Next Draft - If Memory Serves
Every now and then, my mother will respond to an edition of this newsletter with something like, "The article on the history of this region was quite good, you might want to go back and actually read the whole thing." Aside from the suggestion that I would ever shirk my official duties by skimming (Fake News! Witch Hunt!), my mom's deep knowledge on many matters and her notably sound memory put her into a category researchers call Super-Agers - folks who are 80 and up, but they have the memory ability of a person 20 to 30 years younger." (For what its worth, they also tend to make up my most enthusiastic readership demographic.) I'm more of an accelerated ager. By the time you receive this, I'll have forgotten I sent it. NYT (Gift Article): A Peek Inside the Brains of Super-Agers. "There were a lot of similarities between the super-agers and the regular agers ... For example, there were no differences between the groups in terms of their diets, the amount of sleep they got, their professional backgrounds or their alcohol and tobacco use. The behaviors of some of the Chicago super-agers were similarly a surprise. Some exercised regularly, but some never had; some stuck to a Mediterranean diet, others subsisted off TV dinners; and a few of them still smoked cigarettes." (I bet all of them read the full articles.) 2Maverick Rolled"With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched with a familiar roar that is a hallmark of U.S. airpower. But the aerial combat that followed was unlike any other: This F-16 was controlled by artificial intelligence, not a human pilot. And riding in the front seat was Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall." AP: An AI-controlled fighter jet took the Air Force leader for a historic ride. What that means for war. 3A Sad State"As soon as Collin Davis found out his ex-partner was planning to travel to Colorado to have an abortion in late February, the Texas man retained a high-powered antiabortion attorney — who court records show immediately issued a legal threat. If the woman proceeded with the abortion, even in a state where the procedure remains legal, Davis would seek a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the abortion and 'pursue wrongful-death claims against anyone involved in the killing of his unborn child,' the lawyer wrote in a letter, according to records." WaPo (Gift Article): Texas man files legal action to probe ex-partner’s out-of-state abortion. 4Weekend WhatsWhat to Doc: "The Contestant is the incredible true story of a man who lived for 15 months trapped inside a small room, naked, starving and alone... and completely unaware that his life was being broadcast on national TV in Japan, to over 15 million viewers a week." The Contestant on Hulu includes two earthquakes, a tsunami, and an avalanche, and yet the behavior of humans is the most dangerous and upsetting thing you'll see. Still, it's also somehow heart warming. In an era of terrible reality TV, this could have been the worst example of them all. (Bonus: you'll earn how the eggplant emoji came to prominence.) 5Extra, ExtraOff Campus: "People have been forced to consume 'grass and peanut shells,' the regional director for Eastern Africa of the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. 'If assistance doesn’t reach them soon, we risk witnessing widespread starvation and death in Darfur and across other conflict-affected areas in Sudan.'" An update from one of the global conflicts we don't follow much. 6Feel Good Friday"A nine-year-old boy is being hailed as a hero for saving his parents’ lives when an Oklahoma tornado tossed the family’s truck into surrounding trees, after reportedly telling them 'Mom, Dad, please don’t die, I will be back' before sprinting for help." Read my 📕, Please Scream Inside Your Heart, or grab a 👕 in the Store. |
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A Diamond in the Rough
Friday, April 26, 2024
An American Story, and New Shirts! ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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