Linkage

• Ban Prediction Markets The subhed says it all, "They don’t produce knowledge, they can’t prevent insider trading, and they turn politics, war, and death into a cash-out."
• A cup of coffee for depression treatment has better results than microdosing (Ars Technica) Vive la bean!
• The Means-Testing Industrial Complex (LPE Project) Expansive means testing is not just cruel, it's a profit center.
• The Second Amendment Was Never for Black and Brown Americans (The Intercept) True dat.
• European Tech Giant Cuts Off U.S. Subsidiary After Multimillion Dollar ICE Contract (Gizmodo) The US has become toxic in Europe.
• "Million-year-old" fossil skulls from China are far older—and not Denisovans (Ars Technica) The fossils were Homo erectus, not Homo longi.
• Iron Age Surgeons Fixed a Woman's Shattered Jaw With Primitive Prosthetic—and She Survived (Gizmodo) Ancient medicine was far more sophisticated than the popular wisdom.
• There’s Only One Way to Eradicate Trumpism for Good (The New Republic) Accountability, meaning jail time.

If only this were fiction: