This week:
• What IRA means for cars
• Centralizing data for the next pandemic
• A parched Earth
• Big Pharma is Big Mad about IRA
• Fingers crossed that Big Tech will protect democracy
Action Steps:
• Listen to (https://thecoolestshow.com/inflation-reduction-act-roundtable-w-rhiana-gunn-wright-dana-johnson-and-bishop-marcia-dinkins/) a very-Ira episode of "The Coolest Show" podcast
• Check out (https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&time=2020-03-01..latest&facet=none&pickerSort=asc&pickerMetric=location&Metric=Variants&Interval=7-day+rolling+average&Relative+to+Population=true&Color+by+test+positivity=false&country=USA~GBR~IND~BRA~CAN~ITA~ESP~DEU~AUT~AUS~FRA~ZAF~NPL) this COVID dataset of sequences by variant and country
• Donate (https://www.charitywater.org/) to bring clean drinking water to people in developing countries
• Call your senators (https://www.commoncause.org/) to urge them to support the INSULIN Act (https://www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press/icymi-shaheen-and-collins-release-bipartisan-bill-to-lower-insulin-costs-for-37-million-americans-with-diabetes-)
• Sign up (https://www.apprenticeship.gov/)to be paired with a cybersecurity expert
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