💊 F.D.A. Issues First Approval for Mass Drug Imports to States From Canada — NY Times

The Inflation Reduction Act is a more direct path to lowering prices… expected to save the federal government an estimated $98.5 billion over a decade. Drugmakers are suing to block those provisions.

The dingbats in Florida basically saying, “we don’t want to fix the system in our own country, we’ll just rely on a different countries system.”

🏛️ To Politics or Not — Pratik

Always insightful and reminds me of a refrain I come back to a lot in terms of the Republicans who are okay with gay marriage because they “have a gay cousin” or those who claim to be “socially liberal”. It always comes back to them, never others.

👩‍👧 Moms for Abortions — Palmetto State Abortion Fund

Just bought this as a blue crewneck sweater (and added an extra donation) because a) happy to support abortion access and b) thought it’d be hilarious for me (a non-mom male) to wear this out and about…

📧 New Year, New Platform — Today in Tabs

Today in Tabs is probably my favorite newsletter, so I was really happy to see it move to Beehiiv. If you aren’t familiar or avoided because it was on Substack, now is the perfect time to check it out.

🧫 Scientists hail new antibiotic that can kill drug-resistant bacteria — The Guardian

While he stressed that this molecule alone would not solve the public health threat of antimicrobial resistant infections, the discovery could lay the foundations for future efforts to drug the same transport system in other bacteria.

Science!

🐂 All It Took For The Bulls To Get Good Was Zach LaVine’s Injury — Defector

the whole thing just makes a sort of sense it never did when four guys had to spend a third of Bulls possessions watching LaVine dribble a lot.

Unfortunately, he could be returning to the Bulls line-up as early as Friday, with no trade in sight…

🏀 Watching Ja Morant Fly Again — The New Yorker

But there is also the joy of watching one man fly free. No one flies like Morant.

Let’s just hope he can finally stay on the court moving forward.

👑 New Game of Thrones will actually be animated, says George R.R. Martin — Polygon

Animation is a great approach to explore more of this world. I really hope they get a shot to make some this a reality.

🌭 Robert Pattinson Desperately Needs a New York City Hot Dog — GQ

This video is six years old, but it’s new to me. It’s so weird and out there… I absolutely love it.

👾 PAKU PAKU

Such a simple take on PAC-Man that, on its face, sounds too simple, but it’s completely delightful.

via: @bjhess

🇺🇦 Give Russia’s Frozen Assets to Ukraine Now — The Atlantic

The dysfunction in Washington and Brussels is bolstering Putin’s belief that he will win the war simply by waiting for the West to give up.

It’s probably no surprise that I’m 100% in favor of giving Russia’s money to Ukraine, but the pessimist in me sees this quote as more likely…

🎆 2023 Headline of the Year — @paulisci

British Museum asks public and experts to help recover stolen artefacts.

Wasn’t the one I voted for; I preferred the well organized rave and murder scene yoga, but this was still excellent.

🇺🇦 Russia launches retaliatory strikes on Ukraine — Semafor

I avoid being a critic of journalism (bc I’m not educated enough), but the use of “retaliatory” in the headline here is shameful.

🇯🇵 Japan Earthquake Live Updates — The Guardian + NY Times

What a horrific way to start the new year… Luckily, the tsunami warning has been downgraded (from 5m to 3m), but smaller quakes have continued.

🇺🇦 Russia tries to overwhelm Ukraine with missiles — The Economist

Trying to stay optimistic is getting more difficult. Largest missle strike from Russia since day one, but Ukraine is still holding on.

🥀 Inside the last true political machine in America — The Economist

Rosemont is such a weird little place. My dad worked at a White Hen in it when I was a kid so I spent a lot of time there before the outlet mall, casino, and restaurant district, but the extent of the nepotism is wild.

🎤 Why Rappers Stopped Writing: The Punch-In Method — NY Times

This honestly explains a lot. Modern rappers are great at muttering in the pocket, but completely lack the dynamism and storytelling of the greats.

🎸 “Pop-Punk Has Long Been Funny, but Who Gets to Make the Jokes?” — NY Times

I agree with a lot of this and I do wish blink would’ve grown more in the direction their self-titled album seemed to be going, but I still love the early stuff. Now I guess I need to give 100 gecs another shot.

🏀 Knicks getting Raptors’ O.G. Anunoby, deal RJ Barrett — ESPN

This feels like a great move for the Knicks; OG is a perfect fit next to Brunson and needs the ball less than Barrett. Plus Precious as a backup big will be nice.