Thu. 02/24 - The Little-Known Women Who Saved Millions of Children

<p><strong><em>The too-little-known story of the creation of the whooping cough vaccine. Plus, the remarkable initiatives in Taiwan that are helping keep the country clean with a little help from Beethoven. A new Netflix docuseries that uses AI to recreate Andy Warhol’s voice reading his diaries. And a note on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsors:</p><ul><li>Shopify, Get a 14-day free trial at <a href="http://shopify.com/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">shopify.com/kottke</a></li><li>Indeed, Get a free $75 credit at <a href="http://indeed.com/goodnews" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Indeed.com/goodnews</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/unsung-heroes-ended-deadly-plague-180979547/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Unsung Heroes Who Ended a Deadly Plague</a> (Smithsonian Magazine)</li><li><a href="https://kottke.org/22/02/how-american-conservatives-turned-against-the-vaccine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How American Conservatives Turned Against the Vaccine</a> (Kottke.Org)</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/world/asia/taiwan-waste-management-beethoven.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In Taiwan, When You Hear Beethoven, It's Time to Take Out the Trash</a> (NY Times)</li><li><a href="https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2022/2/23/andy-warhol-diaries-trailer-here-queer-and-compelling" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">'The Andy Warhol Diaries' Trailer Is Here, Queer, and Compelling</a> (The Advocate)</li><li><a href="https://ew.com/tv/the-andy-warhol-diaries-trailer-ai-narration/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Watch trailer Netflix's The Andy Warhol Diaries docuseries</a> (Entertainment Weekly)</li><li><a href="https://kottke.org/22/02/the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Russian Invasion of Ukraine</a> (Kottke.org)&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/newsletters/b