2025-07-02 19:05:17
There are great airports and there are really bad ones. Which one you get depends on your origin and destination. The Washington Post ranked over 450 U.S. airports to find the best, based on reader survey responses and Yelp reviews. Instead of just landing on the most popular airports, the focus is on what travelers value most, such as how easy it is to get to the terminal.
Portland International topped the list. I was just at Long Beach Airport, which was number two, and it’s definitely a different feel from all other airports I’ve been to. It’s an oddly relaxing experience.
WaPo also provides a map tool so that you can search for airports in your area. I actually saw the tool before the article and was so confused why they kept referencing ranks without showing an ordered list.
Tags: airports, ranking, Washington Post
2025-07-02 17:25:42
Jen Christiansen and Meghan Bartels provide a quick reference for Scientific American:
Kennedy’s decision to replace ACIP wholesale and the comments he has made about deviating from standard vaccine policymaking practice suggest that new recommendations won’t be backed by established vaccine science—hence our reproduction of the vaccine recommendations as of the end of 2024.
There are tables for young children, older children, and adults. Green represents a recommendation for everyone. Yellow represents a recommendation for a subset.
It’s annoying that this is necessary, but it is necessary. It seems wise to keep watch on how these reproduced tables compare against shifting CDC recommendations.
Tags: CDC, science, Scientific American, vaccination
2025-07-01 15:55:57
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver digs into AI slop. It’s the fake generated stuff filling our feeds with content, inevitably leading us to question our existence and whether this internet thing was really all worth it.
2025-07-01 02:44:39
Many women lose their period while still of reproductive age. For Reuters, Daisy Chung, Minami Funakoshi, and Julia Wolfe explain why it happens and how some people can recover.
In this situation — known as functional hypothalamic amenorrhea (HA) — the body shuts down the reproductive system to preserve energy for essential functions, such as keeping the heart beating. It’s an evolutionary strategy to prevent pregnancy when the body can’t support it — but the consequences can extend to all aspects of health.
Careful illustrations and a soft water color aesthetic is used to approach the sensitive topic.
2025-07-01 01:28:52
The Washington Post starts with a bar chart to show the major changes from the bill. This provides a wide view, and a sidebar navigation takes you to short explanations of each category.
Tags: bill, taxes, Washington Post
2025-07-01 01:18:03
NYT’s the Upshot has a running list of the items in the bill with how much each will cost or save. The bill would add $3 trillion of debt. Reduced taxes accounts for most of that amount, and Medicaid takes the biggest hit. Items highlighted yellow indicate ongoing discussions.
