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  • Greta Thunberg's parents sound relieved to no longer be chaperoning her to climate protests: "We have other things to do ... we have jobs."
  • The Rev. Jesse Jackson was hospitalized yesterday after falling and hitting his head while he was out supporting Howard University students who were protesting poor housing conditions on campus.
  • Republicans across the country are trying to address understaffing in the hospitality industry by changing child labor laws to allow kids under 16 to work longer hours.
  • The return of supersonic, two-hour flights between New York and Los Angeles could hinge on whether NASA successfully develops technology to make sonic booms — which can break windows — sound more like a "sonic thump," or the equivalent of someone slamming a car door 20 feet away.
  • Bloomberg's Lower Manhattan "Pret Index" that's being used to track the return to the office noticed a dip in sandwich sales, and it's not due to people working from home, but rather a supply chain issue with sandwich ingredients.
  • Tattooists talked to Vice about the tattoos that they think people will regret in the future: "These kinds of things become tacky and old and… what’s that word? Cheugy."
  • A flying figure recently spotted in Los Angeles that looked like a guy in a jetpack turned out to just be a Nightmare Before Christmas Jack Skellington balloon that escaped someone's Halloween party.
  • This is probably reckless behavior that shouldn't be condoned, but these pictures of the recently hospitalized Queen Elizabeth driving herself around in her Jaguar station wagon are very endearing.
  • 'Tis the season to fire up the 11-hour-long crackling fireplace winter ambiance YouTube video.
  • And finally, more balloon action: