Bottle episode
US life expectancy has rebounded by more than a year, but still remains below 2020 levels. / Associated Press
Following on yesterday's news about African cocoa producers, farms in Ghana that supply the Mars company have children as young as five harvesting cocoa beans. / CBS News
Untold numbers of Cambodians died at Kissinger's hands—first through his bombing campaign, which catalyzed the Khmer Rouge's reign of terror. / The Conversation
"Henry Kissinger, war criminal beloved by America's ruling class, finally dies." / Rolling Stone
E.g., "The surprising dating life of Henry Kissinger, a West Wing 'playboy.'" / The Washington Post [+]
At least a dozen US states have reported cases of an unidentified, infectious respiratory disease among dogs. / CNN
Google's DeepMind AI has predicted the structure of more than two million new materials, a process that typically takes decades of research. / Reuters
Paste Magazine has purchased the recently deceased Jezebel, and may relaunch it as early as this week. / Variety
"Witch bottles" containing vegetation and other objects—and of course spells—are washing up on Texas beaches. / Houston Chronicle
"The pressure to view all work as enterprise is not just fashion. It is being promoted." When a form asks for your "industry," pandemonium follows. / The Hedgehog Review
The iconic Shane MacGown of the Pogues has died at 65, and it's always as good a time as any to listen to "Fairytale of New York." / The Guardian, YouTube
"I bought the new seven-CD Garth Brooks box set from Bass Pro Shops (a true story)." / Uproxx
Collaborators? Your mom? No one? An analysis of who gets thanked in Grammy speeches. / Can't Get Much Higher
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