A list of good reads

• Noema takes a look at how noise pollution has changed the acoustic environment of the Earth profoundly.
• Vaishnavi Rathore in Scroll has a ground report on how unpredictable monsoons have made it difficult to produce salt in Gujarat.
• NPR notes how the popularity of masturbation abstinence on the internet is actively harmful.
• Sandip G in Indian Express pays ode to Jasprit Bumrah’s nuanced art of slow bowling. 
• The Print looks at the controversy behind the ban on gobi manchurian in a Goa town—and how it ignites the local vs ‘outside’ food debate. 
• Vox has a good read on how one can manage overly negative thoughts. 
• Wall Street Journal (splainer gift link) has a feature on how workplaces are trying to integrate a longstanding Swedish tradition to reinvigorate office life: a collective coffee break.
• Slate looks at how ‘The Lego Movie’ changed the definition of Hollywood blockbusters—and made space for a ‘Barbie’ movie.
• Tyler Austin Harper in The Atlantic (splainer gift link) writes on how polyamory is the latest fad for the elite. 
• Akash Kapur in New Yorker looks at how several stakeholders are demanding a fresh set of rules to deal with the unique challenges posed by Big Tech today.