The Glacial Pandemic

Editor's Note

Hello from London!

This week the UK has been full of memes about lame duck Liz, what went wrong and what's to come. For those monitoring who's next, Guido's spreadsheet is your friend. This is further evidence that democracy is broken, whatever form we take. In the forthcoming Rishi v Boris race, we will see that even more so - and it's embarrassing! Here are three articles I thought summed things up quite nicely:

• Liz Truss: what I told European colleagues when they asked me what on Earth is going on in British politics

• Liz Truss’ empty ambition put her in power — and shattered her

• From fighter to quitter: the ‘weird’ rise and fall of Liz Truss

In today's list recommendations, you'll find a broad range of coverage - from business models to glacial pandemics - Enjoy!

Stay Curious,

Onward! - Rahim

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Has any company ever been so fundamentally defined by one unique price point as much as Spotify? Recent news about an eventual Platinum Plan reminds us of this fact.

New ways of connecting with customers beg for new thinking about a business's most valuable asset.

The status quo puts the onus on parents to monitor what their children are engaging with when they log on – which puts a lot of strain on us mortals. Also see Stop Pretending That Intensive Parenting Doesn’t Work

The ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic changed restaurants — from malleable menus to shorter hours to actually giving employees sick days – are becoming more obvious.

Surveillance isn’t just imposed on people: Many of us buy into it willingly.

Near

The next pandemic may come not from bats or birds but from matter in melting ice, according to new data.

Studying why and how people take digital-media breaks can reveal what individuals and societies value in unmediated spaces

Early-stage startup Wist Labs is developing a VR app that converts smartphone clips into 3D videos users can step inside.

There’s a fight brewing over how Hollywood stars can protect their identities. But it’s not just actors who should be paying attention.

DALL-E and other models keep making art that ignores traditions from the rest of the world.

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