In the U.S., men earn less today than in 1973 (blogs.wsj.com), inflation-adjusted. Politicians, please discuss.
Is it time to nationalize pharmaceutical companies? (mikethemadbiologist.com) Why do we allow these assholes to price-gouge the sick and dying? Why aren't normal profit ratios sufficient? See also http://susiemadrak.com/2015/09/21/nationalize-the-drug-companies/.
Austerity leads to rise in European suicides (sciencedaily.com).
In the 16th Century, There Was no Facebook: There Were Friend Books (mentalfloss.com).
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More Americans have died by gunshot in the last 25 years than have died in all U.S. wars since 1776 (motherjones.com), mostly by suicide, a fact seldom mentioned in articles of this kind.
Naked Capitalism: The Rise and Fall of Online Porn (economist.com). I love this sentence: "There is also much excitement about 'teledildonics': remote-control technologies that allow people thousands of miles apart to control each other’s gadgets." Is it too late to become a teledildonics magnate? I want the business card, at least.
Ever wonder which animals kill the most humans?
— Molly Kelly, MD (@DrMollyKelly) February 18, 2015
Why Is Infant Mortality So High in the U.S.? (nber.org). Poor access to health care. Duh.
Paying CEOs fat bonuses for stock performance doesn't work — Cornell study (finance.yahoo.com).
Dept. Says Cop Followed Procedure When He Mistook a 70-Yo Man’s Stroke for DUI and Beat Him (alternet.org). Of course! What else are you supposed to do?
In the UK, medical practices offered incentives to cut urgent referrals (pulsetoday.co.uk).
A Third of Cactuses Are at Risk of Extinction (businessinsider.com).
Driving Makes Us Dumb, Sick, and Lonely (qz.com).Yeah-duh/sneeze.
Third-quarter investor flight wiped record $10 trillion off global stocks (reuters.com) according to Bank of America ML.
A Tidal Wave 500 Feet High (nature.com). The largest tsunami ever recorded happened 73,000 years ago.
Bitcoin and Beyond (nature.com). What will it take to build a better Bitcoin? Fear not: People are working on it.
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