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The Independent Variable
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š· The Michelin Guide is coming for wine. Hereās what it means
wineAlthough Michelin has positioned its inspectorsā anonymity as a key component of its process in evaluating restaurants and hotels, the wine inspectorsā visits will not be anonymous.
I find the Michelin Guide to be absolutely fascinatingāand their move into wine isnāt surprising. Itāll be interesting to see how their approach actually works in implementation and how it affects the Napa Valley, when they inevitably make their way out here.
ā½ļø America is now the biggest market for international football
sportsFootball still struggles in America, though. MLS remains a dull watch, despite its sprinkling of foreign mega-stars such as Lionel Messi, who plays for Inter Miami.
Not surprising that a country with one of the highest populations is now the biggest market for the worldās most popular sport. Nor is it surprisingly that MLS is still an awful watch. The only way that ever changes is if they start paying Saudi type money to get players in their prime in an attempt to make MLS a real competitor to the Premier League and La Liga.
š¬ The Undermining of the C.D.C.
politicsSince Trump returned to office his Administration has fired or muzzled government scientists with disfavored views on nutrition and climate change; cancelled funding for long-running surveys on food insecurity and global health; dismissed independent committees focussed on air pollution, health-care disparities, and hospital infections; and pulled support for research into vaccines.
The list of things that has devastating real world impact on millions of real Americans goes on and on and on and on. And for what?
š„ A Battle with My Blood
healthMaybe my brain is replaying my life now because I have a terminal diagnosis, and all these memories will be lost. Maybe itās because I donāt have much time to make new ones, and some part of me is sifting through the sands.
A pretty devastating personal reflection on leukemia from Tatiana Schlossbergāand how her cousin, RFK Jr. is decimating the healthcare system and pulling funding for research into many of the drugs she has or couldāve used during her fight with cancer.
š Trump says he will pardon ex-Honduras president convicted of drug trafficking
internationalHernƔndez was found guilty in March 2024 of conspiring to import cocaine into the US, and of possessing machine guns. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Bombing boats from Venezuela without any (publicly released) evidence, while pardoning someone who was tried and convicted of doing the exact same thing they are accusing Venezuela of doing. How can anyone possibly reconcile these things?
