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  • Israel's parliament voted yesterday to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but Vox explains that "the members of this [new] coalition agree on almost nothing and thus will be unable to make major policy changes on most issues without collapsing" — which is a testament to how much they wanted Netanyahu out.
  • Axios reports that upwards of 40% of American workers are on the verge of quitting their jobs after a year of pandemic-induced reflection.
  • President Joe Biden met with Queen Elizabeth in private and was happy to report that "she reminded me of my mother."
  • New science has shown that drinking several cups of coffee a day reduces the chance of Parkinson’s disease, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, gallstones, depression, suicide, cirrhosis, liver cancer, melanoma, and prostate cancer.
  • Nike's newest track spike is apparently so fast that professional runners who have endorsement deals with other shoe companies are being allowed by their sponsors to wear Nikes for the Olympic trials.
  • The Egyptian government is trying to crack down on the spread of a new music genre, called Mahraganat, that mixes R&B, rap, techno, and lyrics about sex.
  • A new documentary that premiered at the Tribeca Festival looks back at the 1995 film Kids, and reconsiders the ways that Harmony Korine and Harvey Weinstein found success from the movie while many of the actors got crushed by their newfound notoriety.
  • In The Heights had a "disappointing" opening weekend at the box office. (The musical also disappointed critics due to its lack of Afro-Latino lead actors.)
  • And finally, give it up for Wasabi: