Thursday morning articles
You’re Being Lied to About Electric Cars: Science has repeatedly shown EVs are better for humans, despite the meme you just retweeted. (MotorTrend)
A $100 Billion Lesson In Why Building Public Transportation Is So Expensive in the US: There’s a plan to spend $100 billion fixing the Northeast Corridor by 2035. Similar countries build entire new rail corridors with dozens of new stations for a fraction of that cost. Why can’t the U.S.? (Vice)
Your Wallet Is Being Drained by Subscriptions. Wall Street Thanks You. While most consumer habits are reverting back to normal, spending on subscriptions has remained well above prepandemic times. That’s partly because people are enjoying them—and partly because they keep forgetting to cancel. (Wall Street Journal)
Why does the US keep running out of medicine? America’s frequent drug shortages put patients’ health — and their lives — at risk. (Vox)
Why Is Everything So Ugly? The mid in fake midcentury modern (N+1)
TikTok’s Viral Challenges Keep Luring Young Kids to Their Deaths: Children are dying from the blackout challenge. Why isn’t the world’s most popular app doing more to protect them? (Businessweek)
Facing $1.44 billion judgment, Alex Jones filed for bankruptcy. Here’s what his filing says. The move is just the latest step in Jones’ efforts to restructure his assets amid his legal troubles. Conspiracy theory entrepreneur Alex Jones filed for personal Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday, citing more than $1 billion in liabilities. (Grid)
Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty: Death and distress haunt members of the 2001 title team. (Boston.com)