We're taking the weekend off for the holiday, so we tried to make today's edition extra good. See you Tuesday.
The US Air Force tracks more than 25,000 pieces of space junk larger than 10 centimeters. / Scientific American
A question for the weekend: Do we live in an infinite nesting doll of black hole universes? / Kottke
London gets a museum dedicated to homelessness. / Bloomberg
A London-born teenager, once known as “God's influencer,” will be the first millennial to become a saint. / BBC News
Remember the Pennsylvania cheerleader deepfake story? It turns out the videos and images were all real. / The Guardian
Purported trends among young people: bubble tea (but not from Starbucks). Also, moving to Connecticut. / The Guardian, The New York Post
Related: A sexier version of ChatGPT is “wooing young Chinese.” In Japan, it's men's volleyball. / Sixth Tone, The Japan Times
“What is the meaning of life? The question always makes my mind go blank.” A philosopher makes the argument to “just live.” / The Dublin Review of Books
See also: Dopamine, explained. Suspense, explained. Rudy Giuliani's new coffee company, a mystery. / Vox, The New Yorker, Sprudge
Architectural update on the new $750 million David Geffen Galleries. Photos of a new home from Eric Owen Moss. / Archinect, Sotheby's
IKEA launches a line of furniture for pets. / dezeen
A new airline uses chartered Gulfstream jets to offer luxury dog-centric air travel. (Incidentally, RIP, Doge.) / Uncrate, Metafilter