Long COVID vagal nerve dysfunction: https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2023/07/07/new-insights-into-long-covid-point-to-damage-to-the-vagus-nerve/?sh=7568f4fad550 . Dr. Haseltine is a well-known researcher on a variety of medical diseases, including COVID. This research identifies a link between long COVID and damage to the vagal nerve. Other research also supports this connection: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9147759/ .
Tennessee gender-affirming care ban reinstated: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/08/tennessee-gender-affirming-care-ban-00105308 . This ruling is odd and may be reversed if appealed. Not only does it go against 5 other federal courts on this topic, but its reasoning is weird at best. Since when does the fact that the Constitution is “largely unamendable” give state legislatures the right to avoid it? It’s the supreme law in our system, period.
Inflation fight becomes harder: https://www.wsj.com/articles/last-mile-of-the-inflation-fight-will-be-the-hardest-86bcebb1 . Of course. Inflation, as we know, is sticky. The Journal’s economic reporting continues to disappoint.
NATO Summit July 11-12 in Vilnius, Lithuania: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_212667.htm . WSJ: Negotiations continue on wording of summit actions: https://www.wsj.com/articles/amid-ukraine-war-and-internal-spats-nato-seeks-show-of-unity-cf9a0ad2 .
China’s migrant workers without work: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3226978/chinas-most-desperate-migrant-workers-jostle-temporary-jobs-losing-means-they-sleep-outside-and-stop . So demand for manual labor has fallen. In a manufacturing economy, that could indicate weakness.
Ukraine makes gains around Bakhmut: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/russian-reserves-running-low-ukrainian-133014326.html . Ukraine also admits it blew up bridge from Russia to Crimea: https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-marks-500-days-war-200611747.html .
This week’s record global temperatures: https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/07/world/global-temps-warmest-on-record-climate/index.html . Four days in a row of records should make it obvious that we are on an accelerating upward trajectory that unchecked will kill all advanced life on the planet.
Climate change: The media has no clue: https://www.aol.com/news/earths-very-hot-week-explained-090743019.html . Good grief! So apparently the vast majority of people, including this article’s author, have no clue about basic science. Average global temperature has very little to do with the temperature in a specific locality. Antarctica, every glacier, everything icy now melts at accelerating rates. Just about everyone living near a coastline (a large percentage of the world’s population) will have their lives significantly disrupted by rising sea levels. Are these dots that hard to connect?
Unusual meteor fragments recovered: https://thehill.com/homenews/space/4086728-harvard-physicist-says-meteor-fragments-might-be-pieces-of-technological-gadget-from-outer-space/ .
Latest Webb Telescope news: https://mashable.com/article/james-webb-space-telescope-galaxy-black-hole . Because the Webb Telescope has a larger mirror and sees infrared light, it can see farther and in more detail than the Hubble Telescope.