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The FTC is trying to stop industry groups and nutrition influencers from pushing guidance without disclosing that it's paid advertising. / The Washington Post [+]
Did Osama bin Laden's "Letter to America" really go viral on TikTok? Not exactly—and besides, how views are counted on TikTok is murky at best. / Garbage Day
Related: "Bin Laden was a billionaire who did the thing billionaires do: play with the lives of others. He made his preoccupations and pathologies everyone else's problem." / Forever Wars
See also: In the past three years TikTok has had the fastest uptick as the social platform where Americans say they get their news. / Axios
Antibiotic resistance is getting worse—the vast majority of infections seen at a hospital in Nigeria are resistant to at least one antibiotic. / The Conversation
Water shortages in Mexico are intensifying, and quickly have become a central issue in next year's presidential election. / Americas Quarterly
Why a pond in Hawaii has turned bright pink—it's probably from halobacteria, which love extremely salty water. / Atlas Obscura
An exhibit explores how US National Park signage tells a narrative of "a nation attempting to explain itself, to itself." / Hyperallergic
"What had been utilitarian farm architecture was becoming symbolic stone archaeology." On New England's stone walls. / Smithsonian Magazine
Appreciate the web in entirely new ways by taking an internet walk. / Syllabus Project
"This is as rich a psychological portrait of a cartoon character that has ever been put onto film." A reviewer screens Coyote v. Acme. / Cartoon Brew
Photos from Salvador Dalí's home and studio where he created his best-known works. / It's Nice That
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