California lawmakers have passed legislation that would require health warning labels to appear on gas stoves. / NPR
Bill McKibben: How seeding pollinator-attracting plants in solar farms might address two climate crises at once. / The New Yorker
Boar's Head has shut down the Virginia meat plant where a listeria outbreak resulted in dozens of hospitalizations and the deaths of nine people. / CBS News
See also: If you're going to avoid mass-produced deli meat, talk with a butcher about how to get the good stuff. / The Melt
“I'd argue some AI projects are clearly art. They just tend to be ones where the art includes the interactive AI system.” / The Verge
AI has helped Shein accelerate its fast-fashion production—as well as its carbon dioxide emissions, which nearly doubled between 2022 and 2023. / Grist
See also: The White House wants to close a trade loophole favored by Shein and Temu that allows low-value shipments to enter the US without paying duties. / CNBC
Why combining Major League Baseball with the Grateful Dead really does make sense. / Rolling Stone
“This is meta-gossip: gossip about the idea of a person and about ideas of human nature.” How “Am I the Asshole?” ate the internet. / Vox
A bronze replica of Diana of Versailles from the Titanic's First Class Lounge, last photographed in 1986 and later feared lost, has again been identified in the wreckage. / Hyperallergic
“We see people who are nervous. And so we want to take them by the hand and say, it's OK.” When did all the recipes get “garlicky?” / Eater
When offered an opportunity to listen to one of the world's best sound systems, a writer deals with the question: What song should I put on? / GQ
How the “ambient meaning” of a music playlist—or any curated collection—creates a perception beyond its individual selections. / johan's substack
See also: “It's not ambient music. It's Ambient Music. It's Kleenex, it's Velcro, it's ChapStick.” Everything is ambient. / Andrew Womack
An astounding collection of BBC Essential Mixes dating back to 1993. / Internet Archive
“Radio Static is a small and ultimately pointless internet radio that plays nothing but various forms of static.” / Radio Static