I know, I know, I’m two weeks behind on my post on undocumented people in the US. It turns out starting a new job1 and also moving countries (again) and also moving house (again) is a lot; who knew?
I don’t really know how to talk about the pause in foreign aid, still; people will die. People will die, and soon; the waiver process doesn’t appear to be working very well and I don’t know, I think it’s bad to let kids die when a few dollars can save them.
Two of my friends have excellent essays out in Asimov:
Larissa Schiavo on indoor air quality and how the past was not better, but the future can be
Delays of >30 days in funding make scientists 40% more likely to leave the US. (This paper is by Friends of The Blog - or at least, friends of the blog writer - Bitsy Perlman and Wei Yang Tham.)
The NIH used to fund mostly basic research. Now it funds mostly applied research. (When it funds things…)
Extending the school day in Mexico led to more divorces - because women got jobs and were financially able to leave.
Media reports on “office-involved shootings” are more likely to use passive voice and other obfuscatory language than other reports of shootings. Yes, we all knew this, but it’s good to have the data.
Also not surprising but good to document: the longer it takes a patient to get a mental health appointment, the more likely they are to die in the next year.
The FDA has authorized a new non-opioid painkiller. More data needed, but this seems good; pain really is both difficult to treat and difficult to live with.
People are willing to take a 25% pay cut for a fully remote role.
A US court has ruled that elephants can’t sue to leave a zoo.
Blog post on this eventually forthcoming.