Friday Finds, XIII
The Secret Ingredient That Improves Meat Every Time (NY Times)
At this point, I suspect that half of you are salivating subconsciously while the other half are quite consciously suppressing a gag reflex.
The former. I'm going to try this ASAP. Sounds delicious.
Code Switch Twitter Thread (Twitter)
This has to be one of the most fun uses of Apple's Animoji I've ever seen. Black and brown folks talking about how they have to “code switch”: change the way they talk depending on who they're with.
Amy and I really enjoyed the Marché one (the third post)—and not just because she's from Atlanta.
Beautiful Phone Wallpapers (Heroscreen)
I really like these wallpapers. Hope you do too.
Running Is My Therapy and My Nutritionist Is Kale (The New Yorker)
My nutritionist is a single leaf of kale that whispers affirmations to me. My dentist? A toothbrush. His partner? Dr. Listerine.
My Google Maps is the direction that moss grows on trees. My Waze is the orientation of the stars. My Apple Maps is tasting the wind.
My maid’s name is Roomba; my other maid’s name is Broom. My barber is a hand mirror and some rusty shears. My gardener is Mother Nature and the fucking rain.
This was... interesting.
If You Rest, You Rust? Study Finds Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline (StudyFinds)
Benjamin Franklin, some rando dude from like thousands of years ago, said, “Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the key often used is always bright.”
But also:
“For cognition among the elderly, it looks like the negative effect on social engagement far outweighed the positive effect of the program on nutrition and sleep,” Nikolov theorizes. “Or alternatively, the kinds of things that matter and determine better health might simply be very different than the kinds of things that matter for better cognition among the elderly. Social engagement and connectedness may simply be the single most powerful factors for cognitive performance in old age.”
There was a very popular New York Times article in 2012 about the elderly on a Greek island that live unusually longer and are healthier than expected. One critical factor? Social bonding.