You should read this for 1/8/2023:
Books, Libraries, Writing, and Language
H/T @carnage4life@mas.to: 
What Can We Learn from Barnes & Noble’s Surprising Turnaround?
Then it started to happen—book sales at Barnes & Noble began rising again. Sales in 2021 quickly got back to pre-pandemic levels, and then kept growing. Readers regained trust in the company. The workers at the stores were more motivated and started genuinely acting like booksellers.
Man pleads guilty to stealing more than 1,000 manuscripts
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Food and Drink
Lead and Cadmium Could Be in Your Dark Chocolate
H/T: Road Not Taken @yoohooair@universeodon.comThis Depression-Era ‘Magic Cake’ Has a Secret Ingredient “Hit with hard times, American bakers turned to tomato soup.”
Politics and Society
Science and Nature
The bomb cyclone encrusted these Lake Erie homes in ice. The photos are surreal.
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Technology
An airline said her luggage was in storage. Her AirTag said otherwise.
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Women’s Work
In Her Own Words: Pelosi Steps Back After Decades In Charge
Meet Cheryl Johnson, the clerk running the House
Pay It Forward and Make It Better
Scarborough’s New Year fireworks cancelled to protect walrus
A man broke into a high school to shelter dozens from Buffalo blizzard
Something Wonderful
Zisha Craftsman making a Traditional Teapot
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