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 Tracing a conspiracy culture throughout U.S. history
Grid · Anya van Wagtendonk
American history is littered with people who gained power and wealth by manipulating distrust.
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 How the U.S. botched its monkeypox vaccine rollout
flipboard.com · The Science Desk
Millions of doses were left to expire and a failure to ramp up vaccine production has resulted in a supply shortage.
 Ugh, streaming is starting to look a lot like cable TV
Bloomberg · Lucas Shaw
Streaming services are raising prices and introducing advertising now that their subscriber growth has slowed.
 Meet the people who get paid to wait in line
NBCLX · Ngozi Ekeledo
More and more people are hiring professional line sitters to help score hard-to-get tickets and items.
 Get to know Walmart’s Amazon Prime competitor
flipboard.com · The Tech Desk
The retailer launched Walmart+ in 2020, offering subscribers free same-day delivery and shipping, fuel discounts and more.
 We sit down too much, and it’s wrecking our bodies
CNET · Kacie Goff
Research shows that sitting too often for hours at a time can cause a slew of health issues.
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 The Case of the Matisse and the mysterious thingamabob
The New Yorker · Patricia Marx
Did the artist paint a security camera (or a condom, or a portrait of rigatoni) into “The Red Studio”? An investigation looks for clues.
 Why a ‘silver gap year’ can be a golden opportunity
inews.co.uk · Laura Martin
Baby boomers are thinking about taking a late-life gap year to explore the world for more than a week or two at a time.
 A guide to every ‘Game of Thrones’ spin-off in development right now
The A.V. Club · Jennifer Lennon
“House of the Dragon” isn’t the only “GOT”-related series in the works.
 ‘Better Call Saul’ was a love story all along: How finale cements its greatness
USA TODAY · Barbara VanDenburgh
After all that, a happy ending. (Don’t read until you’ve seen the “Better Call Saul” finale on AMC.)
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