Memorial Day Weekend links

Happy Memorial Day! I hope you enjoyed the long weekend. Here are some links and recipes I’ve been enjoying from the last two weeks.

Good things to read

The Future of Social Media Is a Lot Less Social | The New York Times

The Bearer of Bad News | The New York Times

I’m a Couples Therapist. Something New Is Happening in Relationships. |The New York Times

What If Instead of Trying to Manage Your Time, You Set It Free? | The New York Times

The TikTok Girlies Reclaiming Being a “Bed Person” | Dwell

The Messenger is a news startup, but it feels like a blast from the past | Columbia Journalism Review

The Casey DeSantis Problem: ‘His Greatest Asset and His Greatest Liability’ | POLITICO

The Plaza | The New Yorker

The HR-ification Of Marriage |Bustle

Why BuzzFeed joined Gawker in the internet news graveyard | The Washington Post

The Lies Mothers Tell Themselves and Their Children | The New York Times

Can I Afford to Live Like This? Curbed

Real Life | Slate

The Tyranny of ‘the Best’ | The New York Times

The Death of Fancy Ketchup | TASTE

We’re All Shopping Addicts Now | The Cut

Returning to the Office Is Killing My Budget | The Wall Street Journal

When digital nomads come to town | Rest of World

A Movement to Make Workplaces ‘Menopause Friendly’ | The New York Times

Notes on Losing | The New Yorker

How I Got Bamboo-zled by Baby Clothes | The Atlantic

Inside The Stunning Rise And Fall Of Girls Gone Wild | HuffPost

Good things to cook

Chicken shawarma bowls. Crispy gnocchi with sausage and peas. Spicy honey chicken with broccoli and feta (this was surprisingly good). Black pepper stir fried tofu and asparagus. And for Memorial Day, I’m making this strawberry cream cheese tart.