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u.s. colleges and universities had 1.5 million fewer students compared with five years ago, and men accounted for 71% of the decline at current rates, female college graduates will soon outnumber male grads by a unprecedented two-to-one margin

new on instacart: its ceo apoorva mehta initially called off merger talks w/ doordash in late june. then, instacart told dd that mehta was out the talks were back on, w/ fidji simo leading the charge. latest from me and

--afghanistan exit chat (although yes, the president ended a futile 20 year war and the administration managed to evacuate 125,000 people so far in one of the biggest humanitarian airlifts every and ending wars is chaotic by nature)

nbc news: "china embraces the taliban ... very carefully"

meanwhile known associates of collins and the berniecrats impede a recall effort and stand in the way of democracy, stealing election materials we are still waiting on to take action after chesa boudin recused himself (also an associate of the far left)

a quick thread: a lot of people have asked me this week: where did this ivermectin obsession come from? who could possibly benefit from it? most importantly, why did my antivaxx aunt start eating horse goo from the tractor store? it s complicated, but here are some answers.

rolling stone has now issued a second "update" that effectively retracts its false story that gunshot victims are waiting in er rooms in oklahoma due to overflow from ivermectin poisoning, yet still has her tweet up from 4 days ago promoting it, with no subsequent note: