This week on CIB we’re talking about the FBI executing a search warrant in Mar-a-Lago, what a failed attempt to end abortion in Kansas tells us about November, the lack of vaccine-testing on pregnant women, and a whole mess of other topics. We are continuing our experiment of not really doing any editing of the show and just presenting our conversation as it happened, so let us know if you think listenability is suffering as a result. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it on Facebook or Twitter, leave a comment on the show’s page on our website, or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!
Relevant Linkage
Trump statement on FBI “raid” of Mar-a-lago:
NYT breaking updates on FBI search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property
NYT: Olivia Newton-John, Pop Singer and ‘Grease’ Star, Dies at 73: “She amassed No. 1 hits, chart-topping albums and four records that sold more than two million copies each. More than anything else, she was likable, even beloved.”
Don’t be fooled by the sub-headline—they went back and gussied up the original text of the obit. Now she’s not just “likable,” but “beloved.”
NPR: Voters in Kansas decide to keep abortion legal in the state, rejecting an amendment
Stacey Abrams on Meet the Press this past Sunday:
ProPublica: How Misinformation About COVID Vaccines and Pregnancy Took Root Early On and Why It Won’t Go Away
NYT Guest Essay: Exercise Was the Perfect Coping Mechanism, Until It Wasn’t
NYT Guest Essay: We Will All End Up Paying for Someone Else’s Beach House
Our World In Data: Carbon Footprint per Capita in the United States
Bloomberg: Amazon’s Roomba Deal Is Really About Mapping Your Home — In buying iRobot, the e-commerce titan gets a data collection machine that comes with a vacuum.
Amazon’s not at all creepy robot, Astro:
CNET: Amazon Astro Review: It's Cute, But Not Yet Worth It — Amazon's ambitious robot assistant is equal parts fascinating and frustrating.
ESPN: New York Mets closer Edwin Diaz's entrance gets the people going
CNBC: Payrolls increased 528,000 in July, much better than expected in a sign of strength for jobs market
Here is a movie that you should not watch, unless you, like your friends at Cast Iron Brains, enjoy truly terrible movies: