She sells seashells to make recycled hats
California storm costs may add up to the United States' first billion-dollar disaster of 2023. / Yahoo! News
The entire community of Planada, a town of about 4,000 people, was evacuated amid rising waters from a breached levee. / The Los Angeles Times
Some notes on military-funded TikTok girl warfare, where "cosplay commandos post nationalist thirst traps to mobilize the SIMPs." / Dazed
The case of Ana Walshe revives talk about news outlets devoting too much time to covering the disappearances of white women. / Reliable Sources
RIP, politics writer and editor Blake Hounshell, dead at 44. / The New York Times
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission considers a ban on gas stoves, stemming from a link to childhood asthma. / Bloomberg
See also: "How the Fossil Fuel Industry Convinced Americans to Love Gas Stoves," via NextDraft. / Mother Jones, NextDraft
During the start of the pandemic, traffic deaths between 10 p.m. and 1:59 a.m. were 22 percent higher than expected. / Streetsblog
Sports accounted for 94 of the 100 most-watched telecasts of last year. / Sports Business Journal
The daily habits of happiness experts include a lot of sleep, hobbies, exercise, and time outdoors. / TIME
A new AI from Microsoft can simulate anyone's voice with three seconds of audio. / Ars Technica
A round-up of materials and products made from salvaged seashells. / dezeen
Why do humans walk funny? A new study suggests it's an energy-saving technique "for a species that has long prioritized endurance over speed." / WIRED
A look at which books from the 1990s are widely assigned in today's college-level literature classes. (Yes, Harry Potter's on there.) / The Pudding
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