Food Prices are Going Up, Stolen Bikes, and Coral Reefs

Thursday morning news drop

  • Soaring Cost of Food Is Forcing Families to Scrimp at the Dinner Table Inflation is slamming the freezer shut and leading households around the world to make sacrifices. (Businessweek)

  • The Best Advantage in Life All else equal, rich parents are the best advantage you can have if you want a career in investment management. In fact, having rich parents is probably one of the best advantages you can have in life and I have the data to prove it. (Of Dollars And Data)

  • 40 Things I Don’t Know by Age 40 I’ve seen lots of people share the wisdom they’ve gained over the years on their milestone birthdays. I still have plenty of stuff to learn so here are 40 things I don’t know at age 40: (A Wealth of Common Sense)

  • Behind the Fight to Save the Gulf’s Spectacular Coral Reefs About 100 miles from Galveston, Flower Garden Banks is home to some of the healthiest coral communities in the world. Some unlikely allies came together to help expand protections, but will it be enough? (Texas Monthly)

  • A bike stolen in Manitoba resurfaced in B.C. It's more common than you think Bicycles can be moved between cities within hours of being stolen, says Canada's only bike detective (CBC)

  • California’s yoga, wellness and spirituality community has a QAnon problem It seemed like the end of a typical reiki attunement: A group of women wearing yoga pants and flowing floral skirts, gathered in a healer’s home after a course in the alternative therapy of balancing chakras, clearing auras and transferring energy. But it was the early days of the pandemic and COVID-19 was spreading fast. The women in the room stood so close that their bodies touched. No one wore masks. (LA Times)

  • “I Got a Second Chance”: From Puff Daddy to Diddy to Love Sean Combs was the original influencer. Now the artist and mogul is defining his next era—and launching a record label. (Vanity Fair)

  • The beautiful world of heavy metal: Why does a genre obsessed with death attract the kindest people? (UnHerd)

  • All the Best Cars as the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Returns The glamorous classic car show was back in full force—with the cars to match. (Bloomberg)

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