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ICYMI…

• Read Gillian Goodman’s essay on selling baby food and the American dream. Gillian was the winner of our “the way we work” essay contest in collaboration with Lux. The story was co-published and supported by the journalism non-profit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project’s James Ledbetter Fund.

• Tyler Watamanuk talked to decorative arts influencer Alexander Widener about his newly acquired trove of vintage Martha Stewart Living magazines.

• Clone passed 160,000 visits!

THIS WEEK ON TASTELAND

Daisy Alioto and Francis Zierer chat with Cole Townsend, co-founder and lead developer of Sole Retriever and curator of the running and culture newsletter Running Supply.

They covered everything from Cole’s recent trip to Tokyo—complete with 7-Eleven egg salad sandwiches—to his reflections on the evolving intersection of running, fashion, and technology. Listen here.

WHAT WE’RE READING OR WHATEVER

• Michelle Branch covered Addison Rae (TikTok)

• Japanese convenience stores are hiring robots run by workers in the Philippines (Rest of World)

• My Internet: Alison Roman (Embedded)

• New York names a street in honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat (New York Times)

• The average cost of a family health insurance plan is now $27,000 (WSJ)

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