The attack on Snowflake, which provides cloud services to multiple large corporations, appears to be snowballing into one of the largest data breaches ever. / TechCrunch, WIRED
Ikea is hiring employees—at a rate of just under $17 an hour—to work in its Roblox store. / The Independent
Unrelated: TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods are outfitting retail employees with police-like body cams. / CNN
How to avoid “languishing,” the internal alarm that begins ringing before burnout and depression hit. / GQ
“The idea of mountain country as the ultimate proving ground of human fortitude was now etched onto the modern mind.” Why humans want to climb mountains. / Noema
See also: Two women accuse celebrity mountaineer Nirmal “Nims” Purja, the subject of a 2021 Netflix climbing documentary, of sexual harassment and assault. / Outside
“It's too hot for cameras.” A heat dome is making Death Valley, the hottest place on Earth, even hotter. / Vox
See also: How an Antarctic research station produces freshwater and disposes of wastewater. / brr.fyi
“The reality is, most people do not want to eat like Alice Waters.” How the fridge changed flavor. / The New Yorker
The original painted floorboards seen on the cover of Syd Barrett's The Madcap Laughs album are up for auction. / Omega Auctions
Six months out from this year's election, neither Google nor Microsoft's AI chatbots will answer the question, “Who won the 2020 US presidential election?” / WIRED
“Steve still hasn't got around to reading Infinite Jest but, with no Internet to distract him, he undoubtedly will.” Life after the internet is gone. / The Villager