Guess which states have had the highest EV growth since 2014?? California and New York aren't even in the top five. Leading the pack is Mississippi, followed by Hawaii, Utah, Maryland and Wyoming. https://www.deseret.com/2022/7/12/23205387/ev-sales-surging-in-unlikely-places-electric-cars-gas-prices-fuel-green-energy

Do you ever listen to music before bed? That might be helping to keep you well rested.
https://www.psypost.org/2022/07/listening-to-happy-or-sad-music-before-bed-appears-to-be-beneficial-to-sleep-quality-63608

"If you can't get to one of the parks this summer, we offer you a reading list with nonfiction titles about their history ... and fiction titles, especially thrillers and mysteries, which delve into the dangers of the wilderness." https://www.nypl.org/blog/2022/07/15/national-parks-reading-list

Doctors in the UK say we could see a cure for haemophilia B happen with the next few years, after a successful trial of a 'transformational' therapy consisting of an engineered virus that corrects the genetic defect that leaves people's blood struggling to clot. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-62240061

One in four UK households own a copy of Queen’s 1981 Greatest Hits album. The record became the first to sell 7 million copies in the country, breaking a chart record. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-62209993

You wannnntttt thiiissssss https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/gooey-butter-cake

There are two rules for success:

1. Never reveal everything you know.

Australians could be in for an unholy amount of guacamole as the nation’s farmers are currently producing 22 avocados per-person.

Insert your favorite joke about Gen Z buying houses and consuming avocado toast. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-07-26/farmers-beg-aussies-to-eat-avocado-avolanche/101268396

Do vending machines really kill more people every year than sharks? #TheyDidTheMath https://slate.com/technology/2022/07/sharks-vending-machines-death.html

One expert interviewed by The Post said he polled 11 cybersecurity experts on whether any of them had ever done a data migration such as the Secret Service has described without a plan for backing up and restoring data. None of them had. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/07/29/jan6-texts-data-security/

Stoppelman described hybrid work as the “worst of both worlds” and even dubbed it “hell.” So Yelp's physical offices in major cities in the US will close, keeping only its San Francisco headquarters and Phoenix, Arizona outpost. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220722-the-companies-doubling-down-on-remote-work

How far can you go by train in 5 hours? In Europe, that is; it'd be too depressing here.
Truly cool visualization. https://chronotrains-eu.vercel.app/

"Even potted plants have ancestors in nature — usually far away from where they've ended up. So where in the world do my houseplants come from?" https://blog.datawrapper.de/houseplants-origin-map/

A Northern California burglar returned to the scene of the crime this weekend after he forgot his keys inside a doughnut company’s corporate office. https://apnews.com/article/oddities-crime-california-san-francisco-0e6da3c1b370e91f61fabee4a1c96c5e

"Reading probes the most fundamental skills. Reading code is probably 95% of what a developer does as part of their job. Whether a developer is writing new code, fixing bugs, or creating documentation, they are constantly reading." https://freakingrectangle.wordpress.com/2022/04/15/how-to-freaking-hire-great-developers/

Listen to nature sounds from all over the world https://earth.fm

This young woman is amazing. Donations now up to $600,000.

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/matt-gaetz-teen-abortion-donation-fundraiser

RIP Diana Kennedy, whose Mexican cookbooks inspired me. She was 99. https://www.bonappetit.com/story/remembering-diana-kennedy-cookbooks

Fictional deaths that stayed with you: GO.
(Besides the one in Little Women.) https://slate.com/culture/2022/07/saddest-death-scenes-movies-books-tv-stephen-king.html

Watch Joni performing “Both Sides Now” at the Newport Folk Festival. This will brighten your day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxiluPSmAF8