody help me understand how we can have the same experience of something without there being a unique thing to prompt my experience? (www.reddit.com)
Among opponents of just war theory, do any accept jus as bellum (there are just causes) but reject jus in bello (but real wars can never be waged justly)? (www.reddit.com)
I'm Dr. Jim Ambuske, creator of the podcast Worlds Turned Upside Down, and a historian of the American Revolution. AMA about the coming of the American Revolution! (www.reddit.com)
Suze Orman Decided To Drop Homeowners Insurance After An Outrageous Quote: '$28,000 For A 2,100-Square-Foot Condo. Are You Kidding Me?' (finance.yahoo.com)
Billionaire Investor David Tepper Has 32% of His Portfolio Invested in These 3 Incredible Artificial Intelligence (AI) Growth Stocks (finance.yahoo.com)
Biden-Harris administration finalizes rule to increase compensation thresholds for overtime eligibility, expanding protections for millions of workers (www.dol.gov)
To what end do feminists believe abortion-criminalizing voters want to "control women" and why do they often conflate questioning this narrative with condoning their policy? (www.reddit.com)
Kate Cox’s quote of how she “never thought she’d be in this situation” made me think of women who become pro-choice only when they themselves need an an abortion. (www.reddit.com)
CEO of IBM and Chairman of Red Hat telling how they force executives to meet racial quotas in hiring. "if you lose, you lose part of your bonus.” "I could name multiple leaders ... that were held accountable to the point they are no longer with Red Hat". (twitter.com)
Padma Lakshmi Walks Into a Bar - Since leaving “Top Chef,” Lakshmi has found herself in a period of professional uncertainty. What better time to try standup comedy? (www.newyorker.com)
“Civil War” Is a Tale of Bad News - Alex Garland’s grim political fantasy about secession and violence revolves around a war photographer but has little to say about the making and consumption of news images. (www.newyorker.com)
American Confinement in “We Grown Now” and “Stress Positions” - A crisis turns home into a place of constraint in two new independent features. (www.newyorker.com)
Daily Cartoon: Monday, April 22nd - “I’m denying your motion to delay because it’s Passover and Earth Day and your client doesn’t like Mondays.” (www.newyorker.com)
Jonathan Haidt on “The Anxious Generation” - The evidence implicating social-media apps, the social psychologist says, is not another moral panic over technology. “Actually, this time is different,” he insists. “Here’s why.” (www.newyorker.com)
Why You Can’t Get a Restaurant Reservation - How bots, mercenaries, and table scalpers have turned the restaurant reservation system inside out. (www.newyorker.com)
A Tamarind Tree’s Sweet and Sour Inheritance - My ancestor was gifted a huge orchard just outside Delhi. The fruits it produced were the taste of my childhood. (www.newyorker.com)
When Babies Rule the Dinner Table - In the past two decades, American parents have started to ditch the purées and give babies more choice—and more power—at mealtime. (www.newyorker.com)
Restaurant Review: The Return, Again, of the Power Lunch - Four Twenty Five, a luxe new dining room from the mega-restaurateur Jean-Georges Vongerichten, takes square aim at the expense-account crowd. (www.newyorker.com)
The Morality Play Inside Trump’s Courtroom - “This idea of the old ‘Teflon Don’ is just finished,” Evan Osnos says. “The guy is now a creature of the court.” (www.newyorker.com)
The “Epic Row” Over a New Epoch - Scientists, journalists, and artists often say that we live in the Anthropocene, a new age in which humans shape the Earth. Why do some leading geologists reject the term? (www.newyorker.com)
Who’s Afraid of Judging Donald Trump? Lots of People - At the ex-President’s criminal trial, where Trump has been reprimanded for intimidating a potential juror, and a man self-immolated outside, it has been challenging to find twelve people willing to sit in the jury box. (www.newyorker.com)
Jonathan Haidt Wants You to Take Away Your Kid’s Phone - The social psychologist discusses the “great rewiring” of children’s brains, why social-media companies are to blame, and how to reverse course. (www.newyorker.com)
In Justine Kurland’s Photographs, a Mother and Son Hit the Road - Some of the portraits in “This Train” have an Edenic quality to them, as if Kurland is asking: What if my kid and I were the only two people in the world? (www.newyorker.com)
The War Games of Israel and Iran - While Netanyahu and the Islamic Republic exchange ballistic “messages,” the question of Palestine demands the moral and strategic courage of actual statesmen. (www.newyorker.com)
Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department,” Reviewed - “The Tortured Poets Department” has moments of tenderness. But it suffers from being too long and too familiar. (www.newyorker.com)
Jonathan Haidt on the Plague of Anxiety Affecting Young People—Plus, Judi Dench - It’s not another moral panic, the social psychologist says: the evidence clearly implicates social-media apps for a decline in mental health. Plus, Judi Dench on a life in Shakespeare. (www.newyorker.com)
East Palestine, After the Crash - More than a year after a train derailment and chemical fire in Ohio that made international news, residents contend with lingering sickness, uncertainty, and, for some, a desire to just move on. (www.newyorker.com)
When a Pro-Free-Speech Dean Shuts Down a Student Protest - An online argument erupted after a video of a law professor grabbing a microphone from a student went viral. But the debate has obscured some fairly basic truths. (www.newyorker.com)
To the newcomers: ”Bitcoin crash”, ”Bitcoin plunge”, ”Bitcoin collapse”, ”Bitcoin fall”, ”Bitcoin nosedive” in media titles are far from the real meaning. Usually they mean to signal small/temporary dips (www.reddit.com)