All The Tabs

Let's get into it.

For the first return issue of Keeping Tabs, we’re jumping into the content from last week.

But first a Santa Cruz beach shot from the long weekend:

We’re out here having fun in the warm California sun! Sasha Lekach

Humor

Lawrence Leung: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet) (The Guardian)

I had a good laugh over the Adam the duck video.

Real talk tweet:

https://twitter.com/cooperlawrence/status/1695536021075620212

Local/SF/Bay Area/California

How Bluetooth could be making your car a target for Bay Area break-ins (SF Chronicle)

Relevant after a friend had his Tesla window smashed twice in two days!

Who goes to Burning Man? Increasingly, it’s rich, well-educated people (SF Chronicle)

Why California’s Public Universities Are So Good (Forbes)

Commentary from Julie House, mother and friend of the newsletter:

”Fascinating article. I also learned why California has such good public schools and not so many great private. Morrill Act. I did not know! I’m surprised Davis (and Santa Cruz) weren’t higher, but top 100 is good. SUNY Buffalo wasn’t even listed. This is a good story for Keeping Tabs.”

Health & Wellness

Want to eat less candy? Watching immersive videos of someone else consuming it could help, study finds (Medical Xpress)

Cook Like a Pro: Chef Offers Knife Skills Tips to Help You Chop Better and Safer (Cheddar News)

Tech

A local WhatsApp newsletter is helping people make the most of a Spanish city (NiemanLab)

Time to get meta with tabs about newsletters!

Leaked Google pay data shows how much thousands of employees report making in units like Cloud, engineering, and sales (Business Insider)

X Plans to Collect User Biometric Data, Job and School History (BNN Bloomberg)

Science

Florida is on storm surge watch as Idalia grows stronger: Here's what that means (USA Today)

Endangered California Condors Get Bird Flu Vaccine (Scientific American via Apple News)

Male mice are utterly terrified of bananas (Popular Science)

Is my sister a male mouse?

Culture & Society

How the drunk party anthem sobered up (GQ UK)

The Mother Trap (Mother Jones via YouTube)

This was an Online News Association award-winner this year and for good reason. It’s a must-watch about failure to protect.

International

Peru announces air security pact with US in bid to stop drug planes (The Guardian)

10 South American Cities That You Can’t Miss (The Discoverer)

I’ve been to five (soon to be six!) of these cities. How about you?

Son stolen at birth hugs Chilean mother for first time in 42 years (AP News)

#SeAcabo: Spain’s World Cup reckoning (Today, Explained/Vox via podcast)

That’s All the Tabs

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