8.12.2023

august 2023

barbie!!!, poisoned: the dirty truth about your food, Oppenheimer

bit more reading this month. :)

nyt - ‘We’re All Water-Bottle Freaks’
failed architecture - A Cage by Another Name
bbc - The lifelong effects of 'the favourite child'
wired - The Incredible Shrinking Car Dealership
epicurious - Why Do Recipes Call for Unsalted Butter?
bbc - Netflix: How did it know I was bi before I did?
gq - What Really Happens to the Clothes You Donate
allure - The History of the Big, Bright American Smile
the atlantic -
The Truth About Slushies Must Come Out
the hustle - The strange business of hole-in-one insurance
cnn business - Why America stopped building public pools
gq - What Really Happens to the Clothes You Donate
nyt - How a Vast Demographic Shift Will Shape the World
the hustle - Why the world’s best vanilla is so easy to steal
vox - What would it mean to treat guns the way we treat cars?
bbc future - Garbology: How to spot patterns in people's waste
huffpost - The 'Barbie' Movie Is Ending Relationships Left And Right
cnn business - Why people hated shopping carts when they first came out
cnn style - The controversial history of Barbie’s classic stiletto mule heels
vogue - Why One Trans Woman Wants to Discuss Sex After Surgery
npr - From Nebraska Lab To McDonald's Tray: The McRib's Strange Journey
taste - The Multimillion-Dollar Junkets That Introduced Americans to Olive Oil
npr - The story behind Asian Pacific American Heritage, and why it's celebrated in May
eater - Beyond Dining in the Dark: What It’s Actually Like to Eat Out When You’re Blind
thrillist - Why Can I Eat Endless Bread and Gelato in Europe and Never Feel Bloated?
vox - A study gave cash and therapy to men at risk of criminal behavior. 10 years later, the results are in.

the 19th -  Polyamorous families now have legal protections in this Massachusetts city
"An estimated 4 to 5 percent of Americans are polyamorous, and 21 percent reported engaging in some form of consensual non-monogamy at some point in their lives, according to a 2016 study in the Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy."