Last year, three bitcoin libertarians bought a cruise ship and dreamed of starting a floating utopia. The tale of its unraveling is the most entertaining longread of the week. After that, Aeon examines why food advice is so confusing, and Vanity Fair reveals the chaos around getting vaccines to the world’s poorest countries. Watching Michael K. Williams eat with Anthony Bourdain in Brooklyn made my heart hurt for two icons who died too soon, so I closed with the unhinged silliness of Mr. Blobby. — Mia Quagliarello, Head of Creator Community and Newsletters
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