US car repair costs are up over 43% in six years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

The cost of fixing damaged cars has skyrocketed 28% since 2021.

Hooray for ADAS. “My 2013 BMW X5 rear ended a small car and the damage to my car looked minor,” said Tom Walken, a psychologist in Raleigh, N.C. “But the electronics in the front bumper area pushed the repair cost to more than 75% of the car’s value so North Carolina law required that it be totaled.”

This is such a wild situation. Vanguard did some shenanigans in administration of its mutual funds that caused some investors to incur unnecessarily large tax bills. So a class of investors sued. That case reached a proposed settlement of $40 million. (1/?)

https://www.law360.com/securities/articles/2342364

they negotiate a new settlement on top of what Vanguard is paying the SEC.

Which maybe isn't unfair, if you view them as kind of freeriding on the SEC's efforts - it's hard to tell.

But eep. (fin)

Voters backed both Trump and progressive policies like minimum wage hikes and abortion rights. This disconnect is the answer to the "how did this happen" question.

A lot of voters are profoundly ignorant. More so than in the past. I explore why.

https://www.salon.com/2024/11/08/americas-political-discordance-the-want-progressivism/

“More Americans will die from Alzheimer’s this year than will die from breast cancer, prostate cancer, and car accidents combined.”
https://substack.com/@americaninequality/note/c-64139713

@JustAndreas67 Actually I think I drew that line too shallow

@JustAndreas67 how? I freely admit that this is half assed but

Just hit me that Drumpf’s idea of courage was shooting someone on 5th avenue and not naming a son Fidel or Sue

Billionaires who condemned Trump are now flocking to his campaign.

It’s obvious why.

Biden wants a 25% tax on billionaires.

Trump wants to double down on tax cuts for the rich.

All they care about is lining their own pockets no matter the cost to everyone else.

“India has been experiencing a historic heat wave since May, with temperatures in New Delhi crossing 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) on some days.”

https://restofworld.org/2024/india-heat-wave-delivery-workers/

NIH documents show how $1.6 billion long Covid initiative has failed so far to meet its goals https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/31/long-covid-nih-recover-initiative-falls-short-on-causes-treatments/?utm_campaign=rss

“Black adults have the highest rates of obesity, based on body mass index, at nearly 50%. Recent studies, though, found that Black people with diabetes are less likely to be prescribed GLP-1 drugs.”
https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/29/ozempic-wegovy-black-americans-access-body-image/

If you complained about China covering up the start of COVID-19, you should be complaining now about dairy farmers refusing to test for H5N1 flu infection

Cows Have Almost Certainly Infected More Than Two People With Bird Flu https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/05/bird-flu-infections-cows-farmworkers/678463/?utm_source=feed

Incredible article. I had no idea. “Despite having the option to use pseudonyms, every cyclist I interviewed for this piece wanted their names on record, hopeful they could further normalize this conversation.”

The Epidemic Causing Women to Give Up Cycling https://www.bicycling.com/health-nutrition/a60412469/cycling-saddle-pain-women-surgery/

Target takes quilt designs from Black elders, pays them the absolute minimum, strolls off.

They made one-of-a-kind quilts that captured the public’s imagination. Then Target came along https://thegrio.com/2024/05/11/target-quilts-inspired-by-gees-bend-quilters/

“…contains an anecdote in which the late Samuel Beckett mails me his Nobel Prize for Literature medal and insists, in a long and heartfelt letter, that I deserve it more than he does. This anecdote has been adjusted.”

Some Late-Breaking Adjustments to My New Autobiography https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/05/kristi-noem-memoir-kim-jong-un/678313/?utm_source=feed

“When students marched for wheelchair-accessible buildings, we called the cops and threatened to expel them. Today, we brag about our ADA-compliant dorms on every campus tour.” 🔥

A Message from the Chancellor on the Recent Student Protest - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-message-from-the-chancellor-on-the-recent-student-protest

Publisher’s child says there are no weak spots in a restaurant review that mentions nothing vegetarian, vegan, or gluten free.

Yaowarat Brings the Thai-Chinese Flavors of Bangkok to Montavilla https://www.wweek.com/food/2024/04/23/yaowarat-brings-the-thai-chinese-flavors-of-bangkok-to-montavilla/