America Is Drowning in Packages - The Atlantic
Even in the Amazon age, the volume of packages now delivered in the U.S. can sound completely absurd. In 2000, the United States Postal Service—the country’s biggest parcel shipper—delivered 2.4 billion packages. By 2022, that number had ballooned to 7.2 billion. UPS now handles 5.2 billion domestic packages annually, versus the 3.2 billion it handled in 2000, and Amazon’s logistics operation, which did not start delivering its own packages in earnest until 2018, has become the country’s third-largest shipper, delivering almost 5 billion (but not nearly all) of the company’s packages last year. And all of these packages are going to a customer base that has been trained by retailers to expect packages to arrive in just a few days—far faster than turnaround expectations used to be.
That Cool New Bookstore? It’s a Barnes & Noble. - WSJ
Daunt chose to salvage the Upper West Side shop with a $4 million renovation, the same cost as opening a new store of this size, because he felt the building itself was beautiful and the location on Broadway was ideal. He also thought the chain needed a strong presence in this bookish stretch of Manhattan. Coming from London, where there are several dozen Waterstones locations, he was dismayed to find only seven Barnes & Nobles in his “extraordinarily un-bookstored” new city.
Tesla Solar Roof Review: Was it Worth It? - YouTube
Another stunning analysis by MKBHD
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Franchise: James Bond - Box Office Mojo
Of course, my favorite Bond film is number 1. And, my second favorite film is number 23.
My new wallpaper. Rancho at Night — Basic Apple Guy
The sequel to a wallpaper I thought I’d never make gets a fresh and beautiful new look with the addition of a gorgeous new night mode variation. Before you scroll down and get to the goods, let me tell you about it.
A large new study, released Monday, shows that it has not been because these children had more impressive grades on average or took harder classes. They tended to have higher SAT scores and finely honed résumés, and applied at a higher rate — but they were overrepresented even after accounting for those things. For applicants with the same SAT or ACT score, children from families in the top 1 percent were 34 percent more likely to be admitted than the average applicant, and those from the top 0.1 percent were more than twice as likely to get in.
ACL Injuries Are Hurting Women’s Soccer - The New York Times
There is also enough evidence to suggest that the shape and structure of women’s feet may make them more susceptible to injuries, both chronic and acute, including A.C.L. tears.