Thu. 08/05 - Vaccine APP-rehension

As the tides trend toward requiring vaccinations for entry in more places, what is the landscape of apps and methods to verify vaccination status? Plus, meatball-scented candles from IKEA and two very different commercial space flight updates. Sponsor: Upstart, upstart.com/kottke Links: More than 450 airlines can now use IBM's Digital Health Pass (Quartz) Unvaccinated People Need to Bear the Burden (The Atlantic) Privacy and efficacy concerns remain for New York's vaccine passport apps (NBC News) IKEA Made a Swedish Meatball Scented Candle (Food and Wine) ARROW WEIRD Make Your Home Smell Like Swedish Meatballs With IKEA's New HUVUDROLL Candle (Mental Floss) Ikea's First Smart Air Purifier Comes Camouflaged as a Side Table (Gizmodo) NASA, Boeing Continue Starliner Data Analysis (NASA)  SpaceX is hiring a 'Spaceport Mixologist' to make cocktails (The Verge) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices