Friday Links!
Leading off this week, a stunning number: 1 in 4 NFL players who died from 2016 to 2021 had CTE, study finds.
From D.G.F., an incredible miscarriage of justice: The framing of Chris Duncan.
From Wally, and honestly, it's too ridiculously expensive to indulge much: The U.S. Open is now a food festival with a side of tennis. Jimmy John's is not like this: Thank You for Your Reservation. An excellent article about an overlooked sailor: Race in America: Dorie Miller, American Hero.
From Ken P., and it's ridiculous that this only results in a fine: San Francisco’s Hunters Point cleanup scandal leads to major settlement. This is a positive story about NIL, for once: Marquette freshman volleyball player has hot-selling '6 Beers' jersey. How is this not illegal? Alibaba’s AliExpress caught tracking user audio systems. An interesting strategy: Scientists just unleashed an army of 130,000 baby octopuses to fight off a blue crab invasion. There should be stronger laws about this, too (unfortunately, the same people profiting from this would have to make them): The Bulwark Killed an Investigation into Political Fundraising Spam After Its Publisher Took the Consultants’ Side. This is genuinely insane: Police request public's help to find suspect who picked up $30 off ground in Walmart. This is mind-blowing: The Cop Who Took On Flock: After Noel Pichardo called out his city's embrace of Flock surveillance cameras, he was subjected to five internal affairs investigations in less than two years.
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