Early Addition: Why Make Flamin' Hot Ice Cream When You Could Make Good Ice Cream?

James Ramsay

Published Aug 10, 2021

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James Ramsay

Published Aug 10, 2021

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The parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue is partnering with WeWork to turn sections of its struggling department stores into coworking spaces.
Despite 40% of the U.S. population being non-white, international or "ethnic" aisles persist in American grocery stores largely because, as one self-described "basic 55-year-old white lady" told the Times, they make it easier for people like her to find ingredients.
Archaeologists in Finland have discovered that a 1,000-year-old corpse had three chromosomes — XXY — and was thus likely "nonbinary."
Major League Baseball is considering a partnership with Barstool Sports to broadcast gambling-friendly baseball games next year, a decision that worries everyone who likes baseball and doesn't like Barstool's misogynistic and racist tendencies.
An San, a South Korean athlete who won multiple gold medals in archery at the Olympics, has inspired thousands of feminists in her home country to mimic her short haircut.
Chrissy Teigen forayed outside the cancel club last week to attend Barack Obama's birthday party and post a video of herself paying homage to the famous video of Marilyn Monroe singing "Happy Birthday" to President Kennedy, with whom she was having an affair.
Catherine Zeta-Jones has been cast to play Morticia Addams in a new Addams Family series on Netflix.
Why are high-end ice cream companies focusing on gimmicky limited-run flavors like mac & cheese and Flamin' Hot Cheeto when they could just be making really good ice cream?
And finally, a meeting of the mammals:

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