From restoring access to enshrining bans—including two competing measures in Nebraska—a look at the abortion initiatives on US ballots this November. / The New York Times [+]
What's causing grocery price inflation? Retailer data shows it's not just corporate greed, it's also consumer spending habits. / NPR
In the first reported case, a person in Missouri with no known contact with poultry or dairy cows contracted bird flu. / NBC News
You can mask even if it isn't Covid, and more tips in this practical guide to the upcoming viral season. / Vox
“The field of paleontology is mean. It has always been mean.” Inside the battle between two paleontologists over a site that could hold evidence of the day the dinosaurs died. / Intelligencer
Pour-over coffee takes time, which has driven demand—including a disastrous attempt by Starbucks—to automate the process. / Works in Progress
How a design firm created the novelty popcorn buckets—e.g., the infamous Dune sandworm—that have spawned a movie-theater phenomenon. / Slate
Hugh Jackman denies using steroids, except why should anyone care? / The Wrap
See also: When tennis stars are also billionaires' offspring, it's frustratingly hard to distinguish talent from privilege. / The Guardian
Veneers are the quick answer to the allure of perfect-looking teeth. But as the procedure becomes more accessible, the potential for trauma increases. / The Cut
In Europe, YouTube will stop recommending fitness videos to teens to help prevent developing “negative beliefs about themselves.” / Euronews
See also: According to a new survey, fewer teens are vaping now than at any point in the past 10 years. / AP
“We went where Bob Hope didn't go.” A group of American soldiers were also a rock band that toured Vietnam during the war. / Rolling Stone
There is a reference book for every moment in life, and it's time we start appreciating all the knowledge at our disposal. / Discourse
A roundup of the best animated series you should be watching now. / Meditations in an Emergency
“The best Oasis shirts were brutalist, or avant garde, or hideous, or looked like bootlegs.” A design review of Oasis. / Snake
After five years of internet sleuthing, a model seen on a piece of fabric—aka Celebrity Number Six—has been found. / Reddit
See also: Redditors identified a new medical diagnosis: an inability to burp. And now doctors have responded with a treatment. / KFF Health News
“You've been selected because you're Andersen quality but not Andersen price.” What it was like to work a job in fake Y2K preparedness. / n+1