- These artworks inspired by the 1918 flu pandemic somehow inspire hope in me. (McSweeney’s)
- How clever and cute is this felt pharmacy? (Colossal)
- This rundown of the best podcasts of the year has some surprising omissions (no You’re Wrong About?!) but it’s still worth checking out. (New Yorker)
- I’m definitively a dog person, but this video about why humans are obsessed with cats entertained and amused me. (New Yorker)
- Various writers say farewell to New York City bars, clubs, restaurants, and other businesses that closed this year. (NY Mag)
- Check out these kinetic sculptures powered by wind: mesmerizing. (Colossal)
- I was so pleased to read this piece about Gen-Z activists fighting for abortion rights via Tik Tok. (NY Times)
- All of Prince Charles’s most punchable moments in season four of The Crown. There certainly were rather a lot.
- This will amuse anyone who hate-watched (but also maybe slightly enjoyed?) Emily in Paris. (New Yorker)
- How the Sacklers—who played a key role in (and profited greatly from) getting millions of Americans addicted to Oxycontin—destroyed one family. (Elle)
- The racial reckoning inside Planned Parenthood. (Bazaar)