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"The timing right now is a little bit funny." With Covid again on the rise, experts weigh in on whether you should get a booster now or wait until fall. / NPR
A new report says Earth is facing an "unprecedented water crisis," citing increasing demand and climate change. / CNN
See also: A Portland, Ore., meteorologist has been naming North American heatwaves after oil companies. / Kottke
This is terrifying: People are using inexpensive add-ons called "switches" to turn semiautomatic handguns into fully automatic weapons. / The New York Times
Rebuffed by the state legislature, California conservatives follow suit with the rest of America's right and take their grievances to school boards. / Los Angeles Times
Trump fans on Truth Social are doxxing the grand jurors who indicted the former president in Georgia. / The Independent
"It didn't matter how ugly the site was, how broken it was." An oral history of how Myspace revolutionized the music industry. / The Ringer
See also: "Illinois has officially passed the nation's first legislation aimed at protecting child influencers." / Teen Vogue
According to a financial expert, paying consumer debt is "basically optional" in the US, and debt collectors rely on people's sense of ethics to pay up. / Bits About Money
See also: In theory, pricing algorithms could help consumers save money, but come on that is not how it really works. / The Walrus
Bots outperform humans at answering "are you a robot" CAPTCHA tests. / New Scientist
A link collection on the Model 290 Imperial concert grand piano, which has 97 keys that cover a single octave—and sounds like this. / MetaFilter, YouTube
"Why are there so few great founders in their 20s today?" Maybe because "they went into crypto and that turned out to be a dead end (for now at least)." / jdilla.xyz
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