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☆ Neanderthal flower burial theory called into question by new study
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Faye Chiu | Kate Golembiewski | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Archaeologist Ralph Solecki discovered the flower burial, as it came to be known, while exploring Shanidar Cave in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. However, elements of the flower burial theory didn’t seem to add up. “That was, for us, an indication that maybe there was something going on with the flower burial,” Hunt said. Shanidar Cave in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq is seen in May. Its presence is due to the activity of bees and not flower burial, suggests a study led by Chris Hunt, professor emeritus at Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.

Persons: Ralph Solecki, Solecki, ”, Chris Hunt, Hunt, ” Hunt, Christopher Owen Hunt, they’re, Christopher Owen Hunt Hunt, “, Paul Pettitt, Pettitt, Hunt “, Fred Smith, it’s, Grandma, Joe, ’ ” Hunt, Shanidar Organizations: CNN, Liverpool John Moores University, Archaeological Science, Durham University, Illinois State University Locations: Kurdistan, Iraq, United Kingdom, Shanidar

☆ British Bees Face a Deadly Invasion
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Jenny Gross | More About Jenny Gross | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A sharp increase in the number of an invasive species of hornets in Britain is raising concerns that they could threaten native bee populations. There have been 22 sightings of the so-called Asian hornet, or Vespa velutina, this year, more than in the past six years combined, according to British officials. Smaller than Britain’s native hornet, most Asian hornets are about an inch long and have brown thoraxes, yellow legs and black heads with orange faces. Since arriving in France, the population of Asian hornets has grown rapidly. As of last year, the hornets have been seen in European countries including Germany, Spain, Portugal and Italy, according to the National Bee Unit, a British agency.

Organizations: Secretariat, hornets, National Bee Unit Locations: Britain, Asia, Pacific Northwest, United States, France, China, British, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy

☆ Anderson Cooper Is Still Learning to Live With Loss
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Talk Anderson Cooper Is Still Learning to Live With LossFor decades, Anderson Cooper, 56, has been a steady, humane and comparatively calm presence on TV news. I could write maybe a little essay about my gay — I don’t know what. Cooper reporting for CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360°” in Ghana in 2009. So I don’t think you can paint with quite as broad a brush. I don’t know.

Persons: Anderson Cooper, CNN’s “ Anderson Cooper, ”, Cooper, Wyatt, Carter, Gloria Vanderbilt, “ Astor, “ Vanderbilt, Katherine Howe, Chris Licht, ” Cooper, ” Anderson Cooper, Wyatt Cooper, Jack Robinson, I’ve, didn’t, we’ve, Brent Stirton, Fox, Jake Tapper, I’m, Donald Trump, Spencer Platt, “, he’d, he’s, that’s, Charlie Brown, womp, David Marchese, Alok Vaid, Menon, ordinariness, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Downey Jr Organizations: CNN, Hulton, Fox, Fox News, Republican, Marvel Locations: ”, Ghana, South Carolina

Here are the meanings of the least-found words that were used in (mostly) recent Times articles. — Ireland’s Medieval Beacon (April 16, 1995)2. natant — swimming or floating (and a frequent guest on this list):I love the word natant. — Mexico’s Last Countercultural Coast (Feb. 3, 2020)6. tali — plural of talus, an ankle bone:T.I.L. (Today I Learned) that tali is another word for “anklebones.” — Long Story Short (Jan. 3, 2022)7. atilt — askew:The facade is atilt, the S.U.V. Wrestler Taps In Against Concussion Deniers (Oct. 26, 2022)The list of the week’s easiest words:

Persons: abbacy, Norman Leinster, —, peplum, hegemon, tali —, tali, ” —, atilt — askew, Stacey Abrams, ’, ”, Alessio Mortelliti, tallit — Organizations: Sun, —, University of Maine, National Science Foundation, Dolphins Locations: Glendalough, abbacy, China, Beijing, lantana, California, tatters, Ukraine

☆ Gen Z is ditching wedding traditions and embracing TikTok trends
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The wedding industry is beginning to see the fallout of this shift away from tradition. That meant "wedding TikTok" — with its dancing groomsmen and videographers turned influencers — was the next best thing. "So it is time for us in the wedding industry to expand the definition of what a perfect day means." Adrienna McDermott spent nine years in the wedding industry before starting a marketing agency for wedding professionals called Ava and the Bee. "It really opened up my eyes for the power of TikTok," Lee said.

Persons: Ashley Klimper, wasn't, videographers, influencers —, who's, Klimper, Jimmy Choo, —, Vishal Joshi, Melanie Breault, She's, Stephanie Kirk, they're, fiancé, they've, Grace Lee, Birdy, Birdy Grey, Lee, Joshi, Joy, Adrienna McDermott, Ava, millennials, Zers Organizations: Service, Signet, expos, Facebook, swatch Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Elon Musk says Vivek Ramaswamy should be the GOP's VP pick for the 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk says Vivek Ramaswamy should be the running mate of whoever becomes the GOP's 2024 pick. "He should get it imo," Musk wrote on Twitter on Sunday. Musk was responding to a tweet speculating that Ramaswamy "wants the VP pick." This time, he says he's throwing his weight behind the idea of GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy for vice president. On Sunday, right-wing blogger Mike Cernovich wrote on X — the social media platform previously known as Twitter — that "Vivek is powerful."

Persons: Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Musk, Ramaswamy, he's, Mike Cernovich, X, Vivek, Ashley St, We've, Clair, He's, Eminem, Ayanna Pressley, Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Donald Trump Organizations: Twitter, Service, Republican, GOP, Fox News, Democratic, Florida Gov, Republicans Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ashley, Clair, St, Jacksonville , Florida, Iowa, Florida

Here are the meanings of the least-found words that were used in (mostly) recent Times articles. — The Lessons of Nothingness From Maverick Zen Monks (June 22, 2022)3. beltline — the area around one’s waist:Haney, the World Boxing Council lightweight champion, thumped Sims’s midsection. “This project is so life-affirming with thoughts about the future,” she wrote in an email. She might revisit classics like “30 Rock” and “Arrested Development” with her 17-year-old son. — Mentaiko Spaghetti Is Creamy, Briny, Rich and Spicy (June 23, 2023)The list of the week’s easiest words:

Persons: hamartia, Thompson, Shakespeare, Aristotle, —, arhat, gaunt, Monks, beltline, Haney, America’s, demimonde, “, ” Imogen Binnie, linocut, ”, bingeing, Habboo, beignet, I’m, Anthony Doerr’s Organizations: Boxing Council, Literature, Hollywood, Netflix Locations: Southeast Asia, Saigon, Vietnam, Houston, I’ll

☆ Simone Biles: How to watch gymnast go for more history at US Gymnastics Championships
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Coverage of the US Gymnastics Championships will be domestically broadcast on NBC and Peacock while international viewers can watch the event on the USA Gymnastics YouTube channel. Simone Biles competes in the floor exercise during the World Championships in 2019. Smiley N. Pool/Houston Chronicle/Getty Images Biles competes on the balance beam during the US National Gymnastics Championships in August 2013. The world gymnastics championships are then scheduled to take place between September 30 and October 8 in Antwerp, Belgium. Biles is the most decorated gymnast in US history, winning 32 medals across the Olympics and the world championships.

Persons: CNN — Simone Biles, she’s, Biles, –, Alfred Jochim, Peacock, Simone Biles, Laurence Griffiths, Ron, Smiley, Tim Clayton, Corbis, Dean Mouhtaropoulos, Lintao Zhang, Nellie, Adria, Leslye Davis, Gabby Douglas, Douglas, Donald Miralle, Ezra Shaw, Damir Sagolj, Reuters Biles, Kai Pfaffenbach, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian, Aly Raisman, David Ramos, Emmanuel Dunand, Jimmy Fallon, Donald Glover, Andrew Lipovsky, Michael Phelps, Raisman, Olivia Munn, Trae Patton, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Alex Wong, Bob Levey, Sasha Farber, Eric McCandless, Daniel Dunn, Ulrik Pedersen, NurPhoto, Lionel Bonaventure, Emilee Chinn, Natacha, Cecile Canqueteau, Landi, Shannon Miller, Robert Gauthier, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols, Larry Nassar, Saul Loeb, Joe Biden, Biden, James Corden, Pete Buttigieg, Terence Patrick, Stacy Revere, Jon Durr, “, ” Organizations: CNN, US, NBC, USA, YouTube, Houston Chronicle, The New York Times, Getty, Reuters, White House, Disney, Entertainment, Walt Disney Television, Houston Texans, GK, Tokyo, Los Angeles Times, USA Gymnastics, CBS, Network, Tokyo Games, Olympic Games, Olympics Locations: San Jose , California, Houston, Spring , Texas, Rio de Janeiro, AFP, Tokyo, American, Biles, Antwerp, Belgium

☆ Meghan Bobrowsky — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Meghan Bobrowsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Meghan BobrowskyMeghan Bobrowsky is a technology reporter in The Wall Street Journal’s San Francisco bureau. She covers breaking news across the tech industry and explores emerging trends affecting digital consumption, including around social media, the metaverse and virtual reality. She also writes about disruptions in the digital advertising industry that have impacted companies such as Snap and Meta. Meghan previously held roles at the Miami Herald, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Sacramento Bee. Meghan is from Davis, Calif., and graduated with a degree in politics from Scripps College, part of the Claremont Colleges Consortium.

Persons: Meghan Bobrowsky Meghan Bobrowsky, Meghan, Elon Musk’s, Meta’s, Elizabeth Holmes, Sunny Balwani Organizations: San, Elon, Twitter, Miami Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, Calif, Scripps College, Claremont Colleges Consortium Locations: San Francisco, Covid, Davis

Here are the meanings of the least-found words that were used in (mostly) recent Times articles. 1. pellicle — a thin skin or film:Chestnuts, a holiday favorite, don’t make it easy for us to cook them at home. The pellicle, its sticky inner skin, clings to the nut and can give it a bitter taste. This is achieved less by rethinking motivations than by burrowing into the language, far richer than I imagined. — The Best Coffee Break Is an Affogato (Aug. 11, 2021)The list of the week’s easiest words:

Persons: pellicle, chyme, Jimmy, yecch, ’, Brunie, McDermott, ‘, ”, Forest Simmons, Michael Starbird, Su, dotard, Seana McKenna, Ben Carlson, cortado, Maillard, enby, Taylor Mason, Asia Kate Dillon, —, clayey, bombe Organizations: Charter, Education, Andersen, Russian Locations: New York, Ontario, Copenhagen, Morningside Heights, Manhattan

☆ Stefanos Tsitsipas complains about ‘a person imitating a bee’ during Western & Southern Open match
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The atmosphere was buzzing for Stefanos Tsitsipas’ second-round match at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati – though more in an annoying way for the Greek tennis star. Tsitsipas said that he was antagonized by a “person imitating a bee” in the seats behind him during his match against American Ben Shelton on Wednesday. “It’s a buzz right before I serve,” Tsitsipas told the umpire after abandoning a serve mid-action. 4 then went to have a word with the spectator himself before returning to speak with the umpire. The Western & Southern Open is staged each year ahead of the US Open, which gets underway on August 28 and runs until September 9.

Persons: Tsitsipas, American Ben Shelton, “, ” Tsitsipas, “ It’s, ”, …, Shelton, Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz Organizations: CNN, & Southern, American Locations: Cincinnati

☆ Patrick deWitt Would Like to Eat Sushi With Emily Dickinson
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

What’s the last great book you read? I loved the pair of Gwendoline Riley novels NYRB put out last year, “My Phantoms” and “First Love.” I enjoy reading about awful, sickening people, and these books are filled with them. But they’re awful and sickening in a way that, while not unfamiliar to my life experience, felt new — they’re awful and sickening in a way I’d not seen in literature before. Can a great book be badly written? I bought a book called “The Loser,” by William Hoffman Jr., based on its incredible cover (Funk & Wagnalls hardcover edition circa 1968).

Persons: Gary Indiana, Joanne Kyger, ”, Lucy Sante, Dodie Bellamy, “, William Gardner Smith, Bill Berkson, Frank O’Hara, Joe LeSueur, Andy Kaufman, Julie Hecht, What’s, Gwendoline Riley, NYRB, William Hoffman Jr, It’s, Hoffman, Luck Organizations: Phantoms Locations: Japan, India

☆ Atlanta DA set to present Trump Georgia election interference case to grand jury
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Jordan earlier this month received a subpoena to testify before the grand jury. The Republican Trump has said he expects to be charged this week by Fulton County DA Fani Willis in what would be his fourth criminal indictment. Georgia criminal law makes it a felony to directly or indirectly try to deter a witness from testifying in any court or before a grand jury. In his Truth Social post on Monday, Trump wrote: "Would someone please tell the Fulton County grand jury that I did not tamper with the election." Trump was indicted in early August by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., on charges that he conspired with others to overturn his defeat in the national election in 2020.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Bee Nguyen, Jen Jordan, Willis, Jordan, Republican Trump, Nguyen, Gov, Geoff Duncan, Trump, Duncan, shouldn't, Joe Biden, Brad Raffensperger, Stormy Daniels Organizations: Attorney, Fulton County Justice Center Tower, Former U.S, Windham High School, Democrat, Democratic, NBC News, Republican, Fulton, Former, CNN, Georgia, Electoral, Washington , D.C Locations: Fulton County , Georgia, Fulton, Atlanta , Georgia, Former, Windham , New Hampshire, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Former Georgia, Washington ,, Florida

☆ Arts Calendar: Happenings for the Week of August 13
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Wsj Arts In Review Staff | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A scene from ‘Boogie Nights’ Photo: New Line CinemaFilm• “Blue Beetle” (Aug. 18): Marvel might be queen bee when it comes to bug-based heroes (Spider-Man, Black Widow, Ant-Man and the Wasp), but DC also has its own stable of creepy-crawly characters. See Jaime Reyes (played by Xolo Maridueña ), who becomes host to the Scarab, a piece of alien biotech that turns him into the Blue Beetle. Susan Sarandon and George Lopez are the bigger names in a cast that also includes Raoul Max Trujillo , Bruna Marquezine , Damián Alcázar , Harvey Guillén and Adriana Barraza .

Persons: Jaime Reyes, Xolo Maridueña, Susan Sarandon, George Lopez, Raoul Max Trujillo, Bruna, Damián Alcázar, Harvey Guillén, Adriana Barraza Organizations: Marvel, DC

☆ What are neopronouns and how do you use them?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

And then there are neopronouns (“new” pronouns), gender-neutral or nonbinary pronouns that are distinct from the common she, he and they. All pronouns indicate identity and can be used to include or exclude people they describe — neopronouns included, said Dennis Baron, one of the foremost experts on neopronouns and their histories and an emeritus professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Other neopronouns are completely original to their user – some may choose to select a noun to describe themselves, like “star” or “starself” in place of binary pronouns like “she” or “herself.” These are called nounself neopronouns, but more on those later. Why people use neopronounsPeople may use neopronouns for the same reason someone else uses “she” and/or “they” — neopronouns may better align with one’s identity. An intro to nounself neopronounsLeaf, sun, star — nounself pronouns are neopronouns that use nature and other inspirations as nonbinary or genderless descriptors.

Persons: CNN —, ”, they’re, Dennis Baron, ” Baron, “, ” Neopronouns, Janelle Monáe, Emma Corrin, Jonathan Van Ness, Neopronouns, nonbinary, Baron, xyr, heer, ze, Ze, hirself, fay, Fae, Ey, —, Dua Saleh, who’s, Saleh, ” “, ” Saleh, aren’t, ” CNN’s Harmeet Kaur, he’s, “ heer, himer ”, Ella Young, ” Young, JWL, Noah Webster’s, Webster, thon ”, Charles Crozat Converse, thon, Michael Spivak, Jason D’Angelo, fandoms, Ehm Hjorth Miltersen, one’s, ” Miltersen, Miltersen Organizations: CNN, University of Illinois, “, Human Rights, Human, Netflix, Chicago Tribune, Sacramento Bee, Merriam, Webster, New York Times Locations: Urbana, Champaign, England, ”, Chicago

☆ A Rollicking Tragicomic Tale of Unending Family Drama
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Jen Doll | More About Jen Doll | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Each member of the Barnes family is facing inner demons, too, which we learn about through alternating chapters dedicated to each character. In Dickie’s sections, we flash back to his past days as a Trinity College student and the secrets he kept while there, which feed into his present troubles — there’s a blackmailer threatening to destroy him. Sweet PJ is targeted by a bully who claims his mother has been ripped off by Dickie’s garage — and then he’s targeted by someone even worse. This all may sound bleak, but Murray’s writing is pure joy — propulsive, insightful and seeded with hilarious observations. Through the Barneses’ countless personal dramas, Murray explores humanity’s endless contradictions: How brutal and beautiful life is.

Persons: Barnes, Dickie, Frank, —, Victor, Cass, Elaine, PJ, Murray, Barneses Organizations: Trinity College, Trinity

☆ Rhiannon Giddens Is a Songwriter, Too
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Jon Pareles | More About Jon Pareles | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Giddens amassed the songs on “You’re the One” over more than a decade, channeling and mixing favorite styles, mingling homages and hybrids. Its oldest song is “Hen in the Foxhouse,” a cheerful yet pointedly feminist funky blues — with a scat-singing bridge — that she wrote 14 years ago. “In terms of my own songwriting lineage, my lyricist lineage, it’s a through line: Stephen Sondheim, Tom Lehrer, Tin Pan Alley. “She wanted this new album to be brighter and lighter and open and colorful,” Jack Splash said in a phone interview, and she wanted all of her musical influences to come into play. It has a large room where a band of a dozen musicians — merging Giddens’s folky regulars with Jack Splash’s R&B experts — could record together live.

Persons: Giddens, “, ”, Stephen Sondheim, Tom Lehrer, Tin, Jack Splash, Valerie June, Kendrick Lamar, CeeLo, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, Allman, Jack Splash’s, — Organizations: Bee Locations: Miami, Louisiana

Here are the meanings of the least-found words that were used in (mostly) recent Times articles. regulations define milk as a “lacteal secretion” obtained by milking “one or more healthy cows.” — Got Almond Milk? Those chemicals, the researchers said, may be especially irritating to the lungs and can cause damage when inhaled. — Dozens of Young People Hospitalized for Breathing and Lung Problems After Vaping (Aug. 14, 2019)3. titmice — any of several small birds:But enterprising birds can be mischievous. Like the titmice and other Parids that steal hair from dogs, raccoons and even humans, probably to fortify their nests.

Persons: lacteal, acetal, Duke, Young, —, unceded —, ecocide ”, ”, Vergollo, — Michael Batayeh, trimaran, Barth, Erick Clement, “, ” — Alexander Toradze Organizations: Food and Drug Administration, Yale, Art Schools, Johnsons, Racing Locations: New, Hudson, St

In a statement written from the perspective of a sun bear named “Angela,” officials from Hangzhou zoo said people “didn’t understand” the species. In 2013, a city zoo in the central Henan province angered visitors by trying to pass off a Tibetan Mastiff dog as a lion. Visitors at another Chinese zoo, in Sichuan province, were shocked to discover a golden retriever sitting in a cage labeled as an African lion enclosure. World’s smallest bears under threatNative to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, sun bears are the world’s smallest bear species. Sun bears are listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Persons: “ Angela, I’m Angela Organizations: CNN, Wildlife Fund, Sun Bear Conservation Center, International Union for Conservation of Nature Locations: China, Hangzhou, Weibo, Henan, Sichuan, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sabah

☆ 8 Songs About August
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Dear listeners,Happy August. It’s the month of out-of-office auto replies, finally breaking heat waves, and — if the songs about August are to believed, anyway — waning summer romances. After an especially brutal July, we’re finally enjoying some pleasant summer weather here in New York. In addition to Van the Man, today’s selections include a weepy country standard, a detour into early psych-pop from a once and future Bee Gee and yet another Taylor Swift song about the cruelty of summer. Maybe not yet for good, but at least for now, and I’d say that’s reason enough to rejoice.

Persons: It’s, we’re, Lana Del Rey, pining, Van Morrison’s, Van, Bee Gee, Taylor Locations: New York

☆ Want to Look Cooler (and Possibly Taller)? Consider These Pants
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Charlie Teasdale | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

AT A MAY awards show, Oscar Isaac, the 44-year-old actor known for his cool-dad style, smoldered in a slate-blue outfit. Elegant and restrained, the monochrome Ferragamo ensemble had one particularly memorable feature: Its trousers kicked out, subtly, at the hems. That gave it a hint of “Saturday Night Fever” swagger, said Michael Fisher, the stylist behind the look, without suggesting Isaac was eager to boogie to the Bee Gees. When done right, said Fisher, flares “add a cool factor without looking like you’re trying too hard.”

Persons: Oscar Isaac, Michael Fisher, Isaac, Fisher Organizations: Bee

☆ What 'Shark Week' can teach investors about a money 'survival instinct'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Aaronp/bauer-griffin | Gc Images | Getty ImagesIt's "Shark Week," the annual television-programming event on Discovery that stars the ocean's apex predators. Specifically, investors have a tendency to get swept away by the fear or euphoria of the recent past. This is called "recency bias," and it's often accompanied by financial loss. "People need to understand that recency bias is normal, and it's hard-wired," said Charlie Fitzgerald III, an Orlando, Florida-based certified financial planner. Investors are most vulnerable to recency bias, he said, when on the precipice of a major life change such as retirement, when market gyrations may seem especially scary.

Persons: bauer, Charlie Fitzgerald III, Steven Spielberg's, Omar Aguilar, Fitzgerald, I'm, Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo, FOMO Here's, Aguilar, Christopher Polk Organizations: San Diego Convention Center, Aaronp, GameStop, Schwab Asset Management, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Filmmagic, Getty, Finance Locations: Orlando , Florida

Here are the meanings of the least-found words that were used in (mostly) recent Times articles. Works by Agatha Christie, Robert Louis Stevenson and P. G. Wodehouse all featured tontine members plotting to kill one another in hope of a big payoff. — Dog Ziggity: New Jersey’s Own Hot Dogs (Sept. 24, 2013)And a bonus: arrant — total or extreme:It constitutes a dismissal of eager and innocent articulateness. And as such, it is an arrant and thoughtless injustice that must be stopped. — Opinion: A Language Test That Stigmatizes Black Children (Oct. 7, 2022)The list of the week’s easiest words:

Persons: tantara, orotund, Lorde, tontine, Agatha Christie, Robert Louis Stevenson, G, Wodehouse, today’s, Melmoth ’, Gatsby, Tom, Daisy Buchanan, Ross Douthat, —, Umberto, monocracy, Sarkozy, ” — Sarkozy, viand Organizations: Umberto Eco, Socialists, Drinks Locations: New York, Prague, Texas

☆ The Shows May Be Over. But John Mayer’s ‘Guitar Face’ Lives On.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Alex Beggs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

During the final show of Dead & Company’s so-called Final Tour on Sunday night, the crowd at Oracle Park in San Francisco swayed and bobbed like the current of a turning river. A man in cowboy regalia cupped his hands around his ears and two-stepped to the beat. Other fans, who were not as lucky, danced on the sidewalk outside of the park. Mr. Mayer has been a member of Dead & Company, an offshoot of the Grateful Dead, since it formed in 2015. Though he is not the band’s face, the faces he has made while performing — which can cover the full spectrum of human emotion, from despair to sweet relief to sublime pleasure — have for some been almost as unforgettable as the music itself.

Persons: John Mayer, Althea, ”, Mayer Organizations: Oracle, Twitter, & Company Locations: San Francisco

☆ Plans for the world's largest Costco warehouse are under review, but customers would only be able to shop in part of it
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Costco is seeking to build a new 241,342 square-foot warehouse in Fresno, California. The facility would replace an existing location and combine ecommerce fulfillment under one roof. This would be the wholesale club's largest warehouse, but shoppers would only be able to access part of the location. Target has gone all-in on using its stores to fulfill orders, and Walmart has used its stores for e-commerce fulfillment for years. The Salt Lake City location also opened as a hybrid concept, with a general members store and a dedicated business center for commercial customers under one roof.

Organizations: Costco, Service, Walmart, Fresno Bee Locations: Fresno , California, Wall, Silicon, Salt Lake City , Utah, Target, Salt Lake City, Fresno, Fresno . City

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