From the BBC:

Texas ice cream licker jailed for social media joke

I have noticed that no matter how good a restaurant or business is someone on-line will bash it with a one star review.  An artist has taken one star reviews from various National Parks and made them into posters.

Subpar Parks

From Salon, but original reporting is from The Guardian (UK).  The real question is why are there any pollling places closing in a growing state.

“Voter suppression, plain and simple”: Texas closed hundreds of polling sites in black, Latino areas

Counties with largest minority population growth saw 2.5M new residents and 542 closures. Whiter areas had just 34

I sometimes get links to Stratechery postings in my daily Ritholtz’s Reads email.  They are very business oriented and usually just a bit over my head.  But I find with a little work, I usually learn something important my reading them.  This one is about the cheap upstart razor blade companies on the internet and how they tried to take on the establishment.

Email Addresses and Razor Blades

From the BBC:

Coronavirus: Nasa images show China pollution clear amid slowdown

From the Collaborative Fund Blog:

100 Little Ideas

Had a little scotch by the fire last night. Beautiful day here in Austin.  Took the train downtown, walked around the lake and had some lunch at Ranch 616.

From Bloomberg:

From The New Orleans Times-Picayune / NOLA.com.  interesting bit is that the work comes from a religious group, the United Church of Christ Breath to the People project.

Louisiana, in spite of historically producing something around half of of the oil and gas in the US (if you include federalized offshore wells), and in spite of being a major hub of the petrochemical industry, Louisiana, particularly south Louisiana continues to be polluted and impoverished.  I tell people Louisiana isn’t a state, it’s a colony.

Report: These 4 south Louisiana chemical plants are top-10 ‘super polluters’ in the U.S.

From cargo.com

From the BBC:

BBC News – Coronavirus: Should Americans be worried?

The president’s political rivals have also renewed criticisms over his 2018 decision to dismantle the National Security Council global health unit. The CDC’s global health division also saw drastic cuts that year.

What are the main concerns?

High medical costs make the virus particularly problematic – many Americans avoid doctor’s visits because of unaffordable charges.

Last month, a Florida man with symptoms had a coronavirus test and was handed a $3,270 bill from his insurance company.

Taking sick leave is another concern. Not all employers offer paid leave and workplace culture often pushes employees to go to work ill.