The bowling stones
Inflation continues to cool in the United States, where consumer prices rose three percent in the year through June. / The Hill
A new report says Europe may see heat-related deaths increase to more than 100,000 per summer by midcentury. / Nature
Amazon delivery drivers go on strike in Southern California partly over working during heatwaves. / Grist
From May, journalists at the Marshall Project explain how they investigated abuse by prison guards in New York. / The Marshall Project
More sharks in New York waters—and more shark bites at New York beaches—is "a sign of successful conservation." / Vox
"Geoid people" are those who think of our planet "less as an imperfect sphere and more as a lumpy potato." / The Atlantic
Drone footage of a new eruption near Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano. / Kottke
A skeptic spends a weekend in Biosphere 2. "It feels simultaneously like being in a very large municipal botanical garden and a small-town aquarium." / Scientific American
According to a poll, 80 percent of Gen Z-ers scroll their smartphones with their thumbs, while 70 percent of Baby Boomers use their index fingers. / The New York Post
To counter fast fashion, France offers cash to people if they'll repair their clothes. / BBC News
An American approaches people in Rome, asking for directions in ancient Latin. / Open Culture
Review of a Japanese cult novel about "the dizzying reality of being unable to locate oneself in the endless stream of minutiae that forms a lonely life." / n+1
Milan Kundera, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, dies at 94. / The Guardian
David Sedaris explains the ups and downs of taking 21,000 steps a day. "I have calves like upside down bowling pins." / The New York Times
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