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Wednesday, June 1st Edition
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Today’s Big Story
Soak Up Some Nutrients
This summer, sunlight can help you get vitamin D ... but you may need more than rays
A few months ago, after a routine physical with some blood tests, my doctor told me I was slightly deficient in vitamin D. The essential micronutrient helps protect our bones and keep muscles and teeth healthy while boosting our immune systems. So, you know, you want to keep that tank full.
Unlike other nutrients, our bodies are capable of producing vitamin D with exposure to UV rays from the sun. But nearly half of us—regardless of age, race and home state—are deficient in what’s often called the “sun’s vitamin”.
In fact, 85% of kids who needed surgery for fractured or broken bones were vitamin D deficient in a recent University of Texas study. Several studies have also observed low vitamin D levels in pneumonia and COVID patients.
Rates of deficiency are especially concerning among older adults—who need more vitamin D than younger people—and people of color—whose melanin in their darker skin makes it more difficult to get vitamin D from the sun.
The only way to find out if you’re deficient is to get a blood test from your doctor, like me. If you can get that test, Axios says to do it. If not, consider looking for sources of vitamin D anyway because there’s a good chance you need it.
And you don’t have spend all day in the sun either. Your body only needs about 10-15 minutes of direct sunlight to kickstart vitamin D production. But it's also a good idea to boost vitamin D in your diet. It naturally occurs in foods like fatty fish, egg yolks, cheese and mushrooms. You could also try supplements (I’m currently taking these) or fortified foods like milk, yogurt, orange juice and cereal.
↦ FYI: A team of researchers have come up with a potential new and vegan source of vitamin D ... slightly modified tomatoes.
Biden Battles Inflation
The Federal Reserve will play a key role in lowering the highest inflation in decades
The White House launched a new push Tuesday to contain the political damage caused by inflation. The Washington Post reports that President Biden complained for weeks to aides that his administration was not doing enough to publicly explain the fastest price increases in roughly four decades.
According to the Associated Press, Biden is running out of options on his own. His past attempts—oil releases from the strategic reserve, improving port operations and calls to investigate price gouging—have fallen short of satisfactory results.
The president said the Federal Reserve will play a key role, but that he wouldn't “interfere with their critically important work.” Like Biden, the Fed wants to slow inflation without knocking the U.S. economy into recession, a highly sensitive mission that is to include increasing benchmark interest rates this summer.
But with price hikes reaching 8% in April, the pressures appear unlikely to abate soon amid the ongoing fallout of the war in Ukraine, coronavirus lockdowns in China and a surge in gas prices likely to be exacerbated by the summer driving season, all factors beyond the president's control.
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Supreme Court Blocks Controversial Social Media Law
It’s a major victory for tech companies
The Supreme Court has suspended a Texas law banning online platforms from restricting user posts based on their political views, representing a major win for social media companies. It comes just a few days after a federal appeals court ruled against a similar law in Florida.
According to Axios, conservative states have launched a legal war on social media companies in an effort to stem what they see as a wave of censorship, but this decision, like other recent rulings, suggests they face an uphill climb in court.
The court's order isn't a final ruling on the merits of Texas' law, but experts say that when the courts freeze a particular law or policy, it's often a sign the measure faces a difficult road on the merits.
The most surprising thing about Tuesday's order is that Justice Elena Kagan (a liberal appointed by President Barack Obama), dissented from the Court's order suspending the Texas law. But Vox reports that she voted with the dissent for procedural reasons unrelated to the merits of the case. So where does it go from here? Back to district court, where arguments on both sides will be made, leading to a more final decision about whether to overturn it.
↦ Dig Deeper: One man tried to read all of his app privacy policies. It was over 1 million words.
Tesla Is Opening a 24-Hour Diner
It will also be a Supercharger station and drive-in theater
Back in 2018, Elon Musk tweeted that he wanted to open a “roller skates and rock” diner at a supercharger location so people could charge their Teslas and grab a meal. And now, he's about to realize his dream of becoming a restauranteur.
According to a report from electrek, Tesla has submitted documents to the City of Los Angeles for a 24-hour diner in Hollywood, which will feature 29 Superchargers. The two-story drive-in will include several bars, a fully-fledged kitchen and a drive-in eating area with cinema screens.
The theater will reportedly show short 30-minute features, timed to be around the same duration as a standard charging session and Musk further reveals that the diner will accept Dogecoin for payment.
So will the current richest person on Earth actually take his tweet into the real world, some half-decade after first announcing it? Eater says that given all that Musk and Tesla have going on at the moment—including the revelation of a $250,000 payment to a flight attendant over allegations of sexual misconduct, Tesla's dropping stock price, and Musk's bungled bid to buy Twitter—it's safe to say that there are some hurdles left to overcome before this one actually opens, if it ever does.
↦ Meanwhile: Tesla is getting the world’s largest casting machine, and it’s for Cybertruck.
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Non-Nonsense Gifts for Rugged Dads
Stuff that your father would appreciate but never buy for himself
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Nomad short, $78 by Proof
Mountain decanter,$65 / $51.98 by Whiskey Peaks
The robe, $128 by Upstate
Personal concrete fireplace, $99 by FLIKR Fire
Summer Gear on Sale
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