Bruce Howard

Tokyo • Kailua • Annapolis • generalist at large

Bruce Howard
flipped into The Mad Scientist Health and Travel Club
13 hours ago
As international tourists pull back on U.S. travel and purchases, $90 billion in lost revenue looms
NBC News - By Rob Wile
Visits from Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom have seen particularly significant declines. For international tourists, traveling to the United States is looking less inviting these days. The combination of President Donald Trump’s trade policies and hostile rhetoric toward much of the rest of …
Bruce Howard
flipped into The Case For Incompetence And Corruption
2 days ago
Japanese PhD student forced to leave U.S. because another person caught too many fish at a church outing
boingboing.net - Ellsworth Toohey
Rejoice, America! The dog-killing DHS head Kristi Noem has finally nabbed that most dangerous of criminals: a Japanese Mormon computer science nerd …
Bruce Howard
flipped into The Mad Scientist Health and Travel Club
1 day ago
Polyglot Effectively Communicates With Bonobos Apes Using Their Specific Vocalizations and Gestures
laughingsquid.com - Lori Dorn
Xiaomanyc, a practicing polyglot, taught himself ape communication and tested his newly-found knowledge with the bonobos at the Ape Initiative in Des …
Bruce Howard
flipped into Pinotage
2 days ago
A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it
NBC News - By Suzy Khimm
The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure. An E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce ripped across 15 states in November, sickening dozens of people, including a 9-year-old boy in Indiana …
Bruce Howard
flipped into The Mad Scientist Health and Travel Club
2 days ago
America's struggling wine industry is getting crushed by global tariffs and Canada's retaliation to them
NBC News - By Curtis Bunn
Even if the tariffs were to be reversed tomorrow, one wine business leader said, it would take "at least a year, if not longer, for my industry to recover.” Canada’s break from American-made wine and the Trump administration’s global tariffs have compounded the struggles of the United States’ …
Bruce Howard
flipped into The Mad Scientist Health and Travel Club
1 day ago
American doctor receives email from immigration officials telling her to leave the country immediately
NBC News - By Matt Lavietes
Dr. Lisa Anderson, 58, was born in Pennsylvania and is a U.S. citizen. A doctor born in the United States says she received an email from federal immigration authorities demanding that she leave the country immediately. Lisa Anderson, a physician from Cromwell, Connecticut, told NBC Connecticut on …