Reading archive 2025-01-31 pt 2

 The "Exciting Business Opportunity' That Ruined Our Lives - "'Going crazy isn't like being hit by a car,' she said in the middle of our conversation. 'People make a small but conscious decision to give up. At some point, it's easier than living in reality.'"

The Return of Snake Oil: The Trump administration is poised to supercharge America’s appetite for supplements. - "In 1905, the muckraker Samuel Hopkins Adams lamented that 'gullible America' was so eager to 'swallow huge quantities of alcohol, an appalling amount of opiates and narcotics, a wide assortment of varied drugs ranging from powerful and dangerous heart depressants to insidious liver stimulants; and, far in excess of all other ingredients, undiluted fraud.'"

As Russian oil spill fouls beaches, locals fume over official response: Volunteers from across the country filled the beaches, eventually prompting the federal government to step in to help clean up thousands of tons of fuel oil.