April 2, 2022

The Weekly Whatever: The elephant orgy in the room

Quote of the week

“I concede our party is not for the kind of cocaine-fueled orgies that a freshman Republican representative bragged about this week, but we do understand that their marijuana prohibition laws don’t work for our people.”
– Jamie Raskin (D-TN)

Science

• Scientists teach fish to perform arithmetic.

• Another massive trial concludes that Ivermectin is useless against COVID-19.

• As allergy season starts, your periodic reminder: phenylephrine is useless.

Business

• Amazon spent $4.3m on union-busting last year, but it didn’t work.

• Wyze knew for three years that hackers could access your cameras remotely, but they didn’t warn anyone.

Crapto

• Video game blockchain allows $600 million to be drained in massive hack.

Law and order

• Police raid house of anti-abortion activist, remove her fetus collection.

Strange tales from the beforetimes

• How Philip Larkin’s life was ruined by his colossal schlong.