flight from lax to kona, so movie time! also j and i are sharing a single car again and he's working 10 hour day shifts so I've been staying in more and researching soooo many trips (i have movies playing in the background)
conclave [2024], gladiator II [2024], spencer [2021], mickey 17, interstellar [2014], i used to be funny [2024], an affair to remember [1957], on the basis of sex [2018], unbearable weight of massive talent [2022], barbie [2023]
not much reading of articles this month since i focused on books. we also moved from stockton back home, and were there for 10 days. tried to get thru a few atlantic articles on my laptop since i've only signed into my account on that device.
the best American food writing 2022
the age of adaline [2015], Shiva baby [2020], joy: the birth of ivf [2024], kind of pregnant
the atlantic - the other fear of the founders
the atlantic - the coming democratic baby bust
the atlantic - how the woke right replaced the woke left
the atlantic - how covid pushed a generation of young people to the right
the atlantic - what will happen if the trump administration defies a court order
the guardian - why parents are getting angrier: children are bored out of their skulls with real life
remembered the whole listening to articles thing so got thru a few more than I thought i would. j's bother n visited for a bit, g did as well. plus i've picked up a new craft: photo embroidery, and all my sewing machine parts came in too!
nosferatu, furiosa
taste - Numb, Not Burn
eater - How to Feed the Olympics
nyt - She Is in Love With ChatGPT
ny post - Everything we love to eat is a scam
the walrus - Online Shopping Can’t Be Trusted
the hustle - Why America has so many big houses
bbc - Lonnie Johnson: The father of the Super Soaker
fast company - How Comic Sans became the Crocs of fonts
vanity fair - The Wizard of Oz: Five Appalling On-Set Stories
ifl science - Why Is There So Much Air In Potato Chip Packets?
mental floss - When Did Americans Lose Their British Accents?
treehugger - New Zealand's Best Recyclers Now Get a Gold Star
climate change communication - Global Warming’s Six Americas
the hustle - How Nuns Got Squeezed Out of the Communion Wafer Business
vox - I care a lot about climate change. Does that mean I can never ever fly?
grunion - On the Water: Here’s the deal with the concrete piles in Alamitos Bay
the conversation - Here’s the Real Reason to Turn on Airplane Mode When You Fly
the guardian - Meet the seven people who hold the keys to worldwide internet security
popular mechanics - Why Our Bodies Have Gotten Colder with Each Passing Decade
bbc - 'It's a unique language spoken by two people': The twins who created their own language
irish news - A woman who can pop her eyes out of her head has answered the internet’s questions
ap news - He is credited with one of history’s most indelible photos. A new documentary questions who took it
the guardian - ‘A kitten on heat with a racy physique’: the mystery of the bloodcurdling cat screech used in hundreds of movies
ifl science - Your Perception Of Time And Space Is Radically Altered By The Language You Speak
"The
English language has its own confusing elements like this. If you heard
the phrase "Wednesday's meeting was moved forward two days," does that
mean the new meeting is on Friday or Monday? Polls suggest
roughly half of people will say Friday and the other half Monday,
depending on whether they imagine themselves in motion relative to time
or time itself as moving."
the atlantic - Michelle Doesn’t Want to Go to Barack’s Work Thing
huffpost - This Aggressive Baby Name Trend Is 'Alarming' Experts
the atlantic - What Happens When a Plastic City Burns
the hustle - How corn syrup took over America
vox - How the Los Angeles fires highlight the challenge of disaster relief
less reading. went home for the holidays, j's brother visited for about a week.
the boy and the heron [2023], goodfellas [1990], Martha
eater - Fun by Design
eater - We Deserve Free Sparkling Water
taste - The War Against the War on Plates
taste - Big Chicken’s Drumstick Dilemma
time - What Competitive Eating Does to the Body
sf gate - America's obsession with California failing
slate - How the Original Twister Changed Storm Chasing Forever
collider - How Does ‘Family Feud’ Conduct Its Hundred-Person Surveys?
nbc - Why top internet sleuths say they won't help find the UnitedHealthcare CEO killer
usa today - Welcome to lonely Point Nemo, Earth's dumping ground for derelict space junk
live science - Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years
the guardian - Hiding in plain sight: Americans’ obsession with camouflage is a sign of paranoid times
ifl science - Do Donor Organs Transfer Memory? Heart Transplant Patients Report Strange Personality Changes
the atlantic - Misogyny Comes Roaring Back|
"In the U.S., 63 percent of men under 30 are currently single, compared with 34 percent of women in the same age group, according to the Pew Research Center. "
to me, this says one or more of the following four things:
1. there are way more men than women
2. there are a lot of women dating women
3. there are a lot of women under 30 dating men older than 30
4. there are a lot of women dating the same man
more reading this month, did a week-long road trip from boston back home, then spent another few days in norcal in a hotel room while trying to find housing.
his three daughters, memoir of a snail, the whale (2022), half of her (2013) - i started then put it down, then it went away from hbo max :(
taste - Kimbap, Never “Korean Sushi”
vox - How Big Toilet Paper dupes us all
marie claire - Fashion Is Losing the Middle Ground
BBC future - The Reasons Humans Started Kissing
wired - The US Has a Cloned Sheep Contraband Problem
taste - How America Warmed Up to Cold Grocery-Store Sushi
hakai news - Weather Forecasting Is Deadly for Marine Wildlife
serious eats - Cherry vs. Grape Tomatoes: What's the Difference?
garden & gun - She’s One of Florida’s Most Lethal Python Hunters
BBC - These beaches are among LA's favourites. But they're fake
npr - When her key broke in the ignition, a car thief saved the day
sky news - Vatican unveils new cartoon mascot for Catholic Church
afar - This Is Where Cruise Ships Go to Die. Meet the Man Saving Them
pocket - Letters of the Damned: Exorcising the Curse of the Petrified Forest
BBC news - Cold Weather: What Does an Unheated Room Do to Your Body?
mental floss - How Uncrustables Reinvented the Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
vox - 43 lab monkeys escaped in South Carolina. They have a legal claim to freedom.
wired - California Is Flooding School Cafeterias With Vegan Meals—and Kids Like It
Bloomberg Business - How Bogg Bags, the Crocs of Totes, Won Over America’s Moms
wired - Thousands of People Are Cloning Their Dead Pets. This Is the Woman They Call First.
la times - L.A. isn’t a walking city? The man behind Great Los Angeles Walk would like a word
boston magazine - Inside the New World of Luxury Kids’ Parties, Where Parents Are Plus-Ones
fortune - Gen Z and millennials proudly wear ‘lab-grown’ diamonds, oblivious to the fact they’re made from burning coal in China and India
the hustle - The economics of free lunch
vox - The astonishing rise of gray divorce
19th news - Pay first, deliver later: Some pregnant people are being asked to prepay for their baby
"Of the 100 million U.S. people with health care debt, 12 percent attribute at least some of it to maternity care, according to a 2022 KFF poll."
movies on the flight back to flew back to Boston. i'd forgotten what it's like to fly on a non-discount airline that actually has "perks" like entertainment, and free drinks and snacks, and a pocket in the seat back!
babes, madame clicquot [2024], holy frit [2021]
taste - The Tasting Menu Gets a Trim
the baffler - How Covid Changed Nursing
the atlantic - Who Should Get to Have Kids?
vox - Why do divorced guys dress like that?
taste - The Secrets of California’s Oldest Recipes
nyt - The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield, Revisited
the atlantic - What Is America’s Gender War Actually About?
atlas obscura - How Chain Restaurants Use Smells to Entice Us
the atlantic - America Is Lying to Itself About the Cost of Disasters
nyt - Inside the Colorful and Cultish World of Nerds Gummy Clusters
rolling stone - Inside the Secretly Lucrative World of Solo Piano Music
the atlantic - Yes, Third-Trimester Abortions Are Happening in America
thrillist - Please Stop Pretending You're on an Episode of 'Bizarre Foods'
vox - The US doesn’t have universal health care — but these states (almost) do
huff post - Gen Z Is Particularly Weird About Relationship Age Gaps. Here's Why.
the guardian - The Horror of Cow Attacks: ‘I Told My Husband to Leave Me to Die’
vanity fair - Playing It Straight: For Queer Roles, Should an Actor’s Sexuality Matter?
the guardian - ‘To the train lady with dark brown hair … ’: extraordinary stories of four couples who found love via small ads
the atlantic - Not All Men, but Any Man
the cut - Divorced Men Are Falling for Trump
curbed - What Ever Happened to the Three-Bedroom?
the republic - How the Republican War on Women Extends to Voting Rights
ny times - In a First Among Christians, Young Men Are More Religious Than Young Women
cnn - Black-colored plastic used for kitchen utensils and toys linked to banned toxic flame retardants
