On my mind today……

• 21 Photos That Show Just How Bad The Flooding In Houston Really Is.  And it's still raining!
• How truly foched up is this? –> Babies’ race affects quality of care in California neonatal intensive care, study says
• Only in Nigeria could this happen! –>  Woman Selling Bread on Street Becomes Top Model After Photobombing Shoot
• Shannon Sharpe, the Most Woke Sports Commentator Ever, Bashes Jim Brown: ‘I’m So, So Disappointed in Him’
• I agree. Completely! –> The Defenders Could Be a Good Show, if it Weren’t for its Awful Main Character

Business & Technology

• Southwest Quietly Takes Delivery of Its First Boeing 737 MAX
• Space IS the place! –> NASA goes Steampunk for its future Venus probes
• And it’s NOT likely to go away anytime soon! –> Drone King DJI Has a Serious Pentagon Problem
• Creepy scary. –> The Companies That Will Track Any Phone on the Planet
• Funny shapes. –> Royal Navy looks to nature for futuristic sub concepts
• Fair look –> The Myth of the Skills Gap
• Smartphone app looks to detect pancreatic cancer with a selfie
• Easy pickings are over? –> Big firms in India face new competition
• American Express Hopes to Lure Millennials With Two New Budget-Savvy Features
• Sounds good, actually. –> JetBlue’s Founder Joins Bid to Start Private Jet Commuter Service
• For the good of Mother Earth? Right on! –> Why Norway may leave $65bn worth of oil in the ground
• Yikes! –> When applying for a tech job, having an Asian last name is a plus—but having a female first name is a minus.
• Caveat emptor. Always. –>  Sarahah has been covertly uploading your address book to its servers
• Good. Some ISPs are shady. –> Researchers block ISPs from spying through your smart devices

General Interest

• A voodoo spell to stop charges? Right! –> U.S. charges ex-radio host who hoped 'spell' would stop fraud probe
• May God forgive me, but I would have let the ratfcker drown! –> Texas man insisted on saving his Confederate flag as he was rescued from flood by black MMA fighter

World

• Wow! –> China orders internet comments linked to real identities

Politics

•   Disaster in Houston: A perfect example of the way racism hurts white people too

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