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Tropical storm Idalia knocks out power for thousands in the Carolinas after leaving a trail of wreckage across the Southeast. / CNN
Climate protesters park a 28-foot trailer across the entry road to Burning Man, causing miles of gridlock. / Vox
A pharmacist in DC admits she's filled prescriptions for members of our government to treat Alzheimer's. (Gated story; summary here.) / STAT, Vox
Related: A review of news photographs finds President Biden recently preferring the "short stairs" to board Air Force One. / NPR
Some 12,500 nuclear warheads exist worldwide, down from 70,400 in 1986. / The Economist
New research proposes that our brains may sort memories by evaluating how likely they are to be useful in the future. / Quanta Magazine
See also: Researchers find signs of REM sleep in spiders, lizards, and zebrafish. / Knowable Magazine
Social media users are said to be moving to direct messages, closed communities, and group chats. / Business Insider
A group of tech billionaires are buying farmland northeast of San Francisco to create their own city. / Mashable
The UK gets its first "two-dimensional" cafe, an optical illusion popular in parts of Asia. / Hypebeast
A remembrance for a forgotten street (Coenties Slip) that played a pivotal role in New York City's mid-century art movement. / Artforum
Unrelated: Players at the US Open complain of cannabis smoke, recently "the unofficial scent of the city." / The Associated Press
Also unrelated: Pictures of Singapore's neighborhoods organized by hue. / The Straits Times
LEGO releases its first model of braille bricks available for public purchase. / My Modern Met
A working online clock made from YouTube videos. / The Pudding
An online graphic novel investigates the plight of a woman who had part of her brain removed by a Smithsonian anthropologist. / The Washington Post
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