Sunday Soup: Comfort Food on a Holiday Weekend
These are the articles, streaming ideas, and books that caught our attention this week.
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If you’re still recovering from the Thanksgiving holiday and leftovers or taking a break from the Black Friday shopping weekend, sit back and sink into this edition of Sunday Soup. Here's what caught our attention this week, including a new book that we find entertaining.
Check ‘em out and let us know what you think.
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Articles 📰
Diabetics Left Without Treatment as Global Rate of Disease Doubles
“Global diabetes rates have doubled over the past 30 years, with many middle- and low-income countries failing to provide sufferers with sufficient access to treatment, according to an international study.”
Most 'Humane' Farms Are Lying to You — and the Government Isn’t Stopping Them
“An overwhelming majority of Americans say they’re concerned about the treatment of animals raised for meat, and many believe they can help by simply selecting from one of the many brands that advertise their chicken or pork as “humane.” But such marketing claims have long borne little resemblance to the ugly reality of raising animals for meat.”
I Have No Money’: Thousands of Americans See Their Savings Vanish in Synapse Fintech Crisis
“In the immediate aftermath of Synapse’s bankruptcy, which happened after an exodus of its fintech clients, a court-appointed trustee found that up to $96 million of customer funds was missing. The mystery of where those funds are hasn’t been solved, despite six months of court-mediated efforts between the four banks involved.”
How Froot Loops Landed at the Center of U.S. Food Politics
“Artificial dyes appear in nearly every aisle of U.S. grocery stores. They give foods like Froot Loops, Skittles and M&M’s their vibrant colors, and help enliven the appearance of everything from pickles to pie crusts and processed meat. Many companies over the years have sought to shed additives to appease consumers’ desire for simpler ingredients. But U.S. shoppers have sometimes revolted when food makers switched to more natural, but less colorful and less tasty, alternatives.”
Why Is Everyone ‘Sober-ish’ All of a Sudden
“After years of pushing the benign myth that a glass of wine a day is good for the heart, it seems the medical establishment has abandoned hedonists and pleasure seekers. Is there a safe amount of alcohol? It turns out no. For this and other more amorphous reasons, I have noticed increasing numbers of people around me are sober-ish. They drink only socially or only two glasses of wine a week or only in restaurants. They are not willing to give up drinking entirely, which feels like too vast and depressing a surrender of life’s pleasures. So they make rules for themselves.”
Sorry, Kale. Beans Are the New Nutrition Obsession.
“Much of the new enthusiasm for beans comes from research showing how they help balance the gut microbiome, which reduces inflammation in the body and potentially cancer risk. Beans contain starches and other components that helpful gut bacteria like to eat, says Carrie Daniel, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Eating beans “keeps the beneficial players happy and functioning in the gut microbiome,” she says.”
The Rise of Bluesky, and the Splintering of Social
“If you’re not familiar, Bluesky is, essentially, a Twitter clone that publishes short-form status updates. It gained more than 2 million users this week. On Wednesday, The Verge reported it had crossed 15 million users. By Thursday, it was at 16 million. By Friday? 17 million and counting. It was the number one app in Apple’s app store. Meanwhile, Threads, Meta’s answer to Twitter, put up even bigger numbers. The company’s Adam Mosseri reported that 15 million people had signed up in November alone. Both apps are surging in usage.”
What We’re Streaming 📺📲
Acquired - The Complete History & Strategy of IKEA
Reimagining Retail: The Shopping Habits of High-Income Consumers and How Best to Market to Them
The Reading List 📖📚
The Experience Economy by Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore
“Welcome to the new Experience Economy. With this fully updated edition of the book, Pine and Gilmore make an even stronger case that experience is the missing link between a company and its potential audience. It offers new rich examples including the U.S. Army, Heineken Experience, Autostadt, Vinopolis, American Girl Place, and others to show fresh approaches to scripting and staging compelling experiences, while staying true to the very real economic conditions of the day.”
