“Lots of luck in your senior year!”
President Biden recently taunted Republicans with a phrase he's been using for 25 years that no one understands. / NPR
See also: "Joe Biden Won an Otherwise Very Foolish Week." / Slate
Vincent Lloyd recounts teaching an anti-racism seminar that turned into a cult. / Compact
A moving essay from Matthew Schnipper about listening to music—and his therapist—after the death of his young son. / The New Yorker
Regarding yesterday's link about Google and artificial intelligence, here's a new project for generating musical accompaniments. / Google APIs
Braggoscope is a new project using AI to scrape the beloved BBC radio program "In Our Time." / Github
The Golden Globe Race is a solo, nonstop, unassisted circumnavigation of the globe by sailboat—and only four contestants remain, led by a woman. / NPR
Getting rid of "forever chemicals" may become a multi-billion-dollar industry. / Grist
A study finds 60 percent of fabrics claiming to be made from recycled plastic bottles are made from virgin plastic. / BBC Future
Related: TMN's Rosecrans Baldwin pays homage to a good sweater. / Meditations in an Emergency
If they gave Oscars to books: a list of nominees from 2022. / Literary Hub
Americans are likely to spend $16 billion betting on Sunday's Super Bowl. / MarketWatch
This may not be news to anyone, but apropos of the Super Bowl, "boneless wings" are not wings. / The Associated Press
Confessions of a honey sommelier. “We honey sommeliers smear our glasses.” / Business Insider
See also: A list of notable stews. / Wikipedia
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