Cities with soda taxes saw sales of sugary drinks fall as prices rose, study finds

Soda taxes are meant to discourage people from drinking too much sugar, which is linked to a host of bad health outcomes. Cities that imposed the taxes saw a 33% decrease in the sale of sugary drinks.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/01/06/1223243244/cities-with-soda-taxes-saw-sales-of-sugary-drinks-fall-as-prices-rose-study-find?source=Snapzu

Thousands of U.S. copyrighted works from 1928 are entering the public domain

D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover, Virginia Woolf's Orlando and W.E.B. Du Bois' Dark Princess are among the works entering the public domain on Jan. 1, 2024.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2024/01/01/1222380396/thousands-of-u-s-copyrighted-works-from-1928-are-entering-the-public-domain?source=Snapzu

Lee Jae-myung: South Korea opposition leader stabbed in neck on visit to Busan

Lee Jae-myung was airlifted to hospital after a man posing as a supporter lunged at him with a knife.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67860330?source=Snapzu

Charge Israel With Genocide at the International Court of Justice!

Call on members of the International Court of Justice to Charge Israel With Genocide!
Read more: https://www.codepink.org/icj?source=Snapzu

The Cheesy Charm of the Clapper

Its earworm of a jingle made it a cultural touchstone
Read more: https://spectrum.ieee.org/clapper?source=Snapzu

Tech for Palestine

Press Release: https://techforpalestine.org/press-release "we don’t have the right to show humanity towards Palestinians without being silenced or cancelled" - venture backed tech founder, in personal message to me Tech For Palestine (Twitter, Github) is a collection of over 40 tech founders, engineers, marketers, community builders, and
Read more: https://blog.paulbiggar.com/tech-for-palestine/?fbclid=IwAR1MJXK28BDVgkTQR0NgSz9LH3bAqecNGgPn3YTxMOezDtavBoWfCP5hlZE?source=Snapzu

The ethics of ghostwriting in fiction

Ghostwriting is not new, and Millie Bobby Brown is not the first celebrity to hire a ghostwriter. But, soon after she published her book, she came under fire for using one.
Read more: https://www.thedailystar.net/daily-star-books/news/the-ethics-ghostwriting-fiction-3505256?source=Snapzu