A list of good reads
- The Conversation has an alarming read on the potential health hazards of disinfectants and cleaning products.
- Also in The Conversation: a delightful history of the martini.
- The Print looks at Darjeeling tea estates that are being converted into luxury tourism spots—offering ‘tea picking’ as a pastime. FYI, we did a Big Story on the abuse of tea plantation workers.
- Here’s something to binge on after the ‘Succession’ finale. Longreads has curated a reading list of the best think pieces on the series.
- Jeremy Kahn in this Fortune via Yahoo News feature looks at the music industry’s latest threat: AI-generated fake music.
- Lewis Dartnell in The Guardian looks at the fascinating history of opium and its role in imperial history.
- Would you let ChatGPT control your life? Maxwell Strachan tried—and shares the unexpected consequences in Vice.
- Rest of World looks at how digital nomads are reshaping cities around the world.
- Yale Environment 360 has an important feature on endangered hippos and what can be done for them.
- Teju Cole in New York Times (splainer gift link) pays a lovely tribute to Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.
