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- Scientists and entrepreneurs are expecting MDMA to get approved by the FDA for therapeutic treatment in 2023, and the race is on to see who'll get rich off it.
- A leaked memo from the inner sanctums of Walmart reveals deep concern that customers no longer want to buy their groceries from the superstore. "Must elevate quality assortment + value!" it reads.
- Alabama, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country, has enlisted University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban to appear in ads urging people to get the shot.
- About 75,000 French people have signed an open letter, written by anonymous French soldiers, warning of a civil war if the government keeps granting "concessions" to "Islamism."
- Peter Tuchman, a.k.a. the most photographed man on Wall Street (you know his tufts of side hair and 📈 or 📉 expressions), spoke to NPR about the experience of almost dying of COVID-19 and now getting on a path back to normalcy.
- The FBI has declassified its file on Kurt Cobain, which is 10 pages long and contains two letters from people requesting murder investigations because they believed Cobain did not, in fact, kill himself.
- Rich New Yorkers are building high-end tiny pools in their backyards and rooftops, while middle-income New Yorkers are buying animal troughs and using them as tiny pools.
- Huge congrats to the Upper East Side teen who rode up Bear Mountain and back on a Citi Bike because he's training for a triathlon but doesn't currently own a bike.
- And finally, this advanced fella appears to be doing his two favorite activities at once:
Published May 10, 2021
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