It’s time for another cruise around the web, as I share with you some of the most interesting articles and stories that I’ve encountered over the past week. I hope you find these as informative and entertaining as I did!
How Nestlé Gets Children Hooked on Sugar in Lower-Income Countries
from Public Eye
Laurent Gaberell, Manuel Abebe, and Patti Rundall explore the hypocritical discrepancy that Nestlé employs in the formula of its infant and baby food products between richer and poorer nations, most notably in the way it loads foods headed for the latter group with added sugar that is both addictive and dangerous for children’s long-term health.
Link (Free): https://stories.publiceye.ch/nestle-babies/
The Real-Time Deepfake Romance Scams Have Arrived
from Wired
Matt Burgess looks into a new scam that is quickly spreading in which the scammers use AI technology to videochat with their victims, tricking them into sending thousands of dollars.
Link (Free*): https://www.wired.com/story/yahoo-boys-real-time-deepfake-scams/
This Solo Traveler Drove from London to Lagos in a Tiny Car
from CNN
Tamara Hardingham-Gill profiles Pelumi Nubi, who drove her little, purple Peugeot on a two-month journey from her current home of London to her ancestral home of Nigeria, coming to appreciate the world in a different way as as result.
Link (Free): https://www.cnn.com/travel/solo-traveler-pelumi-nubi-london-lagos-peugeot-107/index.html
D Is for Despair Didn’t Sound So Good
from Los Angeles Review of Books
Author Bill McKibben (Falter) interviews New Yorker environmental author Elizabeth Kolbert (The Sixth Extinction) as her newest book, H is for Hope is released.
The Problem with BookTok Isn’t the Pretty Influencers or the Fantasy Books
from Jezebel
Jackie Jennings questions the ways that the book industry is coming to tie itself too closely to the whims of a single social media company.
Link (Free): https://www.jezebel.com/the-problem-with-booktok-isnt-the-pretty-influencers-or-the-fantasy-books
A New Reddit in the Making
from Sherwood
Speaking of social media networks, Ryan Broderick and Adam Bumas take a positive view of the behind-the-scenes changes at the newly public company.
Link (Free): https://sherwood.news/tech/reddit-is-quietly-changing-the-way-its-homepage-works/
Island Hopping in New Jersey
from NorCast Weather
Local weatherman Nor’Easter Nick explains how our areas unique geography can lead to radically different conditions across very short distances.
Link (Free): https://norcast.tv/island-hopping-in-new-jersey-how-geography-influences-island-temperatures/
I Think I Might Die if I Made It
from Medium
Giovanni Colantonio points out the flaws with the current state of music criticism, using the ire directed at Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department as an example.
Link (Free): https://medium.com/@giovanni.n.colantonio/i-think-i-might-die-if-i-made-it-06f6ed465c81
With Only the Brave, Danielle Steel Confronts the Holocaust
from The Washington Post
And on the topic of criticism, renowned Washington Post book critic Ron Charles does not have very nice things to say about the latest from the very prolific Steel.
Link (Gift): https://wapo.st/3Jz3HZB
Inside the Literary Travel Boom
from Esquire
And speaking of books, Adrienne Westenfeld has a quick look at the latest travel trend: book themed vacations! Included are mentions of a few nearby, one in New Hope, PA and another in our neighboring Stone Harbor!
Link (Free*): https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a60314481/literary-travel-boom/
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Enjoyed these highlights. Made me feel current on Today’s News and Issues. Can’t wait to travel to 7 mile Island.
Dotty
I’m glad you enjoyed them! Can’t wait to see you in the library again!