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 a very-Ira episode of "The Coolest Show" podcast
• Check out this COVID dataset of sequences by variant and country
• Donate to bring clean drinking water to people in developing countries
• Call your senators to urge them to support the INSULIN Act
• Sign up to be paired with a cybersecurity expert

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