America's About To Get A Makeover

Presidents, Private Pickle Groups (!), and more

Sings: Coming to America ~

💌 FROM MUA HQ 💌

This week, we’ve been obsessed with:

Tracking down a case of Tajín mango sorbet, which this woman discovered via her Private Pickle Group (!!). We plan to eat it while binging Olympics docs. Simone Biles is a perfect human? Hitler was the worst, we know that, and his batshit approach to the Olympics is told very well in this pod. We might even watch some Olympics, tho not loving how the announcers uh, accidentally announced South Korean athletes as from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, aka North Korea with which they are technically at war. We’re all on the side of reunification, One Korea, yes, but maybe … maybe not like this?

Also, Kamala. We cried. We gave money. We are on all the zooms.

And we’re gonna fucking win. Now, to links.

📰 MASH-UPS IN THE NEWS 📰

What Shannen Doherty Understood About Brenda Walsh
THE ATLANTIC

RIP to a legend who gave us the gift of Brenda Walsh, the first realistic depiction of messy teenage girl–ness to grace our screens.

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Japan-Style 7-Elevens Are Coming to America — and That Means a Vastly Improved Menu
FOOD & WINE

Oh, thank heaven indeed. What a game changer for students, foodies, and budget-strapped and busy people everywhere.

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How Two Wandering Cows Started A Culture War
THE NEW YORK TIMES

One cow was named Hornee, but that’s beside the point. It’s animal farm vs animal sanctuary, with a cameo by Joaquin Phoenix, in a wild account of how the people of Newfane, NY, were torn apart.

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World's Largest Din Tai Fung Opens In New York
AXIOS

And it was apparently the event of the summer. DTF’s first East Coast spot is 25,000 square feet of soup dumpling paradise, and though it seats 450, reservations already look hard to come by. So get on it!

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The Results Of The Biggest Study On Guaranteed Income Programs Are Finally In
THE 19TH

“We are learning that cash is an imprecise instrument if you want to move the same outcome for everyone. But it moves some things — sometimes many things — for most everyone.” Ready for more of this.

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