A list of good reads
- Two very good reads from the New Yorker—and worth blowing your free reads for: One: David Sedaris’ wry meditation on being with the same partner for 30-odd years. Two: A profile of biotech founder Vivek Ramaswamy who is becoming a right-wing star in the US.
- The Atlantic’s take on ‘Harry & Meghan’ is sharply written and scathing about how PR works—but probably not for the couple’s fans.
- The Guardian has a timely (and alarming) guide to hangovers that maps exactly what alcohol does to your body. Perfect pre-party reading if you need it:)
- Hakai Magazine has a lovely piece on how Mumbai embraced its beloved flamingos.
- The Marginalian makes a case for stoicism in an age of “competitive trauma.”
- Planning to leave Delhi to escape the toxic air? But where would you go? Times of India maps the dire state of the rest of the country.
- For a more nerdy read, check out Scientific American’s deep dive into the latest research on human metabolism—and how we burn calories.
- CNN consults experts on this weighty question: do you really need deodorant?
- Popular Science has a creepy read on Google’s efforts to digitise vast amounts of tissue samples taken from the US military.
- There has been much ink spilled on the AI photo-editing tool Lensa—which turns your photos into digital avatars. But Mia Mercado in The Cut flags a question that speaks volumes about who develops cutting-edge tech: why do all my AI avatars have huge boobs?
