Wednesday morning news drop
Where They Stand: The Parties on Housing Prices are soaring. But the major parties are still determined to prop up homeownership. (Tyee)
Fact check: Is the federal government profiting off student loan interest? NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's claim is just plain wrong, expert says (CBC)
Every National Forest In California Is Closing Because Of Wildfire Risk Citing the extraordinary risk of wildfires and forecasts that show the threat will only remain high or even get worse, the U.S. Forest Service is closing every national forest in California. The closures start Tuesday night and run through Sept. 17. (NPR)
COVID-19 created lots of supply chain problems — and they're nowhere close to being solved Shortage of semiconductors expected to last into 2022 at least (CBC)
The 5 Worst Investment Tips on TikTok Some of the financial advice on TikTok and other social media is rooted in sound strategy, some not so much. (NerdWallet)
Facebook is the AOL of 2021 The 1990s had a word for being trapped inside a manipulative notion of human contact: AOL. Facebook and its ilk are the rebirth of that limited vision. (ZD Net)
Nobody Knows Anything: Wall Street During the Pandemic. “If someone would have told me in March of last year, when Covid was first rearing its ugly head, that 18 months later we would have case counts that are as high—if not higher—than they were on that day, but that the market would have doubled over that 18-month period, I would have laughed at them.” The impossible is now commonplace (Businessweek)
She’s the Investor Guru for Online Creators Li Jin, 31, began backing creators years ago. She has raised her own fund to invest in influencer-related start-ups. (New York Times)
Can ‘smart thinking’ books really give you the edge? Trust your gut, boost your memory, de-bias your decision making… can we train our brains to perform better? (The Guardian)
When Charlie Watts Finally Made It to New York City While his bandmates hit the Apollo, the reserved, jazz-loving drummer for the Stones could be found at Birdland. (New York Times)
Long-Haulers are Fighting for Their Future Many people with long COVID feel that science is failing them. Neglecting them could make the pandemic even worse. (Atlantic)