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California peach farmers are destroying around 420,000 peach trees after fruit company Del Monte filed for bankruptcy. Farmers are heartbroken for having to destroy their orchards, but they have to pivot to other crops to try and stay afloat.

BILL GATES: Most humans will be useless, and "we'll decide" if we still need you.

I do not want a walkable city. I do not want trains. I do not want busses. I want a car that can take me anywhere I want at any time. I don't want to be dependent on transit schedules. I want to choose who I'm traveling with, rather than going for luck of the draw. I want to be able to control my own climate while traveling. I want to be guaranteed a comfortable seat. I want somewhere to keep my things during a day out instead of having to carry everything with me. I want to buy and take home loads of groceries too big to carry without having to trouble myself with delivery services. I want to go through drive thrus. I want to be halfway home from work and impulsively decide to go to a restaurant on the other side of town and just change direction immediately. I want to drive around a new city to take in more than I could on foot or on a fixed route. I want to do road trips where we make up our journey as we go. I want to explore my own city at will without any particular plan. I want to visit small towns out of reach of even the most expansive proposed public transit systems. Essentially, I want freedom.

Only those who read books regularly will understand this feeling.

“Chocotherapy” at Elcielo in NYC is a sensory experience where melted chocolate is poured over your hands to recreate the carefree, messy joy of childhood.