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How a New Hampshire libertarian utopia was foiled by bears. Seriously, this happened. by Sean Illing, Vox.com

Get That Microphone Out of My Face By  Cat Zhang , a culture writer at theCut.com

The Exhausting History of Fatigue  By Anthony Lane, The New Yorker 

How Words Struggle For Existence in Our Brains: Why are some words forgotten over time? Researchers investigate how words secure their place in the vocabulary of the future. By Cody Cottier, discovermagazine.com

The Inside Story of ‘Animaniacs’: How We Got Yakko, Wakko and Dot By Quinn Myers, Mel Magazine

Hacking the immune system could slow ageing — here’s how. Our immune system falters over time, which could explain the negative effects of ageing. By Alison Abbott, nature.com.

'Where Am I?' Daniel Dennett's classic story raises deep philosophical questions about identity and consciousness. By: Daniel Dennett, MIT Press.

The Healthiest Oil for Frying May Surprise You. You may be going about frying all wrong. By Lisa Milbrand, realsimple.com.

Just How Dominant Can The Bear Get in 2024? By Joe Reid, Vulture.com

Game, set and match: the 20 best sports movies. Movie critic Guy Lodge chooses 20 of the genre’s undisputed heavyweights. By Guy Lodge, The Guardian.com

What’s It Like To Be T-Pain Now? At home in Atlanta and on the Coachella circuit with the Auto-Tune auteur, who embraced his inner geek and found he's more beloved than ever. By Meaghan Garvey, Billboard.com.

According to Wikipedia: Ebrahim Raisi (President of Iran)

Red Lobster’s Demise Was Never About the Endless Shrimp Blame private equity and a decade of mismanagement instead by  Amy McCarthy   Eater.com

Social Media Reveals How Freeways Damage Social Ties Data from X (formerly Twitter) shows that freeways still choke social ties more than half a century after they were built. By The Physics arXiv Blog

The sugar conspiracy. In 1972, a British scientist sounded the alarm that sugar – and not fat – was the greatest danger to our health. But his findings were ridiculed and his reputation ruined. How did the world’s top nutrition scientists get it so wrong for so long? by Ian Leslie, TheGuardian.com

50th anniversary of Mecha Godzilla

The Incredible Story Of Frank Hamer, The Texas Lawman Who Brought Down Bonnie And Clyde By Austin Harvey, Edited By Jaclyn Anglis, all that is interesting.com

Your Phone’s Other Number: Where did the IMEI number come from, why is it so freaking long, and why does your phone need it? If you’ve ever wondered, we’ve got you covered. By Ernie Smith

Immigration ‘The world has changed’: WeChat, snakeheads and the new era of global migration. “This is not a U.S.-Mexico border problem. This is now a worldwide issue,” a former Homeland Security official said. By David Noriega, Aarne Heikkila and Adiel Kaplan.  NBCnews.com.

11-Year-Old Uncovers Fossils of Giant Ichthyosaur in England, the Largest Marine Reptile Ever Found, Scientists Say The jawbone fragments belonged to an 82-foot-long creature that represents a new species, according to a new study By Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine

What Disasters Can Teach Us About Good System Design By Abhishek Chakraborty

Creativity Is a Process, Not an Event written by James Clear

9 Secret Shortcuts of People Who Are Good at Everyday Math How to calculate a tip, convert temperature quickly, and more. By Shifrah Combiths, Apartment Therapy

Jung’s Five Pillars of a Good Life : The great Swiss psychoanalyst left us a surprisingly practical guide to being happier. By Arthur C. Brooks, Atlantic.com

The Greatest Diss Tracks of All Time, Ranked As the dust settles on the Kendrick and Drake beef, we couldn’t help but ask: What’s the best diss record in rap history? “Hit ’Em Up”? “The Bridge Is Over”? “Not Like Us”?!?! We’re counting them down, from Rick Ross to LL Cool J to 50 Cent and more. By The Ringer Staff