The overwhelming number of responses and their variety provides a nice reminder that a lot of stuff really has been getting better over the past few decades and American society isn't really the perpetual motion fail machine many people make it out to be.
https://reason.com/2021/08/31/40-ways-things-are-getting-better/

My Amazon review of _Hooked on a Feline_ by Sofie Kelly
4 stars
Because not all reading needs to be serious. This is a pleasant diversion.

https://amzn.to/3tRdBNy

"In the 1960s, when Wonder Bread reigned in America, sourdough bread was a form of protest—as was simply baking a loaf at home." The starter of our obsession. https://lithub.com/wonder-bread-sucks-on-the-first-great-sourdough-boom-of-the-1960s/

How I hacked an office telephone to play DOOM https://neilbostian.github.io/#/doomphone

MUSIC TO EDIT BY

I don't want to work away
Doing just what they all say
Work hard boy and you'll find
One day you'll have a job like mine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PA2m128tgI

New emojis are coming, including what are sure to be instant necessities like "melting smiley face" and "face with diagonal mouth." https://www.macrumors.com/2021/09/14/emoji-14-list-ios-15/

The accidental music of subways https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/13/arts/subway-train-sounds.html

RIP Sir Clive Sinclair. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/16/home-computing-pioneer-sir-clive-sinclair-dies-aged-81

Art Gallery Datasets https://www.artnome.com/art-data

"It starts with Thanksgiving dinner in 1937. Walter Frederick Morrison and his girlfriend (later wife) Lucille started a game of catch with a metal lid from a popcorn container. The pair had a good time with it, but discovered that the popcorn tin lids were easy to dent, and subsequently, no longer great for flying. They started using cake pans to play; they were easier to find, and cheap to buy."
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2021/09/the-surprisingly-complicated-history-of-the-frisbee/

The law instructs prosecutors to penalize doctors who provide abortions based on fetal anomalies. The physician performing the abortion could face a class 6 felony and lose their medical license, while medical professionals who fail to report the abortion could be fined up to $10,000.

https://www.phoenixmag.com/2021/09/09/little-choice/

For some reason they found something funny in sentences such as “His eyes went white, like a shark about to attack.” https://onehundredpages.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/dont-make-fun-of-renowned-dan-brown/

"Delivery workers now move faster than just about anything else in the city. They keep pace with cars and weave between them when traffic slows, ever vigilant for opening taxi doors and merging trucks. They know they go too fast, any worker will say, but it’s a calculated risk. Slowing down means being punished by the apps."

https://www.theverge.com/22667600/delivery-workers-seamless-uber-relay-new-york-electric-bikes-apps

Several digital vaccine passport apps are becoming more popular for travel and entertainment. From government-created options to private technology creating their own health passes, here are several vaccine apps travelers are likely to encounter. https://www.cntraveler.com/story/which-vaccine-passport-app-should-i-use

The contemporary artists affiliated to this project are currently adopting Indigenous methodologies to experiment with the pigment.
https://www.sdcelarbritishmuseum.org/maya-blue/

The TV classic and its spin-offs have been boldly going for 55 years. Here's a look at some of its stellar accomplishments. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2021/09/star-trek-by-the-numbers/

The first Black ‘debutante ball’ to be recorded by a newspaper actually took place in 1778 in New York. https://www.messynessychic.com/2021/09/09/black-debutante-balls-curtsying-with-pride-since-1778/